Folder 1
Will of Anastacio Chaboya
25 November 1852
Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian
General Physical Description note: 4 pages, handwritten
Scope and Contents note
In 1844 Anastacio Chaboya received a land grant along the Cosumnes and San Joaquin rivers. Before he died in 1852, he filed
a claim with the Land Commissioners office for the grant. Unbeknownst to him, Chaboya's wife had sold their land to Charles
Weber. Chaboya therefore included in his will a wish to satisfy a debt of $5,000 to Weber, who had paid his wife for the land.
Since Chaboya had not intended to sell the land, he wanted his heirs to repay Weber with cattle he was owed by Joaquin Ortega
and any other property his heirs wanted to use. Prior to probating the will, the heirs sold their portions of the land and
a case was brought to trial to contest ownership. This case is described in
Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California..., Volume 49. p. 497.
The will was witnessed by Jose Antonio de la Guerra, Joaquin de la Guerra, Pablo de la Guerra, and Ramon Mendoza.
Map-case drawer 4, Folder V-5
Tornel y Mendivil, Jose Maria. Broadside
24 May 1828
Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian
General Physical Description note: 27.5 x 12 inches
Scope and Contents note
Printed decree ordering the formation in Alta and Baja California of six permanent companies of artillery under a commandant
inspector general. A table is included which gives the strength and other details concerning the companies stationed at San
Francisco, Monterrey, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Fronteras, and Loreto.