Documents relating to land transactions in Baja California, 1841-1886

Summary

Title:

Documents Relating to Land Transactions in Baja,

Dates:

1841-1886

Creators:

Milatovich, Antonio

Abstract:

Originals and contemporary copies of materials related to land transactions in Baja California, including petitions, grants to Milatovich and others, deeds, receipts, some dise~nos, and related materials. Some pertain to Gochicoa y Compa~nia, a colonizing venture in Baja California.

Extent:

Number of containers: 2 boxes

Language:

Collection materials are in English and Spanish

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Documents relating to land transactions in Baja, BANC MSS 67/77 m, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Physical location:

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Related resources

Other descriptive data:

These documents, originals and contemporary copies, were purchased from Miss Barbara Jean Stewart November 29, 1966. They relate mainly to land transactions in Baja California, and include petitions, grants to Milatovich and others, deeds, receipts, some diseños and related material. Some items pertain to the Gochicoa y Compañía, a colonizing venture in Baja California near the Colorado River.

The material is arranged in groups according to the property involved, and then chronologically within each group. Each folder is numbered, and a detailed scheme of arrangement follows. At the end of the report is a partial Iist of authors or signers of documents.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Processed by The Bancroft Library staff

Date Prepared:

© 1997

Date Encoded:

Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding; finding aid encoded by Xiuzhi Zhou. Date of source: Ca. 1967.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Documents relating to land transactions in Baja, BANC MSS 67/77 m, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

510-642-6481

bancref-library@berkeley.edu

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