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Documents pertaining to the Martínez family's title to Rancho El Pinole in Contra Costa Co., Calif.
BANC MSS C-I 63 port.1
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Documents pertaining to the Martínez family's title to Rancho El Pinole in Contra Costa Co., CalifCreator/Contributor:
Martínez, Ignacio, 1774-1848Creator/Contributor:
King, S. D.Creator/Contributor:
Mandeville, James, 1824?-1876Creator/Contributor:
United States, Surveyor General for California.Abstract:
Part I - Tracing of Expediente 278 (now in the National Archives); copies of documents, 1830-1842, confirming grant to Ignacio
Martinez, certified by Samuel D. King, U.S. Surveyor General for California. Documents include statements concerning loss
of documents for 1823 grant, petition by Martínez, approval of Governor José Figueroa, confirmation by Governor Juan B. Alvarado,
and two diseños.
Part II - Record prints of U.S. Surveyor General's plat of El Pinole (made by A.W. von Schmidt) certified July 25, 1860, by
J.W. Mandeville (in claim of María Antonia Martínez de Richardson) This is accompanied by photocopy of coat of arms of the
Tennant family.
Subject:
Martínez familyLand tenure -- California
Maps
Land tenure -- California -- Contra Costa County
Governors -- California
Rancho Pinole (Calif.)
Note:
Two maps of Rancho el Pinole, and family coat of arms : Also available on microfilm.
In Spanish.
Type:
Maps.Physical Description:
3 folders in portfolio.
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 549:16) and positive.
Language:
Spanish
Identifier:
BANC MSS C-I 63 port.1