Manuscripts

Collection of California survey maps

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Description: A collection of six survey maps and plats of various California ranchos, tracts, and properties from 1870 to 1893. The maps are drawn on paper, linen-backed tracing paper, and linen using black and various colors of ink. There are some tears and two of the maps are separated at the seams.
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Production date: 1870-1893.
Call number: mssCalsurvey
Provenance: Gift of Elizabeth Weser, April 1971.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
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Map of the town of Alameda and adjacent lands : this map is compiled from surveys & maps made by J.E. Whitcher Benj. L. Jones, James T. Stratton & Horace A. Higley, Alameda County Surveyors, and includes the town of Alameda as incorporated by the Legislature of California April 19th 1854
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Map of the Province of Upper Canada, describing all the New Settlements, Townships &c., with the Countries Adjacent from Quebec to Lake Huron. Compiled from the Original Documents in the Surveyor General's Office
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Map of mining town Randsburg, California
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Map of Blocks 75 and 76 Ord's Survey
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Property of Mrs. Emeline Childs; Hill to Main St., Eleventh to Twelfth St., showing residence, house, stable; color highlightingm courses, distances; tentative subdivision indicated in pencil. Paper watermark: Byron Weston’s Linen Record 1890. Alt title supplied by cataloger.
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Aerial survey city of San Marino in the County of Los Angeles California
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Collection of California survey maps

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Map of the town of Alameda and adjacent lands : this map is compiled from surveys & maps made by J.E. Whitcher Benj. L. Jones, James T. Stratton & Horace A. Higley, Alameda County Surveyors, and includes the town of Alameda as incorporated by the Legislature of California April 19th 1854

Map of the Province of Upper Canada, describing all the New Settlements, Townships &c., with the Countries Adjacent from Quebec to Lake Huron. Compiled from the Original Documents in the Surveyor General's Office

Map of mining town Randsburg, California

Map of Blocks 75 and 76 Ord's Survey

Map of Lot 1 Block 7 Ord's Survey

Aerial survey city of San Marino in the County of Los Angeles California