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Reports of Wm. H. Bourland and James B. Miller, Commissioners to Investigate Land Titles West of the Nueces

  • Map/Doc

    94259

  • Collection

    Historical Volumes

  • Object Dates

    1850 (Creation Date)

  • People and Organizations

    William H. Bourland (Author)

    James B. Miller (Author)

  • Subjects

    Bound Volume Mexican Texas State of Texas

  • Height x Width

    17.2 x 12.9 inches

    43.7 x 32.8 cm

  • Medium

    paper, bound volume

  • Comments

    Sometimes referred to as the “Bourland and Miller Report,” this volume contains abstracts of the proceedings of the special commission appointed in 1850 to investigate the status of titles issued in the region between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers, which had historically belonged to the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, and whose records were not found in the Texas General Land Office. Most of the evidence gathered by the commissioners and presented to the governor with their general report in 1851 is lost, but the summaries of their recommendations survived in this book.