Mercedes reales : Hispanic land grants of the upper Rio Grande region / Victor Westphall.

Main entry:

Westphall, Victor.

Title & Author:

Mercedes reales : Hispanic land grants of the upper Rio Grande region / Victor Westphall.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

xviii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

New Mexico land grant series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-342) and index.
Origins : the Spanish heritage -- Stirrings : prelude to change -- Transition : Governor Armijo, politics, and Yankee newcomers -- Obligation : the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo -- Implementation : impossible task of the surveyor general -- Aborigines : Pueblo grants -- Mecedes : Spanish and Mexican grants -- Exploitation : Anglo commercialism -- Ranchos : small holding claims -- T.B. Catron : a case study -- Action : the Court of Private Land Claims -- Conclusion.

ISBN:

0826306810
9780826306814

Subject:

Land grants New Mexico History.
Land grants Colorado History.
Concessions de terre Colorado Histoire.
Land grants.
Colorado.
New Mexico.
United States, New Mexico Land and property History.
United States, Colorado Land and property History.
The Chris Fritz Comparative and Historical Legal Perspectives Collection (CHLP)

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

New Mexico land grant series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 19712
Call No.: ID:87-B6882
Status: Available

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