Manuscripts
Document regarding land
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# of photos: 2 photos Description: a) Fernando Pacheco Adobe, in Contra Costa County near Concord. Restored. b) Salvio Pacheco Adobe. In Concord, Contra Costa Country. Built in 1850 on Rancho del Diablo. On Sunday, August 22, 1954, a plaque was placed on this adobe by the Contra Costa Historical Society.
photCL 528
Salt Marsh Tide Swamp & Overflowed Lands
Manuscripts
Page 2 of document, "Salt Marsh and Tide and Swamp and Overflowed Lands, Los Angeles, County Survey No. 1." on sections 5-8, showing distances; color highlighting. Alt. title supplied by cataloger.
mssSolano SR_Box_24(03).01
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A. J. Markley letter to Charles Stearns
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Markley expresses his condolences for the death of Chancey E. Stearns, who was Charles' brother. He writes of Chancey's recent visit to Somersville in Contra Costa County, where he met his death due to illness. He was a cook at a local hotel. Chancey's possessions will be forwarded to Charles. With photocopy of front side of envelope.
mssHM 21309
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Documents regarding slave Mary
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Certificate of No Incumberance [sic] written and signed by Benjamin Jones, Clerk of the Probate Court, Hancock County, Mississippi. He states that there is no "Record in my Office, any judgment, mortgage, or lien against the Negro girl Mary, the property of Nicholas Carron" (1851, Dec. 9). The document is a copy. HM 79205.
mssHM 79205-79206
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Expediente or case file for Rancho San Pablo originally granted in 1823 by Governor 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
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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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Document appointing Elias Smith as Chief Justice of Great Salt Lake County
Manuscripts
Printed document appointing Elias Smith as Chief Justice of Great Salt Lake County, signed by Brigham Young as the Governor of the Territory of Utah.
mssHM 27997