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Title: Gore v. Jacks Case, 1904
Dates: 1904
Collection Number: ARC 552
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Extent: 1 box : documents (photocopies)
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Monterey Public Library
Monterey, California 93940
Abstract: John C. Gore, Jr., and Hamilton Gay Howard, appellants, vs. the United States, David Jacks and Pacific Improvement Company,
Language of Material: English
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[Identification of item]. Gore v. Jacks Case, 1904. Collection Number: ARC 552. Monterey Public Library
Scope and Content of Collection
Court records of suit against David Jacks and the Pacific Improvement Company by John C. Gore, Jr. and Hamilton Gay Howard
for the property of Rancho el Pescadero. In 1907, Pacific Improvement Co. purchased 5,300 acres of the rancho from David Jacks,
who had obtained the land through a sheriff's sale. In 1909, Pacific Improvement named a portion of the rancho "Pebble Beach."
John C. Gore, the father of the appellant, had purchased the property in the 1850's.