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A Guide to the John Charles Beales Papers, 1832-1855
Biographical NoteJohn Charles Beales, speculator in Texas lands, the son of John Charles and Sarah (Waller) Beales, was born at Alburgh, Norfolk County, England, on March 20, 1804. He was a doctor, but before 1833 he gave up the practice of medicine to devote his time to promoting the development of several empresario contracts he acquired in the region north of the Rio Grande. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsReminiscences, land grants, deed, and legislative petition concern colonization ventures of Beales (1804-1878), empresario. Papers relate specifically to Beales’s Rio Grande Colony, the Texas Land Company, and Beales’s efforts to effect restoration of his Mexican grants after the çTexas Revolution and again after Texas joined the United States. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsUnrestricted access. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationJohn Charles Beales Papers, 1832-1855, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin. Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Papers
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