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Historical Volumes

1850 (Creation Date)

William H. Bourland (Author)

James B. Miller (Author)

Bound Volume Mexican Texas State of Texas

17.2 x 12.9 inches

43.7 x 32.8 cm

paper, bound volume

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.