Spanish Land Grants in Florida, 1787-1793. (Volume #3)

By: WPA, Pub. 1940, reprinted 2121, 412 pages, Index, E-BOOK, ISBN #978-1-63914-400-6. The Spanish Land Grants were land claims filed by settlers in Florida after the transfer of the territory from Spain to the United States in 1821 in order to prove land ownership. Starting in 1790, Spain offered land grants to encourage settlement to the sparsely populated and vulnerable Florida colony. When the United States assumed control of Florida, it agreed to honor any valid land grants. This volum...