Court papers, 1882-1896 (bulk 1882, 1896).

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Court papers, 1882-1896 (bulk 1882, 1896).

The collection contains three poster boards showing photographic copies of notebooks held by the Right Reverend J.B. Salpointe, Vicar of Santa Fe. The copied documents are handwritten in Spanish and likely date to the late eighteenth century. They contain historical information used by Reavis to promote the validity of his title to the Peralta Land Grant. Handwritten affidavits of authenticity written by John E. Beall, Commissioner of Deeds for Arizona in Washington D.C. (1882) surround the copies on each of the three boards. A bound booklet of documents from the District Court of 1st Judicial District of Territory of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico is also part of the collection. It relates to the case against Reavis at the Court of Private Land Claims, January 6, 1896. There are handwritten notes throughout the publication and it is approximately 100 legal size, typed pages.

1 box (.3 cu. ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7570764

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Reavis, James Addison, 1843-1914

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Reavis arrived in Arizona in 1882 and filed claim on more than twelve million acres of land in Arizona and New Mexico based on altered Spanish documents. From the description of Peralta land grant case exhibits 1886. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 37281344 Arrived in Arizona in 1882 and filed claim on more than twelve million acres of land in Arizona and New Mexico based on altered Spanish land grant documents; he gained fame as ...

Salpointe, John Baptist, 1825-1898

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John Baptiste Salpointe was born in Saint Maurice, Puy-de-Do^me, France in 1825. He was ordained as a priest in 1851 and came to New Mexico as a missionary in 1859. After serving the Church for 35 years, he retired in 1894. During those years he was appointed Vicar General for the Missions of Arizona, and then became Bishop of Arizona. He returned to New Mexico in 1885, when he succeeded Lamy as the Archbishop of Santa Fe. In 1898, Salpointe wrote a history of the Catholic Church in the Southwes...