Case #2496 - Farmers Development Co. vs. Rayado Land & Irrigation Company., 1897-1909

File — Box: 18, Folder: 44-46

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Scope and Content

From the Collection: Collection consists of the legal, personal, and political papers of A.A. Jones. The bulk of the collection consists of legal papers which include several land grant, business, and probate case records. Land grant case records pertain to the Maxwell, Preston Beck, Mora, Las Vegas, and Eaton land grants. Included in the land grant case records are the papers of James and Helen Beck and New Mexico Chief Justice Elisha V. Long's opinion on the Las Vegas Land Grant. Companies involved in the business case records are the French Land & Irrigation Co., Raton Water Works Co., Abreu Investment Co., Browne & Manzanares Co., Bank of Springer, the First National Bank of Las Vegas, and Gross, Kelly & Co. Some business case records pertain to bankruptcy and incorporation. Probate case records involve various persons and include wills. Personal and political papers contain correspondence, speeches, business letterpress books, miscellaneous ledgers, and a receipt book. Also included is a letterpress book from the Democratic Territorial Committee.