Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• I. The Mission’s Unique Role in a Spanish Frontier Society
• II. Land Tenure Exchange
• III. The Missions and Their Lands
• IV. Twilight of the Mission Lands
• Appendixes
  • A. Registry of Land Grants, Irrigation Rights, and Assessed Fees and Payments at Mission San JosÉ
  • B. Appraisal of Houses and Outer Wall at Mission San Juan Capistrano
  • C. Summary of Land Grants, Irrigation Rights, and Subsequent Conveyances at Mission San Juan Capistrano
  • D. Registry of Land Grants, Irrigation Rights, and Assessed Fees and Payments at Mission San Juan Capistrano
  • E. Land Grants at Secularized Mission San Juan Capistrano
  • F. Summary of Purchases and Accounts of Conveyed Structures at Mission San Juan Capistrano
  • G. Appraisal of Houses at Mission San Francisco de la Espada
  • H. Summary of Purchases and Accounts of Conveyed Structures at Mission San Francisco de la Espada
  • I. Registry of Land Grants, Irrigation Rights, and Assessed Fees and Payments at Mission San Francisco de la Espada
• Notes
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index

About the Author

Félix D. Almaráz, Jr., is Professor of History at the University of Texas at San Antonio.