[Collection of California land survey maps]. [1855-1904]

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[Collection of California land survey maps]. [1855-1904]

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Manuscript copies of General Land Office township plats, covering portions of California's public lands. The survey plats are based on the official township surveys conducted by the staff of the Surveyor General's Office in California. Approximately one-third of the plats in this collection are signed by John Coffee "Jack" Hays, who served as California's Surveyor General from 1853 to 1857.

291 maps : ms., col. ; 50 x 66 cm., or smaller.

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