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Title: Santa Clara Land Papers
Dates (inclusive): 1849-1890
Bulk dates: 1850-1869
Collection Number: mssSanta Clara Land papers
Extent:
136 items in 1 box
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection contains 136 documents chiefly dealing with
estates and land transactions in Santa Clara County, California, from 1850 to 1869; some notable estates represented in
the collection are those of: Ygnacio Alviso, Anastacio
Chavoya, Pablo de la Guerra, Jose Dolores Pacheco, Juan Sepulveda, and Robert
Stockton. There are also two maps and one song of San Jose, California.
Language: English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such
activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is
one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. Santa Clara Land Papers, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Purchased from Burger and Evans, August 9, 1971.
This collection contains documents chiefly dealing with
the estates and land deals in Santa Clara County, California. This collection includes 136 items covering 1849 to 1890,
with the bulk of
the documents relating to the 1850s and 1860s. The material includes the following
kinds of documents: depositions, powers of attorney, wills, petitions, notices,
agreements, leases, indentures and plats. The documents chiefly deal with the
estates and land deals of several citizens of California; some of those significant
individuals included in the collection are: Ygnacio Alviso, Anastacio Chavoya, Pablo
de la Guerra, Jose Dolores Pacheco, Juan Sepulveda, and Robert Stockton. The
collection also includes two maps and one song of San Jose, California.
Arrangement
Organized into forty folders arranged
alphabetically by estate name.
Alviso,Ygnacio
- Subject in “Estate of Ygnacio Alviso” (1849-1858). Folder 1.
Chaboya, Anastacio
- Subject in “Estate of Anastacio Chaboya” (1856-1861). Folder 10.
Guerra, Pablo de la, 1819-1874
- Subject in “Estate of Anastacio Chaboya” (1856-1861). Folder 10.
Pacheco, Jose Dolores
- Subject in “Estate of Jose Dolores Pacheco” (1851-1862). Folder 29.
Rodríguez Sepúlveda, Juan Agustín, 1894
- Subject in “Estate of Juan Sepulveda” (1853). Folder 31.
Stockton, Robert Field, 1795-1866
- Subject in “Estate of Otto Bendeleben” (1857-1858). Folder 6.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Alviso,
Ygnacio.
Chaboya,
Anastacio.
Guerra, Pablo de la,
1819-1874.
Pacheco, Jose
Dolores.
Rodríguez Sepúlveda,
Juan Agustín, 1894-
Stockton, Robert Field,
1795-1866.
Mexicans -- California.
Real property -- California -- Santa
Clara County.
California -- History --
19th century -- Sources.
San Jose
(Calif.)
Santa Clara County
(Calif.)
Agreements -- California -- 19th
century.
Indentures -- California -- 19th
century.
Petitions -- California -- 19th
century.
Plats (maps) -- California -- 19th
century.
Wills -- California -- 19th
century.