Manuscripts
Miscellaneous Legal Documents
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Women's Separate Property
Manuscripts
The bulk of these items are documents entitled "Inventories of Women's Separate Property." In addition to inventories, this folder also includes other legal documents relating to female ownership of land and property including deeds of sale, wills and leases.
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Vermejo Club - Sundry documents (1 of 2)
Manuscripts
Approx. 45 items: collection of deeds of various types, leases, memos and other documents related to the operations of Vermejo Club. Also in the folder is a stapled, 11-pp. document titled "Memorandum of Agreement between Vermejo Club and Southwest Land Company and a small number of other documents related to Southwest Land Company. Split into two folders.
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Vermejo Club - Sundry documents (2 of 2)
Manuscripts
Approx. 45 items: collection of deeds of various types, leases, memos and other documents related to the operations of Vermejo Club. Also in the folder is a stapled, 11-pp. document titled "Memorandum of Agreement between Vermejo Club and Southwest Land Company and a small number of other documents related to Southwest Land Company. Split into two folders.
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Documents Relating to Ignacio Del Valle, Pío Pico, Abel Stearns, and Francis Pliny F. Temple
Manuscripts
This folder includes legal land documents relating to some of the most famous individuals relating to Los Angeles history. While the documents of many significant individuals are included in this collection, this folder focuses on 24 items relating to Francis P.F. Temple, Abel Stearns, Pío Pico, and Ignacio Del Valle.
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Miscellaneous Legal Documents, Non-legal Documents, Letters, and Ephemera
Manuscripts
The material is chiefly related to the economic and social history of late 19th century Virginia City, Nevada; some materials show economic connections between Virginia City and San Francisco as well as inter-state relations between Nevada and California. The collection is 90% legal documents. These documents are related to specific court cases (most filed with the First Judicial District State of Nevada). They are grouped case by case and contained in Boxes 1-11. Other types of legal documents, including deeds, indentures, and agreements, are housed in Box 12. Finally, miscellaneous legal documents share Box 13 with non-legal documents, a letter, and ephemera. The items in each series are in chronological order. Although the Consolidated Virginia Mining Company and California Mining Company are prominent in the collection, the collection includes documents related to more than 50 other mining companies (too numerous to list here). The documents comes from a variety of different law suits including: mining companies suing one another over the uses of resources such as water, building material, railroads, roads and tunnels; and employees suing their employers for wages or injury compensation.
mssComstock Lode collection
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Miscellaneous Legal Documents, Non-legal Documents, Letters, and Ephemera
Manuscripts
The material is chiefly related to the economic and social history of late 19th century Virginia City, Nevada; some materials show economic connections between Virginia City and San Francisco as well as inter-state relations between Nevada and California. The collection is 90% legal documents. These documents are related to specific court cases (most filed with the First Judicial District State of Nevada). They are grouped case by case and contained in Boxes 1-11. Other types of legal documents, including deeds, indentures, and agreements, are housed in Box 12. Finally, miscellaneous legal documents share Box 13 with non-legal documents, a letter, and ephemera. The items in each series are in chronological order. Although the Consolidated Virginia Mining Company and California Mining Company are prominent in the collection, the collection includes documents related to more than 50 other mining companies (too numerous to list here). The documents comes from a variety of different law suits including: mining companies suing one another over the uses of resources such as water, building material, railroads, roads and tunnels; and employees suing their employers for wages or injury compensation.
mssComstock Lode collection