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Eliza Haycraft Property — Block 118
In March 1865 Eliza Haycraft purchased real estate in St. Louis city block 118 from Charles P. Chouteau. The property later became the subject of a lawsuit in which Haycraft alleged that the real estate was not free of encumbrances and that she had been forced to pay taxes against it.
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Bounded by 5th, 6th, Locust and St. Charles Streets, which would be the parking garage south of the Stifel Bank building.
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Eliza Haycraft v. Charles P. Chouteau, St. Louis Circuit Court, Case 2120, June Term 1866; deed dated March 13, 1865. Eliza Haycraft will, St. Louis City Will Book J, pp. 147–148 (1867), also lists the Block 118 property.
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