Order to conduct survey of Rancho El Cajon lands, 1858 Sept. 1.

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United States. Surveyor General for California. Order to conduct survey of Rancho El Cajon lands, 1858 Sept. 1.

Order to conduct survey of Rancho El Cajon lands, 1858 Sept. 1.

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Order signed by J.W. Mandeville, U.S. Surveyor General for California, and directed to John C. Hays, appointing him as deputy for execution of the final survey for the tract of land known as 'El Cajon'. Accompanied by the diseno "Copia del Diseno del Rancho llamado de El Caxon". The order states that the Supreme Court of the United States has confirmed the claim entered by Thomas W. Sutherland serving as guardian to Victoria Pedrorena et al. in regard to the tract of land known as El Cajon in San Diego County. The case had been heard in U.S. District Court, California Southern District (Land case 114) and the order goes on to define the boundaries of the land to be as determined by documents submitted to that court, including a map, a copy of which was attached. The map is a copy of the diseno probably executed at the time of the original grant which was deeded on July 21, 1841. It is 23 1/2 x 33 cm., executed in pen and ink on tracing paper. Relief is shown pictorially; roads, structures and natural features are indicated. Scale is indicated as 10,000 varas to 2 leguas and orientation is with north to the upper left.

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