Bookmark this page or copy and paste URL to Email message Records relating to Cases Decided by the United States Court of Private Land Claims, Arizona District, 1800-1904 (bulk 1891-1904)MS 312
Historical NoteThe Court of Private Land Claims was established by the United States in 1891. Its purpose was to adjudicate title and ownership of Spanish and Mexican land grants in territories ceded by Mexico to the United States by the treaties of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848, and the Gadsen Purchase, 1853. Under treaty provisions, Congress assumed an obligation to recognize earlier valid land grants. The court consisted of five justices who were appointed by the President. A court term was established at Tucson, Arizona beginning on February 21, 1893 to consider all Arizona claims. Most of the difficulties with Arizona claims resulted from the Mexican independence in 1821 and resulting changes in Mexican government and constitution. The Court's actions are summarized in The Court of Private Land Claims: The Adjudication of Spanish and Mexican Land Grant Titles, 1891-1904, by Richard Wells Bradfute, University of New Mexico Press, 1975. Scope and Content NoteThis collection consists of 27 reels of microfilm of selected papers from the National Archives, Washington, D.C. The papers relate to Arizona land grant claims tried before the Court of Private Land Claims from 1891 to 1904. Each claim is supported with various papers beginning as early as 1800, including documents issued by the Spanish and Mexican governments. The collection includes both papers submitted in support of claims and papers produced while the cases were tried. These include correspondence, reports, decrees, surveys, field notes, petitions, sketch maps, land documents, trial transcripts, and related court records. Also present are photographs depicting land monuments and survey maps prepared for the Court. OrganizationThis collection is organized into two series,RestrictionsRestrictionsThere are no restrictions on this collection. CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright. Access TermsCorporate Name(s) Arivaca Land and Cattle Company.
Sopori Land and Mining
Company. United States. Court of Private Land
Claims -- Archives. Subject(s) Buena Vista Land Grant (Ariz.) Huebabi Land Grant (Ariz.) Land grants -- Arizona. Peralta Land Grant (Ariz.) Rancho Martinez Land Grant (Ariz.) San Pedro Land Grant (Ariz.) San Rafael de la Zanja Land Grant (Ariz.) San Rafael del Valley Land Grant (Ariz.) Tres Alamos Land Grant (Ariz.) Tumacacori Land Grant (Ariz.) Tumacacori Land Grant (Ariz.) Algodones Land Grant (Ariz.) Baca Land Grant (Ariz.) Canoa Land Grant (Ariz.) Los Nogales de Elias Land Grant (Ariz.) San Bernadino Land Grant (Ariz.) San Bernadino Land Grant (Ariz.) San Bernadino Land Grant (Ariz.) San Juan de los Boquillas y Nogales Land Grant (Ariz.)
San Xavier del Bac Land Grant (Ariz.) Sopori Land Grant (Ariz.) Genre Form(s) 1825-1849. 1850-1874. 1875-1899. 1900-1924. Administrative InformationCredit LineRecords relating to Cases Decided by the United States Court of Private Land Claims, Arizona District(MS 312). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries. Container List
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