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Fraudulent California land grants
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Petition of Johnson Price and Alexander R. McKee : praying a grant of land in Oregon, on condition that they cause it to be settled
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California land grant research materials for William W. Clary
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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.
mssHM 72910-72914
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Land grants (Ranchos)
Manuscripts
This collection contains the records of the Southern California chapter of the Index of American Design, which was a Federal Arts Project, 1933 to 1943. The collection consists of reports, correspondence, drawings, paintings, photographs, and ephemera, chiefly on California art and architecture within the 18th and 19th centuries, although other subjects and issues are also discussed. Subjects addressed within the collection include the history of African Americans in Los Angeles; Southern California history; California architecture, art and art history; California politics and government; the Federal Art Project; Native Americans in California; the history of California's material culture; old age pension plans in California; the history of Spaniards and Spanish Missions in California; and the United States Works Progress Administration in California.
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The Estancia Land Grant
Manuscripts
The collection constitutes the literary archive of New Mexico author N. Howard (Nathan Howard) "Jack" Thorp. It includes original manuscripts of Thorp's stories, as well as songs, correspondence, a diary, photographs and related publications.
mssThorp papers