Wayne County NcArchives History - Letters .....Hiram Lewis Grant To Children 1920
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Grant Realty Company
Grant Building 
107, 109, 111 John Street, South
Goldsboro, NC
H. L. Grant, President
L. N. Grant, Vice President
H. L. Grant, Secretary-Treasurer
Directors:
H. L. Grant
L. N. Grant
C. E. Wilkins

February 28th 1920

My dear Children,

     I am sending you from the sale of the buildings $5000.00 and later when the 
balance of the purchase money is paid an equal amount. The building will be 
deeded to nine men who will have the Company incorporated and as such get a long 
term loan and then pay me the notes for $40000.00.

When I send you the other $5000.00 I will have a deed for the home place made 
out to me, so I can control it and make the best disposition in the interest of 
you all. I do not intend any immediate sale.

You children held $15000.00 in stock and I had $17500.00. The mortgage of 
$20000.00 has been reduced to $17000.00. I issued only stock to cover the 
assessed value for the taxes $32500.00.

The three brick houses sold for $16000.00 cash. From this I paid obligations and 
invested $10000.00 in 7 per ct securities from which I will receive the 
interest. Of this sale from which I will receive $33000.00, so I am letting you 
children have $25000.00 and later as much more. When I dispose of the farm as I 
hope to do this fall you may expect a part of that, I am going to keep and have 
at interest an amount to supply my wants which will not be many. I can then go 
and come as the inclination dictates. In truth I do not want the responsibility 
of its care.

Your children are and will soon be an additional expense for their education, 
and this check with others to follow will make all of you feel more comfortable 
when looking towards the future.

While I managed with the help of your dear mother to give youths very best I 
could under the circumstances, I want to spare you all the many anxious moments 
that was ours to accomplish what we did for you. I only wish your mother could 
have been spared to us and permitted to enjoy this great pleasure with me and 
perhaps she does, who knows? To her in a great measure not to be ever forgotten 
by you, I feel indebted for the ability to do this generous act.

Because of her counsel, loyalty and frugality that characterized all of the 
fifty years of our happy and devoted home life in Goldsboro the credit is 
largely due.

Her gift to me of you dear children, and the moral and christian environment 
ever during your young life makes this gift comparatively vauleless when this is 
taken into consideration.

Accept with the fondest love from
Father


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