Santa Clara Land Papers
Finding aid prepared by Geraldo Licon.
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
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San Marino, California 91108
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Santa Clara Land Papers
Dates: 1849-1890
Bulk dates: 1850-1869
Collection Number: Consult repository.
Collector:
Burger and Evans, San Francisco
Extent:
136 items
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2203
Fax: (626) 449-5720
Email: manuscripts@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: A collection of legal records and maps dealing with the estates and land deals in Santa Clara County in the mid-19th century.
Language of Material: The records are in English and Spanish.
Administration Information
Access
Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information,
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Publication Rights
In order to quote from, publish, or reproduce any of the manuscripts or visual materials, researchers must obtain formal permission
from the office of the Library Director. In most instances, permission is given by the Huntington as owner of the physical
property rights only, and researchers must also obtain permission from the holder of the literary rights. In some instances,
the Huntington owns the literary rights, as well as the physical property rights. Researchers may contact the appropriate
curator for further information.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Santa Clara Land Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Acquisition Information
Purchased from Burger and Evans, August 9, 1971.
Scope and Content
This collection includes 136 items organized into forty folders arranged alphabetically by estate name. The collection covers
1849 to 1890 but the bulk of the documents relate to the 1850s and 1860s. The material includes the following kinds of documents:
depositions, powers of attorney, wills, petitions, notices, agreements, leases, indentures and plats. The documents chiefly
deal with the estates and land deals of several citizens of California; some of those significant individuals included in
the collection are: Ygnacio Alviso, Anastacio Chavoya, Pablo de la Guerra, Jose Dolores Pacheco, Juan Sepulveda, and Robert
Stockton. The collection also includes two maps and one song of San Jose, California.
Indexing Terms
Personal Names
Alviso, Ygnacio.
Chaboya, Anastacio.
Guerra, Pablo de la, 1819-1874.
Pacheco, Jose Dolores.
Rodríguez Sepúlveda, Juan Agustín, 1894-
Stockton, Robert Field, 1795-1866.
Subjects
Mexicans -- California.
Real property -- California -- Santa Clara County.
Geographic Areas
California -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
San Jose (Calif.)
Santa Clara County (Calif.)
Genre
Agreements California 19th century.
Indentures California 19th century.
Petitions California 19th century.
Plats (maps) California 19th century.
Wills California 19th century.
CONTAINER LIST
Series 1. Administrative Records
1892-1987
Physical Description:
22 boxes
Estate of Ygnacio Alviso
1849-1858
Physical Description:
7 items.
Estate of Sterling Alford
1852
Physical Description:
2 items.
Estate of Jose Ramon Arguello
1865
Physical Description:
2 items.
Estate of John Barker
1852
Physical Description:
1 item.
Estate of Thomas Baum
1850
Physical Description:
1 item.
Estate of Otto Bendeleben
1857-1858
Physical Description:
2 items.
Estate of Van Bennett
1854-1858
Physical Description:
3 items.
Estate of Antonio Buelna
1856
Physical Description:
1 item
Estate of Antonio Castro
1851-1863
Physical Description:
2 items
Estate of Anastacio Chaboya
1856-1861
Physical Description:
10 items
Estate of J.P. Clay
1857-1859
Physical Description:
2 items.
Estate of Grove C. Cook
1857-1859
Physical Description:
2 items
Estate of Samuel J Crosby
1860
Physical Description:
1 item
Estate of Augte Desfogei
1890
Physical Description:
1 item
Estate of James Donahue
1863-1864
Physical Description:
2 items
Estate of Henry Frank
1852
Physical Description:
2 items
Estate of Bartolo Garcia
1853
Physical Description:
1 item
Estate of Aguilla Glover
1855
Physical Description:
2 items
Estate of Thomas B. Godden
1852-1853
Physical Description:
4 items
Estate of William Gulnack
1852-1854
Physical Description:
5 items
Estate of George Harlan
1848-1864
Physical Description:
8 items
Estate of Hiram P. Hastings
1854
Physical Description:
1 item
Estate of John Hughes
1855
Physical Description:
1 item
Estate of James S. Jackson
1853-1858
Physical Description:
7 items
Estate of John W. Jenkins
1852
Physical Description:
2 items
Estate of James Jones
1855
Physical Description:
1 item
Estate of Jose Maria Antonio Mesa
1850-1852
Physical Description:
8 items
Estate of Bernard Murphy
1853-1854
Physical Description:
4 items
Estate of Jose Dolores Pacheco
1851-1862
Physical Description:
13 items
Estate of Francis Rowe
1850-1853
Physical Description:
3 items
Estate of Juan Sepulveda
1853
Physical Description:
1 item
Estate of John S. Snyder
1870
Physical Description:
1 item
Estate of Guadalupe Soto
1853
Physical Description:
2 items
Estate of Antonio Sunol
1865-1885
Physical Description:
2 items
Estate of Serafin Toledo
1850-1851
Physical Description:
3 items
Estate of John Townsend
1851-1852
Physical Description:
5 items
Estate of John J. Umiker
1852-1857
Physical Description:
5 items
Documents from Unknown Estates
1851-1866
Physical Description:
10 items
Estate of Francisca G. de Walkinshaw
1874
Physical Description:
1 item
Estate of Charles White
1852-1854
Physical Description:
4 items
