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1Author:  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. 
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2Author:  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. 
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