Property records
Subject
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
California manuscripts teaching collection
Collection
Identifier: 7108
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, a property indenture, and a store ledger relating to California history from various sources, assembled under one collection for ease of access and use in USC Libraries Special Collections instruction. The earliest item in the collection is an 1850 letter written by T. R. Billings, a California gold seeker, to his wife, Elizabeth Billings, back home in New York. Billings' letter describes the hardships and financial troubles experienced by many who...
Dates:
1850 - 1927
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Kimball H. Dimmick deed of sale for property in Downtown Los Angeles
Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31275049031173]
Identifier: 7107
Abstract
A deed for the sale of property at Main and Second Street in Downtown Los Angeles by Thomas Foster, the sixth Mayor of Los Angeles, to Kimball H. Dimmick (1812-1861), a prominent attorney who signed and helped shape California's constitution and served as Los Angeles' third district attorney.
Dates:
1855 May 29
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Mexican hacienda manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: 0541
Abstract
This collection contains various handwritten record books and copies of legal and financial documents related to haciendas in Mexico, chiefly dating from the 17th to 19th centuries. The items concern a variety of topics including real estate, legal issues, boundary disputes, property and estate inventories, financial accounts reflecting income sources and debts, and issues related to indigenous peoples.
Dates:
1673 - 1913
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Southern California maps and reports
Collection
Identifier: 7123
Abstract
This collection contains maps and reports relating to Southern California history from various sources, assembled under one collection for ease of access and use in USC Libraries Special Collections. Collection items include two tract maps from 1927 and 1928 showing different areas of the Miracle Mile neighborhood in Los Angeles and a third tract map from 1946 showing the "northerly portion of the City of Redondo Beach." Collection also includes general Southern California maps, maps of Los...
Dates:
1904 - 1946
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections