| | 2 | Author: | Stevens, Walter B. (Walter Barlow), 1848-1939. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Scrapbooks of the Peralta Land Grant Case,
1895-1899 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1895-1899 | | | | Abstract: | Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, 1895-1899, concerning the Peralta Land Grant case.
Most are written by Walter B. Stevens, 1848-1939. Stevens was a journalist and a St.
Louis Globe-Democrat that covered the Peralta Land Grant case. Some clippings are present
concerning other land grants. Also included are 88 pages of typescripts of news articles;
some are the articles in the scrapbook. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Land grants -- Arizona. | Peralta Grant. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 3 | Author: | Reavis, James Addison, 1843-1914. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Account of Early Incidents Connected with the Peralta Grant,
1894 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1894 | | | | Abstract: | James Addison Reavis, 1843-1914, was a swindler and forger, famous for attempting to
fraudulently obtain 7,500 sq. miles of Arizona Territory by falsifying documents in Mexico and
Spain to show a Spanish land grant to Don Miguel Peralta in 1748. Photocopy of typescript relates
his version of events surrounding the Peralta land grant claim. This text was reproduced in
The Peralta Grant; James Addison Reavis and the barony of Arizona, University of Oklahoma Press, 1960. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Land grants -- Arizona. | Peralta Grant. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 4 | Author: | Reavis, James Addison, 1843-1914. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Defendant's Photographic Exhibits 1 to 44 Inclusive,
1895 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1895 | | | | Abstract: | James Addison Reavis, 1843-1914, was a swindler and forger, famous for attempting to
fraudulently obtain 7,500 sq. miles of Arizona Territory by falsifying documents in Mexico
and Spain to show a Spanish land grant to Don Miguel Peralta in 1748. This collection includes
photoprints of selected defendant's documents, supposedly from various archvies in Guadalajara, Mexico,
purporting to prove the existence of the Peralta land grant claim. Includes an item by item
critical explanation relating to forged features of the documents. Documents are in Spanish; with English explanation. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Land grants -- Arizona. | Peralta Grant. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 5 | Author: | Powell, Donald M. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | The Peralta Grant; James Addison Reavis and the Barony of Arizona,
ca. 1873-1960 ead | | | | Date(s): | ca. 1873-1960 | | | | Abstract: | Typescript original drafts and revisions with holograph corrections; accompanied by
correspondence, notes, photographs, contemporary newspaper accounts, and extensive related
research material used in the book, including many notes by Rosemary Taylor. Photographs,
documents, and maps are photocopies of original materials used in Reavis' fraudulent land grant
claim. Newspapers accounts, 1873-1896, are typescripts and photocopies from original reports
related to the claim. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Land grants -- Arizona. | Peralta Grant. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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