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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Santa Clara Land papers
Identifier/Call Number: mssSantaclara
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1849-1890
Date (bulk): 1850-1869
Abstract: This collection contains documents chiefly dealing with estates and land transactions in Santa Clara County, California, from
1850 to 1869.
Language of Material: 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 1971.
This collection includes 136 items that span 1849 to 1890, but the bulk of the documents relate 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.
Arranged alphabetically.
Former call number: mssSanta Clara Land papers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
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
Alviso, Ygnacio.
Chaboya, Anastacio.
Guerra, Pablo de la, 1819-1874
Pacheco, Jose Dolores.
Rodríguez Sepúlveda, Juan Agustín, 1894-
Stockton, Robert Field, 1795-1866