Original grant of town lot no. forty three, 1847 Feb. 3 / Territory of California, District of San Francisco.

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Original grant of town lot no. forty three, 1847 Feb. 3 / Territory of California, District of San Francisco.

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Official document granting lot no. 43 in the town of Yerba Buena (San Francisco) to Vardeman Bennett. The document is filled out and signed by Washington A. Bartlett, then serving as the district's alcalde (chief magistrate). Affixed to the recto of the document is a holograph letter from Bennett, dated Oct. 29, 1846, requesting the deed to lot no. 43.

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University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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San Francisco (Calif.) Office of the Chief Magistrate.

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Goodman, John B. (John Bartlett), 1901-1991

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Bennett, Vardeman.

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