Maps of private land grant cases of California [ca. 1840-ca. 1892]

Black, G. (George)

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Zakreski, Alexander, 1799-1866

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Sibrian, Ensebio.

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Ringgold, Cadwalader, 1802-1867

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Ringgold served under Wilkes in Antarctic Expedition in 1838. He surveyed the Columbia River, Puget Sound, the Sacramento River and San Francisco Harbor. He served in California from 1849-1851. From the description of Letter, May 13, 1848. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 46357716 ...

Castillo Negrete, Francisco del

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Vioget, Jean Jacques, 1797-1855

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Jean Jacques Vioget came to California as master of the ship Delmire, ca. 1837. He settled in San Francisco, worked for John A. Sutter and later moved to San Jose. From the description of Jean Jacques Vioget Papers, 1829-1852. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 58856314 Biography Jean Jacques Vioget came to California as master of the ship Delmire, ca. 1837. He settled in San Francisco and built a house there...

Lewis, M. B.

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Hansen, George, 1824-1897

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Historical Background The story of the Union Pacific Railroad's involvement with oil and the Tidelands goes back to at least 1911 when the State of California granted the City of Long Beach its tidelands properties for development of commerce, navigation, fisheries, and recreation under a public trust doctine, meaning any development and revenues from such development would have to benefit the state as a whole rather than merely neighboring c...

Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton), 1824-1882

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Army officer. From the description of R. S. Williamson correspondence, 1848-1854. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982991 ...

Dyer, E. H. (Ebenezer Herrick), 1822-1910.

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Healey, Charles T. (Charles Terraine)

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Higley, H. A. (Horace A.)

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Cleal, John G.

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Tracy, J. H. (Joel H.)

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Wicks, James

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Mission San Jose (Alameda County, Calif.)

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Santa Barbara Mission

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Mission Santa Barbara is a Spanish mission founded by Padre Fermín Lasuén on December 4, 1786, the feast day of Saint Barbara, as the tenth mission for the religious conversion of the indigenous local Chumash-Barbareño tribe of Native American people. It is located in present-day Santa Barbara....

Rowe, E. H. (Edward H.)

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Kellogg, Edmund Burke, 1809-1872

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Money, William P., 1807-ca. 1885

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Whitcher, J. E. (Jeremiah E.)

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Greene, A. P.

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Lewis, William J., 1766-1828

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Biography Before becoming International Longshoremen's Association President, Pacific Coast District (District 38), William Lewis worked on San Francisco docks as a longshoreman for nearly 25 years. In 1933 he became a business agent for the newly chartered ILA 38-79. In the short space of six months the organization grew from nothing to a claimed membership of nearly 4,000. From the guide to the William J. Lewis Collection, [1919...

Santa Cruz Mission

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United States. Engineering Department.

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United States. District Court (California).

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U.S. district and circuit courts were created by the Judiciary Act of 1789 under the authority of the constitutional provision that the judicial power of the United States be vested in a Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as the Congress may establish. The Judiciary Act provided that these courts were to have original jurisdiction in cases involving crimes, remedies of common law, and aliens suing for a tort. The district courts were to have exclusive original cognizance of c...

Easton, A. S.

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San Fernando Rey Mission (Calif.)

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Taylor, K. W. (Kirk White)

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Wackenreuder, Vitus

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Mission San Rafael Archangel (San Rafael, Calif.)

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Richardson, William A., 1795-1856

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William P. Richardson, major general of the Kansas Territorial Militia, member of the Council of the Territorial Legislature. From the description of Letter: to Nathaniel Pascall /by General Richardson, copied by John W. Forman, 1857 Feb 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702128284 ...

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)

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O'Farrell, Jasper, 1817-1875

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O'Farrell was appointed Surveyor-General of Alta California in 1843. He is known for surveying and mapping the city of San Francisco. He was also involved in surveying many of the ranchos granted by the Mexican government. From the description of Jasper O'Farrell papers, 1844-1864. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122332387 Jasper O'Farrell, pioneer California politician and surveyor, was born in Ireland, where he received a degree in civil engineering. I...

Poole, C. H.

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Mission San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel, Calif.)

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La Croze, John

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Gray, Nicholas, surveyor.

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Ardisson, Esteban.

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Hutton, Wm. R. (William Rich), 1826-1901

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William Rich Hutton, surveyor and engineer, came to California in 1847 as a clerk with his uncle, Major William Rich, paymaster for U.S. volunteer troops. For the next six years, Hutton was employed as a surveyor and draftsman. During this time he made watercolor and pencil drawings of California scenes. In 1853 he returned to the East and worked as an engineer on various projects including the Washington Bridge and Hudson River Tunnel in New York City. From the description of Papers...

Hancock, Henry, fl. 1857-1879.

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Mission La Purísima Concepción (Calif.)

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Gore, J. C. (John C.)

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Denton, William, 1823-1883

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Berreyesa, José de los Santos.

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Wallace, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 33979 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x000136 Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F234 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001569.0x00000f Epithet: of Add MS 42925 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x000137 Epithet: of Car...

Dyer, E. (Ephraim), b. 1828

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Sutton, O. P. (Owen Paul), b. 1829.

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Mission San Juan Capistrano

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San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.)

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Hartnell, W. E. P. (William Edward Petty), 1798-1854.

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Biography William Edward Petty Hartnell, born in Lancashire, England in 1798, lived in South America for some years, and came to California aboard the John Begg as a member of McCulloch, Hartnell & Co., agents for John Begg & Co. of Lima and Brotherston's in England. His firm, having contracted to take mission produce for three years, 1823-1826, carried on a profitable business until 1826. In 1825 Hartnell married María Teresa de la G...

Hoffmann, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1838-1913

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Reynolds, W. P. (William P.)

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Lecouvreur, Frank, 1829-1901

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Santa Ines Mission (Solvang, Calif.)

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Grammont, J. J. H. (John J. H.)

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Tracy, C. C.

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San Buenaventura Mission

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Ruurds, J. (John)

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San Diego Mission

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Thompson, G. H. (George H.)

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San Francisco de Asis Mission (San Francisco, Calif.).

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Warner, J. J. (Juan José), 1807-1895

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Warner was an early settler of San Diego County, owning a ranch now known as Warner Springs. From the description of ALS, 1860 March 24 : Sacramento, to E.P. Reed, San Jose. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 17021478 Rancher and pioneer; settled in Los Angeles, Calif. in 1834, operated the Warner Ranch, a popular stop for travelers, from 1844 in San Diego County. Warner accompanied Jedediah Strong Smith in 1831 on a trapping expedition to New Mexico, la...

Forbes, James Alexander, 1804?-1881

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Stratton, James T.

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James Thompson Stratton was a California pioneer and noted surveyor of towns such as Benecia and Alameda. Born in New York State, he came to California in 1850 and settled in Clinton (later East Oakland) He was closely associated with state surveyor James W. Shanklin. He became an authority on Mexican land grants and helped to introduce the Australian eucalyptus tree into California. From the description of James T. Stratton papers, 1857-1903. (University of California, Berkeley). Wo...

Seebold, Lothar.

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Surveyor General of the United States.

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Leighton, W. H. (William H.)

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San Gabriel Mission (Calif.)

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Von Schmidt, A. W. (Allexey Waldemar), b. 1823?

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Trask, James L.

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Hoadley, Milo.

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Mission San Miguel Arcangel (San Miguel, Calif.)

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Norway, W. H. (William H.)

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Brown, Warren, 1826-1889

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Argúello, Santiago, 1791-1862

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Norris, Ralph W.

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Santa Clara Mission

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Instituted in 1777, the Mission Santa Clara de Asis was the eighth of the original 21 California missions. From the description of Indexes to the sacramental registers of Mission Santa Clara, 1777-1903. (Santa Clara University). WorldCat record id: 32952352 From the description of Sacramental registers of Mission Santa Clara [microform], 1777-1866. (Santa Clara University). WorldCat record id: 42027004 ...

Freeman, James E.

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Bidwell, John, 1819-1900

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Bidwell was a noted early Calif. pioneer, landowner, and statesman. He helped form the Western Immigration Society in 1840, which led to the formation of the Bidwell-Bartleson wagon train, the first emigrant train to Calif. He travelled through Utah in 1841, then forged the Calif. immigrant trail. In 1846 he wrote the Bear Flag platform. In 1848, he began buying his ranch, Rancho de Arroyo Chico, also known as Rancho Chico. From the description of Rancho de Arroyo Chico ledger and re...

Matthewson, R. C. (Robert C.)

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Humphreys, Clement.

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San Juan Bautista (Mission : San Juan Bautista, Calif.)

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Sprague, T. L. (Thomas Lamison), 1894-1972

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Thomas Lamison Sprague was born October 2, 1894, in Lima, Ohio. He commanded Fleet Air Alameda and Carrier Division 22 from 1944 to 1945. Sprague died on September 17, 1972. From the description of Sprague, T. L. (Thomas Lamison), 1894-1972 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10614733 ...

Nuestra Señora de la Soledad (Mission : Calif.)

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Fitch, Henry Delano, 1799-1849.

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Biography Henry Delano Fitch, born in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1799, first came to California in about 1826 as master of the vessel Maria Ester, owned by Henry Edward Virmond of Mexico. Fitch was employed for a number of years by Virmond, trading along the west coast ports of north and South America. The earliest letters and documents of the collection deal with these activities. After his elopement with Josefa Carrillo in 18...

Coffee, Andrew J. (Andrew Jackson), d. 1891.

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Cambuston, Henri.

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Lyman, Chester Smith, 1814-1890

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Mission San Francisco Solano (Sonoma, Calif.)

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Hesse, E.

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Snyder, Jacob Rink, 1812-1878

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Strobel, Max

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Gift, George W. (George Washington), 1833-

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George Washington Gift (b. 1833) was raised in Tennessee, and went to California some time before the Civil War. He came home from California in the summer of 1861 in order to join the Confederate Navy. He served on several C.S.N. vessels in the coastal waters of North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, including the C.S.S. Chattahoochee, based at Chattahoochee, Fla.; the C.S.S. Gaines, based at Mobile, Ala.; the R.E. Lee, off the North Carolina coast; and the Tallahassee, based at Wilming...

Terrell, J. E.

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Baker, Geo. H. (George Holbrook), 1827-1906

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San Antonio de Pádua (Mission)

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Stearns, Abel, 1798-1871

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Pioneer California businessman; arriving in Monterey in 1829; Sterns held many public and private offices. At the time of these declarations, he was Alcalde (or Mayor) of Los Angeles. From the description of Colorado River Ferry declarations, 1850 May 8-1850 June 8. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 39114744 Abel Stearns was a prominent trader and landowner in Southern California from 1829 until his death in 1871. From t...