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- James_Reavis abstract "James Addison Reavis (May 10, 1843 – November 27, 1914), later using the name James Addison Peralta-Reavis, the so-called Baron of Arizona, was an American forger and fraudster. He is best known in association with the Peralta land grant, also known as the Barony of Arizona, a pair of fraudulent land claims that if certified would have granted him ownership over 18,600 square miles (48,200 km2) of land in central Arizona Territory and western New Mexico Territory. During the course of the fraud, Reavis collected an estimated USD 5.3 million in cash and promissory notes ($151 million in present-day terms) through the sale of quitclaims and proposed investment plans.Under the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden Purchase, the United States was required to recognize and honor existing land grants made by either the Spanish or Mexican governments. Reavis utilized this provision by manufacturing a fictional claim and then generating a collection of documents demonstrating how the claim came into his possession. The documents were then covertly inserted into various records archives. In his initial claim, Reavis claimed title to the grant via a series of conveyances. When serious challenges to this claim developed, Reavis developed a second claim by marrying the purported last surviving lineal descendant of the original claim recipient.During the course of his deception, Reavis managed to convince a number of prominent persons to support his efforts. He obtained legal and political support from Roscoe Conkling, Robert G. Ingersoll and James Broadhead. Business leaders such as Charles Crocker and John W. Mackay in turn provided financial support. Initial exposure of the fraud occurred when an unfavorable Surveyor General report caused the claim to be summarily dismissed. In response to this action, Reavis sued the U.S. government for US$11 million in damages ($313 million in present-day terms). The suit in turn prompted the U.S. government to perform a detailed investigation that fully exposed the forgeries Reavis had planted in a variety of locations.".
- James_Reavis alias "Baron of Arizona".
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- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink American_Bank_Note_Company.
- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink American_Civil_War.
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- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Apache.
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- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink California.
- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Casa_Grande,_Arizona.
- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Casa_Grande_Ruins_National_Monument.
- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Category:1843_births.
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- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Category:Crime_in_Arizona_Territory.
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- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Crocker.
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- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Chihuahua_(state).
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- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Confederate_States_Army.
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- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Escutcheon_(heraldry).
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- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Ferdinand_VI_of_Spain.
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- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Florence,_Arizona.
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- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Fraud.
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- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink George_M._Willing.
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- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Gila_River.
- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Globe,_Arizona.
- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Guadalajara.
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- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Hector_de_Castro.
- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Henry_County,_Missouri.
- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Infant_baptism.
- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Internet_Archive.
- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink James_Broadhead.
- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Jean-Baptiste_Salpointe.
- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink John_William_Mackay.
- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink John_Willock_Noble.
- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Kentucky.
- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Knights_Landing,_California.
- James_Reavis wikiPageWikiLink Land_claim.
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