, 1877-10-22
Last Of Mr.. Gibbs Series Of
Letters.
Look Out for Poor Lands and
Bogus Titles-..The Old
Grants.
State Scrip, and How It Il Looated..-
Some Dishonest Northern
speculators.
Aastin's Emigrnnts--.A "I.eagus and
Lnbor "..-A Word 10 the
Poor.

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tne W e.A '.oue "Ae" w e'ens
sosolntclf wosth'ess I'D cf'afactof, Ut ~ishtratd-
uTent Of defective titles. These shnrpcTs are DY
no means confined to Texas, bat include cood
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IN ofaer 70 Illustrate tl'e confusion and con.
Ts1a. Tex lapts II +, nc,essarS ne | ~ 90 % haek 10 Inn
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spa'.s I,!'.,, ."e i,o.ue. .' eountry, WHOSE ao.e
bc In Its furnishing an abundance OK tue prcc1ous
metals to enrich lhc former, and nf nut,re. 10
ho mnde into Cbr,st,sn, ly tbe or,,ln,urc ~
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baptism, male large rrants OF land to any rar.
tlcs who should open mines, onc-tcnth Of nil
The products of mici, ni,,cs to belong to the
Homo Government ,,uttl certain f1cd sum ha,
1eeh 10 rea''zes, wncn the Efaht OF eleven
leagues, or al'aut 50,Oo acrcs, was to te1 issued
on the certificate ot the Alclldc Of the district
.h.t tl,e .aLl mIuc l,atf hccp upcr,d nu1 vnrk.,1
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Anu t''s o"sI.s"1' ~ p'oe"e'' u"'y pau ",e''
40 t"o A'ca'ues "sFe hot III HI eaSes l"eor'
rlptt0le, rs officials Of the present day are sup
posed to bc, n great many fraudulent grants
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VI this tract oil eleven leagues the milne was to
he one of the established corncss, and tho start.
Ing potnt Of the SURVEY.
1nIr r,Is rnoyI4loy ~ tAww4.s 40 coxs1nuxn.
and On being tested In tllc courts 40 Iuritlc,I,
That, taking tic milne a. s.urtny pont, iinc
cpuldl Lo f,ln from It any distance 10 where
rhlre ynttey limits gould be found and liz.
slrycn lcaa1cs there locatetl. ia ti1ustratc:
The owners Ut niue In Caldwell County r,tt n
to where they 1oeatyl tl,cr lanus. wniie
s1,ntl,cr mtn,,-ovnrr In GMa,iaInif,e co,In,v.
knowing nothing of tho tad iN.aliun. r,,, n ein,
laT liua fro'n lis "tiae a, made his location III
cation. In Tho imperfect rJltiuu OF tbc land
office and IaI,u-rccorxls tic cutljjict was mt dis.
covered. and Us In Mi Tho revolutions and
changes Of Government the Validity Of aii lani-
sa"r"Jly rceoruzri' fh,ac rontl,ts In tii1a hsx..
conc down in 1I,any euses to thr nrcsent penera.
lin, tni nrr In Lilo fnnrt. Of Tnvns f,,iav IN,
srttfcI' Hnth nsrttrs' i,,vino recorstrI tl'rir
natcnts hayn sotEi nn,l assirnci sni ti,sir h"trs
nftrr tlIctn. md cnrh sIjn to,, furnish m nh.
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rnti1civ c,rrett nnt; rriin'lr "oA'0 ''e'D ~ ~
AFTER MKxlco Aci1lryxp HER INDEPENDENCE
In iSM Govtn1, ,,t, innInIirn nr isni.rernr,s III,
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