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
