The property described in this deed of sale was located just a few blocks outside the city's original El Pueblo historic settlement. The deed describes the property as parts of lots number one and two in block number one. It is bounded as follows: "commencing on Main Street one vara south of the southwest corner of the house or store owned by Cacildo Agular, thence southerly along the line of said Main street about seventy feet to the lot owned by Guadeloupe Rosa then westerly along the north line of said Rosa's lot forty varas to the corner of said lot thence southerly parallel with Main Street to Second Street, thence westerly on Second Street about sixty five feet to lands owned by T.P.G. Temple, thence northerly parallel with Main Street about sixty yards thence to the place of the beginning, including and being several lots described in the certificate of possession made by Antonio F. Coronel, Mayor of Los Angeles city to the party of the second part and bearing date March 13, 1854 and also in the certificate of the sale for taxes by A. Shelley, city marshal bearing date March 12, 1855."

A vara, meaning rod or pole, is an old Spanish unit of length. The term appears in many Spanish land grants, and in California is typically equivalent to 33 inches, according to the California Missions Foundation.

Dimmick was a New Yorker who moved west as a U.S. Army officer. Dimmick held various military posts, served as a Judge of the First Instance through California statehood in 1849, and was a contributor and signer of the state constitution. "In 1851 he revisited the east and supposed himself worth a fortune but by the treachery of pretend friends he returned to find himself utterly penniless," according to An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California (1889).

According to U.S. Census records, Dimmick's wife, Sarah, and their two children, Charles and Frank, never lived in California, but she did inherit his estate.

According to a July 18, 1886 report in the Los Angeles Times, Dimmick's son, Charles, visited Los Angeles and inquired about the property, which he claimed was fraudulently settled as part of the estate. At that time, values of the land had increased significantly and a lawsuit for $300,000 was filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court.

Adapted from the seller's description