California land grant research materials for William W. Clary, 1938.

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California land grant research materials for William W. Clary, 1938.

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Four letters and one set of research notes regarding George Tays' work at the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. In the letters, Tays agrees to research land grants in California for William W. Clary, sends weekly updates on his progress, and complains about poor transcripts at the Bancroft. Also included are two sets of research notes (one is included in a letter) on land acquisitions and ownership in Mexican California from Los Angeles to San Diego Counties. One set of notes focuses on land litigation in San Gabriel in the 1820s, with information from the California Archives, the Board of Harbor Commissioners, and various secondary sources on the San Gabriel river and San Pedro Bay. The other set of notes includes references to land owned by Juan Jose Nieto and Juan Jose Dominguez. Carbon copies, some with handwritten notes.

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Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Bancroft Library

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Clary, William W. (William Webb), 1888-

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Tays, George, 1900-1958

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George Tays was an independent researcher hired by William Webb Clary to research land grants in Mexican California. Clary (1888-1971) was a partner in the law firm of O'Melveney and Myers and served on various boards at the Claremont Colleges. He published several works on California history, including The laws of the town of San Francisco, 1847 (1947), History of the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers, 1885-1965 (1966), The Claremont Colleges: a history of the development of the Claremont group...