Quite Contrary : The Litigious Life of Mary Bennett Love /

"A biography about Mary Bennett Love, a pioneer female overlander, and her legal battles and lawsuits over land grants, preemption rights, and squatting on public lands in California in the nineteenth century"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Langum, David J., 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Love, Mary Bennett, > 1803-1868.
Love, Mary Bennett, > 1803-1868 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Women pioneers.
Women farmers.
Squatters.
Public lands.
Pioneers.
Land grants.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
Agricultrices > Californie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Pionniers > Californie > Biographies.
Pionnieres > Californie > Biographies.
Public lands > California > History > 19th century.
Land grants > California > History > 19th century.
Squatters > California > Biography.
Women farmers > California > History > 19th century.
Pioneers > California > Biography.
Women pioneers > California > Biography.
California > Santa Clara.
California.
Californie > Histoire > 19e siecle > Biographies.
California > History > 19th century > Biography.
Santa Clara (Calif.) > Biography.
Trials, litigation, etc.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Bennett Family Background
  • Overland to Oregon in 1842
  • From Oregon to California
  • The Bennetts Live in Yerba Buena
  • Mary Bennett Separates from Vardamon and Moves to Santa Clara
  • Catherine Bennett Marries Isaac Graham
  • Mary Operates Her Grant and Becomes More Acquisitive, 1846-1852
  • Santa Cruz County Land Speculations
  • Catherine Leaves Isaac amid Massive Litigation
  • Mary Bennett Marries Harry Love
  • Land Claims Litigation and Other Lawsuits, 1851-1864
  • The Final Years
  • Epilogue and Conclusion.

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