Charles Fossat complaint, 1853.

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Charles Fossat complaint, 1853.

Consists of 12-page legal complaint of Charles Fossat against Simon Lake and Joseph W. Johnson regarding attempts to deny him legal ownership of Santa Clara County (Calif.) lands on site of New Almaden Quicksilver Mines (1853).

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Laurencel, Henry.

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Cook, Grove C.

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Johnson, Joseph Myron, 1917-

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Berreyesa, Jose R.

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Fossat, Charles.

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Charles Fossat, a French national, purchased through Henry Laurencel and others, lands that he hoped would give him control of the New Almaden quicksilver mine, third richest in the world. Fossat's lands were a part of the Larios claim, a Mexican land grant near the mine. Unfortunately, the boundaries of Larios' grant were not clearly established. Another claimant to the mine, the New Almaden Company (owned by Barron, Forbes Company, most of whose owners were British), had been operating the min...

Lake, Simon

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Larios, Justo.

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