Title:
Plat of the Northern Part of the Rancho San Antonio finally confirmed to Vicente and
Domingo Peralta [cartographic material] / surveyed under instructions from the U.S. Surveyor
General by James T. Stratton, Dep. Sur[veyor], February 1858 - December 1859 containing 19143
86/100 acres [with narrative descriptions].
Creator:
United States. Surveyor General for California.
Subject:
Land grants - California.
Land titles - California.
Mexican Americans - California
- Alameda County - History.
Submerged lands - California - San Francisco Bay Area.
Wetlands - California - Alameda County.
Peralta family.
Peralta, Domingo, 1795-1865.
Peralta, Vicente, 1812-1871.
Description:
Ms. map. Scale [1:31,680]. 40 chains to an in. Relief shown by hachures. Shows
survey markers, landmarks, adjoining ranchos, etc. Pen-and-ink and watercolor on vellum.
Includes table of boundaries and Surveyor General's certification (March 30, 1860). This Plat,
produced as a result of Land Case 100 ND, US District Court, California, shows the northern
portion of Rancho San Antonio, awarded to Vicente and Domingo Peralta by their father, Luis
Maria Peralta. Accompanied by decree describing the development of the land case and ordering
the production of the plat, with field notes and certification by the surveying crew (22
pages). Alternate title from decree. The text includes a detailed description of the
marshlands of Oakland and its environs. Specific landmarks located on the map, listed from
north to south, include: the home of Victor Castro, Cerrito Creek Cañon and along its southern
bank, a "large rock rising in the form of a monument looking to the north,"
"Frenchman's house" (situated just beyond the northern boundary),
"Fleming's house" with a buckeye tree indicated nearby near the shoreline at
"South Cerro," "Wilson's hotel," a Coast Survey Sta.
(situated in the highlands), adobe of Domingo Peralta, the wharf and warehouse of a starch
factory, adobe of Vicente Peralta, a road, designated "Oakland to Martinez, Alta
Telegraph" (at eastern boundary), "McHenry's old dock," Indian
mound, road from Oakland to San Antonio, shown where it crossed Moraga Valley, slough to
Watt's Landing, "small house referred to in decree," "post at head
of tidewater," Gibbon's wharf, Grafenger's house, bridge (that crossed San Antonio
Creek between Oakland and Clinton), with notices of posts, fences, sloughs, creeks and a road
from San Pablo to Oakland. Gift to the Oakland Public Library from the Oakland Museum, 1962.
Stamp in upper left corner : James de Fremery, San Francisco.
Publisher:
Oakland Public Library
Contributor:
United States. District Court (California : Northern District). Land case. 100. ;
Peralta, Domingo, 1795-1865. ; Peralta, Vicente, 1812-1871.
Date:
1860
Type:
image ; text
Format:
1 ms. map : hand col., ink on vellum ; 54 x 43 cm. + 22 sheets.
Identifier:
copl_005
Mss. P418
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Rancho San Antonio (Alameda County, Calif.) - Maps, Manuscript. ; Alameda County
(Calif.) - Historical geography. ; San Antonio Creek (Oakland, Calif.). ; Alameda Marsh
(Calif.).
Rights:
public domain
Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Plat of the Northern Part of the Rancho San Antonio finally confirmed to Vicente and
Domingo Peralta [cartographic material] / surveyed under instructions from the U.S. Surveyor
General by James T. Stratton, Dep. Sur[veyor], February 1858 - December 1859 containing 19143
86/100 acres [with narrative descriptions].