Abstract of title to all that lot of land situated in the City … being part of 50 vara Lot 2 in Block No. 118, Western Addition, 1889-1919

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Creators:
F. A. Rouleau (Firm) F. A. Rouleau
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Extent:
1 volume
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Preferred citation:

Abstract of title to all that lot of land situated in the City … being part of 50 vara Lot 2 in Block No. 118, Western Addition . San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History Center

Background

Scope and content:

This abstract of title includes: the Alcalde Title, p. 7-92; the Stevenson Title, p. 93-230; the Evans Title, p. 231-256; Taxes, p. 257-258. This is followed by a Continuation as to same lot of land, dated May 28, 1899 (11 leaves, manuscript), which is followed by Continuation of preceding abstract of title to same premises… May 28, 1899 (20 p., typescript) by California Pacific Title Insurance Company, with a handwritten abstract of a Mortgage appended dated March 24, 1915. Ending the volume is a Continuation of preceding abstract of title (5 p., typescript) by California Pacific Title Insurance Co., with a handwritten abstract of Mortgage dated Nov. 25, 1919 from Elizabeth J. Mowry and Lyman I. Mowry to Savings Union Bank and Trust Co., recorded Dec. 10, 1919. The earliest instrument recorded is the Grant from Alcalde T. M. Leavenworth to Amariah Wilson, July 12, 1848; a Map of lots granted follows on p. 11 ½.

Biographical / historical:

Amariah Wilson was born in Ohio, came west with his family to Oregon in 1844, and was living in San Francisco by the end of 1847. He was granted several lots in 1848, but he and his family moved to Texas early in 1850, and he had sold the properties by 1853. Col. Jonathan D. Stevenson was recruited from New York by Secretary of War Marcy to lead a military force to California for service in the Mexican War, but arrived by ship too late for service (April 1847); he settled in San Francisco and was active in politics. John Evans was proprietor of Spring Valley Bath House in San Francisco, on the Presidio road. Lyman I. Mowry was a San Francisco attorney who organized a San Francisco steamship company.

Acquisition information:
Gift, 2014-18

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.

Preferred citation:

Abstract of title to all that lot of land situated in the City … being part of 50 vara Lot 2 in Block No. 118, Western Addition . San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History Center

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San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102, US
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