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Envelope No. L-1, 1862, 1867?, 1870, 1873-1875, 1938-1939

 File — Box: 6, envelope: L-1

Scope and Content

One untitled pocket expanding folder containing:

1. Rancho San Pedro, typewritten copy of the boundary survey

2. Rancho Los Cerritos, typewritten copy of field notes of the boundary survey

3. Rancho Los Alamitos, certified copy from the General Land Office, Washington, DC, March 27, 1939, photostat copies of confirmation of title, etc, Dec. 1873, and of the field notes of survey by George H. Thompson

4. Rancho Las Bolsas, certified copy from the General Land Office, Washington, DC, March 27, 1939, photostat copies of confirmation of title, etc., 187_, and of the field notes of survey by Charles F Hoffman

5. Rancho San Antonio, certified copy from the General Land Office, Washington DC, March 27, 1939, photostat copies of the confirmation of title, etc, and of the field notes of survey

6. Rancho Los Coyotes, certified copy from the General Land Office, Washington, DC, March 27, 2939, photostat copies of confirmation of title, etc., Dec. 8, 1873, and of the field notes of survey by Charles F Hoffman

7. Rancho La Bolsa Chica, certified copy from the General Land Office, Washington DC, March 27, 1939, photostat copies of the confirmation of title, etc., Dec. 23, 1873, and of the field notes of survey, by Henry Hancock

8. Rancho Santa Gertrudes, certified copy from the General Land Office, Washington, DC, March 27, 1939, photostat copies of confirmation of title, etc., by President Grant, August 19, 1870, the description is by reference to other proceedings

9. Rancho Los Alamitos, a. Certified copy, from the General Land Office, Washington, DC, November 21, 1938, photostat copy of field notes of survey and copy of the evidence of the decrees of confirmation, as they appear of record with California Private Land Claim docket no. 524, b. Certified copy from the records on file in the US Public Survey Office, at Glendale, California, August 9, 1939, typewritten copy of the field notes of survey

10. Certified copy (with seal, ribbon, and stamps) of "Field notes of the final survey of the Rancho San Pedro, Don Manuel Dominguez, confirmee, by Henry Hancock, Deputy Surveyor, under his instructions of December 11, 1857," 43 pp, bound-in with typescript and negative photostat cover letter from D.E. Hughes to E.E. Bennett re irregularities in survey of 1857, 17 pp (1938)

11. Copy of field notes of boundary survey of "Los Cerritos" with absent coversheet (1867?)

12. Certified copy (with seal and ribbon) of patent for Rancho Los Alamitos, negative photostat (1873)

13. Certified copy (with seal and ribbon) of patent for Rancho Las Bolsas, negative photostat (1874?)

14. Certified copy (with seal and ribbon) of patent for Rancho San Antonio, negative photostat (1862)

15. Certified copy (with seal and ribbon) of patent for Rancho Los Coyotes, negative photostat (1875)

16. Certified copy (with seal and ribbon) of patent for Rancho La Bolsa Chica, negative photostat (1874)

17. Certified copy (with seal and ribbon) of patent for Rancho Las Bolsas, negative photostat (1870)

18. Certified copy (with seal and ribbon) of "field notes of survey and of reference of the degrees of confirmation of Rancho Los Alemitos," negative photostat (the claim was made by Abel Stearns) (1851?), and certified copy (with seal and ribbon) of "Rancho Alamitos finally confirmed to Abel Stearns," typescript (1873)

Dates

  • Creation: 1862, 1867?, 1870, 1873-1875, 1938-1939

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.

Extent

From the Collection: 33 Linear Feet (13 boxes and 1 mapcase drawer)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States