Documents Relating to San Juan de la Boquillas y Nogales Land Grant
Collection area: Borderlands
Collection dates: 1833-1901 bulk (bulk 1879-1899)
Typescript and printed materials, chiefly deeds of sale 1879-1899, relating to the San Juan de la Boquillas y Nogales land grant. Land originally granted to Captain Ygnacio Elias Gonzales and Juan Nepomucino Felix. Included are documents filed with Court of Private Land Claims by William R. Hearst and Phoebe A. Hearst concerning rights to this land in 1891.
Documents possibly gathered in relation to Court of Private Land Claims Case.
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