ROBERT SALTON STALL, 

 50 State Street 



Boston, Mass. 



November 9, 1910. 



Dr. George G. Kennedy, 

 Readville, Mass. 



My dear Dr. Kennedy: 



I have talked with, my neighbor, Tucker Burr, 

 about your land which borders on the rear of our places, and 

 we agreed that, though we did not want the land for practical 

 purposes, the acquisition by each of us of such part of your 

 land as borders on our places would to some extent be of benefit 

 to them in that it would make them continuous from Milton Street 

 to the Park. 



On the other hand in some ways a large place in less 

 marketable than a small one in our vicinity. See for example 

 the length of time the Stevenson and Minot places bare been in 

 the market without customers. 



Then also this is a particularly dry season and your 



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land appears now quite dry, but it is novurthelggq in parts very 

 wet and would necessitate extensive drainage operations to make 

 it of use. 



I have made some inquiries as to prices paid for land 

 in this vicinity, and find that the Wolcott land which was sold for 

 the Parkway brought about $300. an acre. Mr. Burr bought his field 

 which borders on Blue Hill Avenue from the Wolcott Estate for 

 about #400 M Of course the building of the Parkway has added 

 to the value of your piece somewhat, although Mr. Ellerton Whitney 

 tells me that the prospect of building the additional park road 



