Manuscripts
Certificates of Sale because of Law Suits
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Los Angeles land papers
Manuscripts
These papers document the transfer of land in Los Angeles County during the first few decades of California statehood. This collection consists of the original documents certifying the sale, purchase, pre-emption, or surveying of land by sheriffs, clerks, notary publics, and surveyors of Los Angeles County between 1850 and 1889. Some of these legal proceedings partially document the transfer of land ownership from Californio to American hands. Many of these documents are "pre-emption" claims to land made mostly by new American immigrants to California under the Possessory Act of April 20, 1852, which gave individuals the right to claim 160 acres of public lands for the purposes of mining or agriculture. The "inventories of women's separate property" were a result of the California State law enacted on April 17, 1850, entitled "Act defining the rights of Husband and Wife." This collection includes mortgage agreements and releases; inheritances and wills; certificates of sale due to taxes owed, law suits, and foreclosure; claims of preemption; land documents of individuals significant to Los Angeles history including Abel Stearns, Pío Pico, Ignacio del Valle, Francis P.F. Temple, and Benjamin D. Wilson; lease agreements; and additional miscellaneous legal documents relating to land transfers.
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Certificates of Sale because of Taxes
Manuscripts
These items document the loss of land by individuals who owed property taxes. Their land was sold at public auction by the Sheriff for a fraction of the value of the property.
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Certificates of Sale, Deeds to Properties
Manuscripts
This folder also includes mortgage agreements, mortgage releases, inheritance and foreclosure.
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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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Certificates of sale
Manuscripts
This series consists of two types of official county documents: "Certificate of sale of real estate" and "Certificate of sale on foreclosures."
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Daguerre Ranch sale documents
Manuscripts
Primarily legal documents related to the Daguerre and Moutlon families' relationship concerning Rancho Niguel, including property deeds, agreements, trusts, wills, appraisals, and audits. There are also legal documents related to the Daguerre family's sale of the property in the 1950s, some photographs of the Daguerre homesite, a map and prospectus from land developers Laguna Niguel Corporation, and newspaper clippings about the land sales and subsequent development of the property.
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