Account of Early Incidents Connected with the Peralta Grant, 1894

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Account of Early Incidents Connected with the Peralta Grant, 1894

AZ 109


Collection Summary
Creator:	Reavis, James Addison, 1843-1914.
Collection Name:	Account of Early Incidents Connected with the Peralta Grant,
Inclusive Dates:	1894
Physical Description:	1 item (13 leaves)
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.
Collection Number:	AZ 109
Language:	Materials are in English.
Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu

Biographical Note

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.

Scope and Content Note

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.

Arrangement

This collection is organized in narrative sequence.

Restrictions

There are no restrictions on this collection.

Copyright

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Related Material

Photocopy; originals in the Broadhead Papers in the Library of Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis.

The following collections also contain information about the Peralta Grant: AZ 107, AZ 108, AZ 110, and AZ 111.

Access Terms

Personal Name(s)

Reavis, James Addison, 1843-1914.

Subject(s)

Land grants -- Arizona.

Peralta Grant.

Administrative Information

Credit Line

Account of Early Incidents Connected with the Peralta Grant (AZ 109). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Acquired as gift, 1956.

Processing History

Processed by Staff.