Premption Claims Vol. 3, undated, probably late 19th C.
Scope and Content
Manuscript leatherbound book "Made at request Los Angeles Terminal R'y. Co. by Grove & Wilkinson, Searchers of records - Vol. 3. Premption Claims," with alternate title on spine: "Abstract of title to salt flat inner bay & rattlesnake island & dead man's island, vol. 3 . . . no. 210, 351 pages of manuscript transcriptions of surveys, deeds, and court records re land titles in Southern California [terminal?] area, sources include Office of Surveyor General, Sacramento; US Surveyor Generals Office, San Francisco; Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles; and other public records locations - items transcribed date to late 19th C. and including those of John Baldwin, Phineas Banning, William S. Banning, John G. Downey, James M. McFadden, John Milner, Merick Reynolds; aquatinted maps bound in at pp. 17, 39, 87, 91, 101, 109, 117, 159, 165, 173, 213, 239, 257]
Dates
- Creation: undated, probably late 19th C.
Creator
- From the Collection: Bates, Francis E. (Person)
- From the Collection: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (Organization)
- From the Collection: Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas) (Surveyor, Person)
- From the Collection: Lippincott, Joseph Barlow (Engineer, Person)
- From the Collection: Union Pacific Railroad Company (Organization)
- From the Collection: Hansen, George (Surveyor, Person)
- From the Collection: Hancock, Henry (Surveyor, Person)
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
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu