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Exhange of inherited land, Antonio and Bentura Mestas. Conveyance of same land of deceased Antonio Mestas by his son Bentura Mestas to Miguel Mariano Duran y Chaves, Nov. 17, 1790., 1766 Dec 30-1767 Jan 15

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Content From the Collection: Collection consists of photocopies of documents involving members of the Mariano Chavez family and others. Most of the materials concern land grants, wills and estates, land conveyances, and litigation over land and water disputes in New Mexico during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Other materials include inventories of personal property, a license to build a chapel at San Jose de Chama (1844), a geneaology of the Chavez family, a collection of alabados (religious verses), and...
Dates: 1766 Dec 30-1767 Jan 15