Caja del Rio Grant Testimony 1887-1914 (bulk 1904-1914)

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Caja del Rio Grant Testimony 1887-1914 (bulk 1904-1914)

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This collection contains testimony from the U.S. Court of Private Land Claimsregarding the legitimacy of the Caja del Rio grant involving a legal dispute between thedescendants of Nicolas Ortiz, Ni?o Ladr?n de Guebara (the original grantee) and WilliSpiegelberg. It also includes legal documents confirming genealogy of the Ortiz family andrecords of sales of this land in 1860 from the Ortiz family through various owners, to Thomas B.Catron in 1909.

1 box (.38 cu. ft.)

eng,

The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch

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SNAC Resource ID: 6404052

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Ortiz, Ramon

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Prince, L. Bradford (Le Baron Bradford), 1840-1922

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L. Bradford Prince served as Chief Justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court (1879-1888) and as Governor of the Territory of New Mexico (1889-1893). He was also an historian who served on the Board of Regents for the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (1902) and as President of the Historical Society of New Mexico (1923). From the guide to the L. Bradford Prince Papers, 1744-1922, (New Mexico State Records Center and Archives) Le Baron Bradford Pri...

Ortiz family

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The Spanish King and his Mexican representatives, in what is now the U.S. Southwest, parceled out large quantities of land to individual settlers of Spanish or Indian heritage and communities in what was then Mexico, in order to promote settlement of certain areas. Under the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the United States was obligated to respect all prior property rights in New Mexico. The Court of Private Land Claims was established in 1891. It consisted of five ju...

United States. Court of Private Land Claims

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The Court of Private Land Claims was established in 1891 to adjudicate title and ownership of Spanish and Mexican land grants in territories ceded by Mexico to the United States. From the description of Records relating to cases decided by the Court of Private Land Claims, Arizona District, 1800-1904 (bulk 1891-1904). (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 32197533 The Court of Private Land Claims was established by the United States in 1891. Its purpose w...

Spiegelberg, Willi

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Catron Thomas B. (Thomas Benton), 1848-1921

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