Woodrow Wilson: “NO lot will be sold for less than $25.00, and no bid exceeding that…”

On the recordJuly 10, 1916

NO lot will be sold for less than $25.00, and no bid exceeding that amount will be accepted unless made in multiples of five dollars;

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Democratic · New Jersey

Source

Executive Order 2418—Alaska—Regulations for Sale of the Federal and Cliff Additions to Seward Townsite, Alaska

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Woodrow Wilson: “NO lot will be sold for less than $25.00, and no bid exceeding that amount will be accepted unless made in multiples of…”