Santa Clara Land papers: Finding Aid mssSantaclara
Finding aid prepared by Geraldo Licon in October 2009; supplementary encoding and revision by Diann Benti in 2017.
The Huntington Library
© 2009
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Business Number: (626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
Note
Last updated by Brooke M. Black in April 2024.
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.
Access
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader
Services.
Publication Rights
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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Santa Clara Land papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
Purchased from Burger and Evans, August 1971.
Scope and Content
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.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
General
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
Box 1, Folder 1
Estate of Ygnacio Alviso.
1849-1858
Physical Description: 7 Items
Box 1, Folder 2
Estate of Sterling Alford.
1852
Physical Description: 2 Items
Box 1, Folder 3
Estate of Jose Ramon Arguello.
1865
Physical Description: 2 Items
Box 1, Folder 4
Estate of John Barker.
1852
Physical Description: 1 Items
Box 1, Folder 5
Estate of Thomas Baum.
1850
Physical Description: 1 Items
Box 1, Folder 6
Estate of Otto Bendeleben.
1857-1858
Physical Description: 2 Items
Box 1, Folder 7
Estate of Van Bennett.
1854-1858
Physical Description: 3 Items
Box 1, Folder 8
Estate of Antonio Buelna.
1856
Physical Description: 1 Items
Box 1, Folder 9
Estate of Antonio Castro.
1851-1863
Physical Description: 2 Items
Box 1, Folder 10
Estate of Anastacio Chaboya.
1856-1861
Physical Description: 10 Items
Box 1, Folder 11
Estate of J.P. Clay.
1857-1859
Physical Description: 2 Items
Box 1, Folder 12
Estate of Grove C. Cook.
1857-1859
Physical Description: 2 Items
Box 1, Folder 13
Estate of Samuel J Crosby.
1860
Physical Description: 1 Items
Box 1, Folder 14
Estate of Augte Desfogei.
1890
Physical Description: 1 Items
Box 1, Folder 15
Estate of James Donahue.
1863-1864
Physical Description: 2 Items
Box 1, Folder 16
Estate of Henry Frank.
1852
Physical Description: 2 Items
Box 1, Folder 17
Estate of Bartolo Garcia.
1853
Physical Description: 1 Items
Box 1, Folder 18
Estate of Aguilla Glover.
1855
Physical Description: 2 Items
Box 1, Folder 19
Estate of Thomas B. Godden.
1852-1853
Physical Description: 4 Items
Box 1, Folder 20
Estate of William Gulnack.
1852-1854
Physical Description: 5 Items
Box 1, Folder 21
Estate of George Harlan.
1848-1864
Physical Description: 8 Items
Box 1, Folder 22
Estate of Hiram P. Hastings.
1854
Physical Description: 1 Items
Box 1, Folder 23
Estate of John Hughes.
1855
Physical Description: 1 Items
Box 1, Folder 24
Estate of James S. Jackson.
1853-1858
Physical Description: 7 Items
Box 1, Folder 25
Estate of John W. Jenkins.
1852
Physical Description: 2 Items
Box 1, Folder 26
Estate of James Jones.
1855
Physical Description: 1 Items
Box 1, Folder 27
Estate of Jose Maria Antonio Mesa.
1850-1852
Physical Description: 8 Items
Box 1, Folder 28
Estate of Bernard Murphy.
1853-1854
Physical Description: 4 Items
Box 1, Folder 29
Estate of Jose Dolores Pacheco.
1851-1862
Physical Description: 13 Items
Box 1, Folder 30
Estate of Francis Rowe.
1850-1853
Physical Description: 3 Items
Box 1, Folder 31
Estate of Juan Sepulveda.
1853
Physical Description: 1 Items
Box 1, Folder 32
Estate of John S. Snyder.
1870
Physical Description: 1 Items
Box 1, Folder 33
Estate of Guadalupe Soto.
1853
Physical Description: 2 Items
Box 1, Folder 34
Estate of Antonio Sunol.
1865-1885
Physical Description: 2 Items
Box 1, Folder 35
Estate of Serafin Toledo.
1850-1851
Physical Description: 3 Items
Box 1, Folder 36
Estate of John Townsend.
1851-1852
Physical Description: 5 Items
Box 1, Folder 37
Estate of John J. Umiker.
1852-1857
Physical Description: 5 Items
Box 1, Folder 38
Documents from Unknown Estates.
1851-1866
Physical Description: 10 Items
Box 1, Folder 39
Estate of Francisca G. de Walkinshaw.
1874
Physical Description: 1 Items
Box 1, Folder 40
Estate of Charles White.
1852-1854
Physical Description: 4 Items
