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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Heslop family papers
Creator:
Heslop (Family)
Identifier/Call Number: mssHeslop
Physical Description:
1.41 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1833-1906
Abstract: Papers belonging to the Heslop family, early Pasadena, California landowners.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item]. Heslop family papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Burger & Evans, November 1971.
Members of the Heslop (often spelled Heslope) family were early landowners in eastern Pasadena, California. José Heslop (1835-1899)
was born of English and Chilean parents in Valparaiso, Chile, and he came to California and married Francisca White. She was
the daughter of Michael White, an English sailor who came early to California and married the daughter of Eulalia Pérez de
Guillén, through whom Francisca inherited portions of Rancho San Pascual (present-day Pasadena) and Rancho Muscupiabe near
San Bernardino.
The collection consists of documents, including account books, and manuscripts related to Heslop family genealogy, land dealings
near the city of Pasadena (including Lamanda Park), and the litigation for title of Rancho Muscupiabe. Of note in the collection
is a traced copy of a map of Rancho San Pascual, 1843, and José Heslop's diary of a voyage off the coast of Lower California
and notes regarding working for Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin, 1906.
Processed by Huntington Library staff. In 2021, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.
Arranged chronologically.
Individual call numbers included in the collection: mssHM 35262-35290, mssFAC 654.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Land titles -- California, Southern
Ranches -- California -- Los Angeles County
Ranches -- California -- San Bernardino County
Ranches -- California, Southern -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Real property -- California -- Pasadena
Real property -- California, Southern
Lamanda Park (Calif.) -- History
Pasadena (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Rancho Muscupiabe (Calif.) -- History -- Sources
Rancho San Pascual (Calif.) -- History -- Sources
Rancho San Pascual (Calif.) -- Maps
Account books -- California, Southern
Manuscripts (documents) -- California, Southern
Maps (documents) -- California, Southern
Baldwin, Elias Jackson, 1828-1909
Heslop, José, 1835-1899