Manuscripts

Land cases (HM 42980-43013)

Description: The collection consists of documents and letters related to California land cases. It includes copies of land titles, drafts of briefs, and opinions used in establishing the legal titles of some 36 different land grants. There are also notes on Spanish land law and a few papers relating to other legal cases in California.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1851-1860.
Call number: mssHM 42940-43013
Creator: Halleck, Peachy & Billings (Firm : San Francisco, Calif.)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Argonaut Book Shop, December 31, 1946.
Associated people: Billings, Frederick, (1823-1890.); Halleck, H. W. (1815-1872.); Peachy, Archibald C., (1820-1883.)

Land cases (HM 42940-42979)

Manuscripts

The collection consists of documents and letters related to California land cases. It includes copies of land titles, drafts of briefs, and opinions used in establishing the legal titles of some 36 different land grants. There are also notes on Spanish land law and a few papers relating to other legal cases in California.

mssHM 42940-43013

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Halleck, Peachy & Billings Records

Manuscripts

The collection consists of documents and letters related to California land cases involving the law firm of Halleck, Peachy & Billings. The major part of the collection consists of legal documents written chiefly by Henry W. Halleck relating to the California land cases-copies of land titles, drafts of briefs, and opinions used in establishing the legal titles of some 36 different land grants. There are also notes on Spanish land laws and a few papers relating to other legal cases in California. Alphabetical list of land cases: HM 42959 Almaden Mines. Case 366 HM 42943 Bolsa de Chamisal Rancho (San Luis Obispo Co.) Case 312 HM 42944-42945 Callayomi Rancho (Sonoma Co.) Case 40 HM 42941 and HM 43001 Campo de los Franceses (San Joaquin Co.) Case 255 HM 42942 Cañada de los Capitancillos (Santa Clara Co.) Case 744 HM 42961-42962 Cañada de los Osos, Pecho y Islay (San Luis Obispo Co.) Case 218 HM 42963-42966 Cañada de Pogolomé (Marin Co.) Case 19 HM 42943 Chamisal, Bolsa de (San Luis Obispo Co.) Case 312 HM 43005 Los Coches Rancho (Santa Clara Co.) Case 167 HM 42944-42945 Collayomi Rancho (Sonoma Co.) Case 40 HM 42946-42947 Corral de Piedra Rancho (Sacramento Co.) Case 190 HM 42948 Cosumnes Rancho (Sacramento Co.) Case 228 HM 42963 Estero del Americano Rancho (Sonoma Co.) Case 136 (see Cañada de Pogolomé) HM 42949-42954 Guadalasca Rancho (Santa Barbara Co.) Case 31 HM 42955 Guenoc Rancho (Sonoma Co.) Case 12 HM 42956-42957 Jesús María Rancho (Santa Barbara Co.) Case 528 HM 42958 La Laguna Rancho (Santa Barbara Co.) Case 217 HM 43004 Llano Seco Rancho (Butte Co.) Case 289 HM 42959 New Almaden Mines. Case 366 HM 42960 Ojo de Agua de Figueroa Rancho (San Francisco Co.) Case 310 HM 42961-42962 Osos, Pecho y Islay, Cañada de (San Luis Obispo Co.) Case 218 HM 42963-42966 Pogolomé, Cañada de (Marin Co.) Case 19 HM 42974 Las Posas Rancho (Santa Barbara Co.) Case 296 HM 42967-42971 El Potrero de San Carlos Rancho (Monterey Co.) Case 271 HM 42972-42973 Potrero de Santa Clara Rancho (Santa Clara Co.) Case 8 HM 42974 Las Pozas Rancho (Santa Barbara Co.) Case 296 HM 42975 Rincón de las Salinas Rancho y Potrero Nuevo (San Francisco Co.) Case 30 HM 42976 Rinconada del Zanjón Rancho (Monterey Co.) Case 532 HM 42977-42978 Río de Santa Clara Rancho (Santa Clara Co.) Case 225 HM 42979 San Bernardino Rancho (San Bernardino Co.) Case 316 HM 42980 San Buenaventura Mission (Santa Barbara Co.) Case 51 HM 42981 San Diego Mission (San Diego Co.) Case 175 HM 42982 San Francisco, City of. Case 280 HM 42983 San Julián Rancho (Santa Barbara Co.) Case 13 HM 42984-42986 San Luis Obispo Co. (Calif.) Case 39 HM 42987-42988 San Luis Obispo Mission (San Luis Obispo Co.) Case 224 HM 42989 Santa Ana Rancho (Santa Barbara Co.) Case 494 HM 42990 Santa Barbara (City). Case 543 HM 42991 Santa Clara Mission HM 42992-42993 Santa Rosa Island (Santa Barbara Co.) Case 117 HM 42994 and HM 43006 Simi Rancho (Santa Barbara Co.) Case 103 HM 42995 Sotoyomé Rancho (Sonoma and Mendocino Co.) Case 16 HM 42996 Tequepis Rancho (Santa Barbara Co.) Case 88 HM 42997 Los Tularcitos Rancho (Monterey Co.) Case 195 Miscellaneous legal papers [12 items]

mssHM 42940-43013

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Blotter B: District record of land grants and deeds in the city of San Francisco

Manuscripts

The blotter includes land grants and deeds processed in San Francisco District from 1847 to 1849. The grants and deeds are signed by alcaldes George Hyde and Thaddeus Leavenworth. The list includes deeds involving Sam Brannan, John White Geary, Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, William A. Leidesdorff, Robert T. Ridley, and J. D. Stevenson. Some of the entries are accompanied by hand drawn plats.

mssHM 68413

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Halleck, Peachy & Billings letter to Joseph Libbey Folsom

Manuscripts

This letter beseeches Folsom to send the firm the amount of his bill from the past year. Signed "Halleck, Peachy & Billings" in a hand differing from the body of the letter.

mssHM 19069

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Lease agreement between John Forster and T. A. Case for a parcel of land in San Diego County

Manuscripts

The collection is arranged chronologically and consists primarily of legal documents pertaining to real estate transactions in and around San Jan Capistrano, Los Angeles, and San Diego in the late nineteenth century. The collection also includes records of land grants made by the U.S. government to individuals in the southern California area. Documents include grants, land patents, deeds, indentures, mortgages, leases, and a few court documents.

HM 72140

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Eusebio Francisco Kino letters

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters, chiefly written in Spanish by Eusebio Francisco Kino (1644-1711) and addressed to Maria Guadalupe de Lencastre, duquesa de Aveiro (1630-1715) concerning Kino's experiences in exploring and establishing missions in Baja California (1683-85) and in Sonora (1686-87).

mssHM 9973-9998

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