Clifton Smith Papers MS.35

Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation. Presidio Research Center

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Santa Barbara, CA, 93101

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Title: Clifton F. Smith Papers

Identifier/Call Number: MS.35

Contributing Institution: Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation. Presidio Research Center

Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian

Physical Description: 2.0 folders

Date: 1828-1996

creator: Chaboya, Anastacio

creator: Tornel y Mendívil, José María, 1789-1853

Conditions Governing Access note

Collection is open to researchers.

Conditions Governing Use note

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Director for Historical Resources. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation Research Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred Citation note

Clifton F. Smith Papers, MS-35, Presidio Research Center, Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation.

Separated Materials note

Artwork, one photograph, and 6 cannon balls were removed from this collection and accessioned through the Curatorial Dept.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Smith, Clifton F.

California--History--To 1846

Land tenure--California

Letters

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.