Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Indenture, Cosmas Damm to Jacob Breiling, San Francisco
- Dates:
- March 1, 1872
- Creators:
- Damm, Cosmas D., d. 1879
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Indenture, Cosmas Damm to Jacob Breiling, San Francisco. San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History Center
Background
- Scope and content:
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Indenture made March 1, 1872 between Cosmas Damm, grantor, and Jacob Breiling, grantee, to parcel in block 312, Western Addition. Pasted to verso is notary’s certificate and seal, with county recorder’s statement written across it. A note in envelope accompanying deed indicates that Captain M. V. Bennett may have donated the document to the de Young Museum in 1940.
- Biographical / historical:
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Cosmas Damian Damm was born in Bavaria, emigrated to California and was naturalized in San Francisco in 1867. He worked as an upholsterer in San Francisco and in Sacramento, and died in 1879. Jacob Breiling, also born in Bavaria, came to San Francisco and operated a meat market with his brother John; Jacob died here in 1878. Breiling’s parcel was later owned by Rosalie Morris, and the 1888 dwelling on it is numbered 2142-2144 Bush Street (2018).
- Acquisition information:
- Gift, 2018-54
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Real property—California—San Francisco
Land titles—California—San Francisco
Land tenure—California—San Francisco
Deeds—California—San Francisco
Bavarians–California–San Francisco
Indentures - Names:
- Breiling, Jacob, d. 1878
Bennett, M. V.
Morris, Rosalie - Places:
- San Francisco (Calif.)–History—19th century
San Francisco (Calif.)—History—Sources
Western Addition (San Francisco, Calif.)
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- March 1, 1872
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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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:
-
Indenture, Cosmas Damm to Jacob Breiling, San Francisco. San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History Center
- Location of this collection:
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San Francisco Public Library100 Larkin StreetSan Francisco, CA 94102, US
- Contact:
- (415) 557-4567