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| The venture collapsed when Spain failed to provide promised funding, leading Bastrop to sell and transfer portions of the claim around 1800–1804.After the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, the validity of the grant was challenged in U.S. courts for decades. In December 1850, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the original agreement did not grant formal title to Bastrop. Congress later passed relief acts for long-term settlers who had lived on and cultivated the land for 20 years 2 | The venture collapsed when Spain failed to provide promised funding, leading Bastrop to sell and transfer portions of the claim around 1800–1804.After the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, the validity of the grant was challenged in U.S. courts for decades. In December 1850, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the original agreement did not grant formal title to Bastrop. Congress later passed relief acts for long-term settlers who had lived on and cultivated the land for 20 years 2 | ||
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