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Guide to the Junipero Land and Water Company Records
MS 237
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Title: Junipero Land and Water Company Records
Identifier/Call Number: MS 237
Contributing Institution:
San Diego History Center Document Collection
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1887 March 1-1910 January 17
Abstract: The collection contains business ledgers and records for the Junipero Land and Water Company from March 1, 1887 to January
17, 1910.
creator:
Junipero Land and Water Company.
Biographical / Historical Notes
Charles J. Fox was born in Massachusetts in 1835. He came to San Diego in 1868, already a highly respected civil engineer.
Within three years, he helped lay out the new town of San Diego. He was also engaged by Texas Pacific and other railway surveys
to locate suitable passages through the Southern California mountains. He organized the Junipero Land and Water Company in
1887, and remained president of the company till his death in 1898.
The purpose of the Junipero Land and Water Company was “to purchase, own, hold, cultivate, improve, subdivide and sell real
property in the County of San Diego.” The original directors of the company included John G. Capron, C.C. Seaman, E.S. Chase,
and O.S. Hubbell. Their first planned projects included the establishment of a stagecoach line between San Diego and Grantville,
the establishment of a Soldier’s Home on land owned by the Grant Army of the Republic in Grantville, and the subdivision of
their Mission Valley property into 5-acre tracts for resale.
After the death of Charles J. Fox in 1898, the company was engaged in a lawsuit by the estates of Artia A. Fox and Charles
J. Fox over unpaid interest on a $10,000 note. The president after Fox, David Seaman, quickly resigned. In 1907, after the
original directors stopped appearing for meetings, the remaining stockholders elected a new set of directors with Frederick
J. Proctor as president. The new directors handled all delinquent bills and taxes, and sold off the Mission Valley and Grantville
properties in 1909.
The collection contains business ledgers and records for the Junipero Land and Water Company. Ledgers contain the company’s
articles of incorporation, meeting minutes, and records of stocks sold, cancelled, and stocks transferred between individuals.
Also included are financial notes and receipts.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Spine of ledger (Box 1 folder 1) is damaged and the front cover is partially deattached. (July 30, 2012)
Collection is arranged by subject.
This collection is open for research.
The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.
Collection processed by Samantha Mills on July 30, 2012.
Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous
funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.
Junipero Land and Water Company Records, MS 237, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Capron, John G.
Chase, E. S.
Fox, Artia A.
Fox, Charles J.
Grand Army of the Republic.
Hall, M.
Harrison, George R.
Hubbell, O. S.
Ingle, Heber
Ingle, Jerauld
Ingle, Leda J.
Junipero Land and Water Company.
Proctor, Frederick J.
San Diego Flume Company.
Seaman, C. C.
Seaman, David
Steinmetz, A.
Stewart, F. W.
Strickland, E. F.
Account books
Grantville (San Diego, Calif.)
Land companies
Land subdivision
Mission Valley (Calif.)
Real property
San Diego (Calif.)