Manuscripts

Map of Ranchos San Jose and Azusa

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Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1855.
Call number: mssHM 30956
Creator: O'Farrell, Jasper (1817-1875)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Dawson's, March 1967.
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Abstract of title to land on Ranchos Azusa, addition to San Jose, and San Jose

Manuscripts

mssHM 48971

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Oversize folder: Survey and sketch of Santa Margarita and Los Flores Rancho, San Diego County, California

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters, documents, seven sketches, maps, and one manuscript related to the life and business activities of Jasper O'Farrell. The collection's subject matter and contents include rough surveys and sketches of California ranchos and towns, from 1845 to 1850, receipts, bills, etc., 1850 to 1870, and deeds, leases, and other papers pertaining to O'Farrell's land in Sonoma County, 1855 to 1870. There are also letters to O'Farrell about various business, personal and political topics, from 1846 to 1874, and personal letters from O'Farrell to his daughter, Elena, 1871 to 1875. The collection also contains notes and excerpts from printed accounts of O'Farrell's life and copies of letters dealing with the San Francisco survey, from 1924 and after.

mssOF 18

Map of the Land of Suysun : The property of A. A. Ritchie / Surveyed by Jasper OFarrell C E

Rare Books

Note "carriage road from Benecia to Sacramento and Freemont" Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Yards. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.

256752

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Rancho Azusa and San José addition subdivision map

Manuscripts

A map and subdivision of Ranchos Azusa and San José. Also includes field notes of the town of Woodville, surveyed by J.B. Wood. Ink.

mssAzusa

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Map of the Subdivision of the Rancho Addition to San Jose and Portion of the Rancho San Jose, Los Angeles County, Calif

Manuscripts

Collection of maps surveyed for the Los Angeles County Assessor's Office between 1860 and 1897. The maps primarily focus on excavations, improvements, and expansions of roads throughout Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Orange Counties, with geographic coverage ranging from Malibu to Pomona and Newhall to San Juan Capistrano. Most of the maps show boundary lines of the various Ranchos existent throughout these counties, and many also include buildings, railroads, telegraph lines, land use, relief, and elements of the natural landscape such as canyons and rivers. Also included are maps showing the San Gabriel Mission, San Juan Capistrano Mission, and an elevation of the Los Angeles County court house. Some of the Ranchos depicted include San Antonio, Azusa, San Jose, Los Nogales, San Pedro, San Joaquin, San Rafael, Centinela, La Puente, Sausal Redondo, La Ballona, Rodeo-de-las-Aguas, Cienega, San Pasqual, and San Francisquito. Property shown includes that of Elias 'Lucky' Baldwin, Pio Pico, and Abel Stearns. The maps were originally housed in 16 bound volumes.

LARM_Vol_B_19.01

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[Rancho] San Jose;

Manuscripts

The collection consists of maps, field books, legal documents, business papers, and diaries related to the work of surveyors George Hansen, Alfred Solano, Sidney B. Reeve, and others. The maps and surveys in the collection are of the city of Los Angeles, Southern California ranchos, and subdivisions of the city of Los Angeles and neighboring towns. The collection contains over maps and sketch maps. Other subjects represented in the collection include: civil engineering, land subdivision, mines and mineral resources, and daily life in Los Angeles and Los Angeles County.

mssSolano

Map of Ranchos San Jose and Azusa

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