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An expediente or case file for the place called Agua Caliente, also known as Rancho San José del Valle in present San Diego County, once belonging to the Mission San Luis Rey. Included are statements by José Antonio Pico, Tiburcio Tapĩa, Juan María Osuna, Andres Pico and the grant by Mexican governor of Alta California, Juan Bautista Alvarado.
mssHM 19406
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Draft typescript of a paper on Juan Bautista Alvarado, California's longest-tenured governor under Mexican rule, who held office for six years from 1836 to 1842. The paper was written and presented by Grace Alvarado Sahlberg to the San Mateo American Association of University Women studying "California Fact and Legend."
mssHM 44936
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Expediente or case file for Rancho San Pablo originally granted in 1823 by Mexican governor of Alta California, Luís Antonio Argüello to Francisco María Castro, reconfirmed by Governor José Figueroa in 1834 to the heirs of Francisco Castro and claimed by Joaquín Ysidro Castro. The Rancho which was once part of the land belonging to the Mission Dolores, was a land grant in present-day Contra Costa County, California encompassing the cities of Richmond, San Pablo, and Kensington. Includes signed statements by Joaquín Ysidro Castro, Agustín V. Zamorano, Francisco Maria Castro, Jose Figueroa, Francisco del Castillo Negrete, José María de Echeandía, and Santiago Arguello.
mssHM 18959
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In this letter, Bandini writes to Alvarado of the poor state of the land at San Juan Capistrano. In Spanish.
mssHM 44935
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This collection contains three volumes with records of the governance of the southern portion of Alta California from the Mexican Constitution of 1824 through the creation of the Los Angeles Prefecture in 1837 and the conquest by the United States in 1846 to the California State Constitution of 1850. These volumes include alcalde correspondence, 1823; ayuntamiento minutes from 1832; judicial records of civil and criminal cases; records of the Los Angeles prefecture from 1834; register of cattle brands and marks, 1833-52; notarial records; petitions for land; claims for mines; deeds, mortgages, contracts, bankruptcy papers, and wills; inventories of personal and household goods; court-martial papers; censuses; and decrees and proclamations. These documents are in Spanish. HM 81572: Volume A (1825-1847) HM 81573: Volume I (1834-1849) HM 81574: Volume 2 (1840-1850) List of some notable items: S. Argüello to the Judge of the Peace. Concerning the jurisdiction of secular and ecclesiastical authority in the granting of divorces. Los Angeles, May 6, 1842. Folio 150. Re. Santa Catalina Island. Petition of Luis Vignes and Juan Ramirez for the island in order to raise there donkeys and sheep, this being the only possible industry that might flourish there due to the rugged formation of the island. Sept. 4, 1840. Fol. 320-321. Re. Cañada de la Brea - judicial possession of. Mar. 15, 1841. p.352, 354, 576. Rancho of Julio Verdugo - Mar. 29, 1841. p. 354 Concerning horse races in Los Angeles - 1841. p. 376 et seq. Re. El Toro land - p. 383 Re. San Dieguito - p. 390 (1843) Re. Sta. Monica - p. 402 (1843) Re. Rancho La Cienega - p. 404 (1843) Re. Lompoc - p. 413 Sketch of Argüello (in pencil). - after p. 415, on a blank page. Re. Salsipuedes Rancho - p. 416 (1840) Raymundo Carrillo - a good number of his papers. p. 450 et seq. S. Argüello - corresp. concerning the granting of land titles, 1841. p. 483. Los Angeles City administration - a good deal of information found in Argüello's correspondence, mainly around page 593 and following. Micheltorena, Manuel - Copy of letter to Argüello dated San Fernando, Oct. 25, 1842. Concerning the appearance at Monterey of Commodore Jones, firing upon the port, etc. This is a very spirited letter, voicing his patriotism and enjoining all Californians to take up arms against the invaders. p.593. R.B. Mason - Proclamation. Aug. 7, 1848 (printed). p. 730 B. Riley - Proclamation to the People of ¯California, june 3, 1849. p. 762. Horse-racing - rules, etc. Sept. 2, 1839 (p. 4 - 28) Re. Limantour -p. 170-71. Re. J. Salazar - p. 171, 172, et seq. Julio Cayetano - p. 180 Jose Antonio Yorva [Yorba?] - inventory of property, etc., after his decease. p. 192. Luis Bauchet - inventory of property, p. 205 Enrique Sepulveda - documents concerning his property, inventories made after his decease, etc. p. 231 Carlos Baric - documents concerning his property, claims on his estate, etc. p. 263 et seq. Agustin Martin - (Frenchman) p. 289 Demetrio Villa - Conveyance of property. p. 326 Jose Arnaz - re. property, p. 337 Juan Bautista Leandry - disposition and inventory of property after his decease, 1849, p. 388-414. Rancho Santa Anita - Deposition of Marion B. Roldan that Victoria Reid & her children had given their consent to Hugo Reid to sell the Rancho. May 28, 1847. p. 490 Frenchmen in Los Angeles. Petition to investigate the murder of one of their countrymen. July 16, 1847. p. 490 Tiburcio Tapia - Inventory of his property, p. 600 Padron de sonoreños (census) - 1847, p. 631 A.W. Flügge - documents referring to the Brig Primavera, p. 650, 652-674. Ranchos - List of ranchos with the number of men belonging to each and the amount of firearms, 1848, p. 732. Juan Perez - inventory made for the settlement of his estate. p. 733. Election in Los Angeles - list of voters present at the house of Abel Stearns, p. 798. List of voters in the house of Matias Gabicho (Dec.17, 1849), p. 807. Returns, Dec. 21, 1849, p. 811 et seq.; final returns, p. 851.
mssHM 81572-81574