California Private Land Claims Collection
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2019.422
Content Description
The California Private Land Claims Collection is made up of copies of a selection of California private land claims presented to the Public Land Commission (1852-1856) to determine the validity of prior Spanish and Mexican land grants within California. The contents include handwritten transcripts of proceedings and maps.
Acquisition Type
Transfer
Provenance
The provenance of the materials may be revealed during processing. Possible sources of the copies may be found in Beers, "Spanish & Mexican records of the American Southwest."
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- 1852 - 1856
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Inventory
Not inventoried.
Source
- Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society (Organization)
- California Land Act of 1851
- The Patenting of California's Private Land Claims, 1851-1885 (1979)
- Links to Reports and Documents Relating to Land Grants and Public Domain (2018)
- Beers, Henry Putney. 1979. "Spanish & Mexican records of the American Southwest: a bibliographical guide to archive and manuscript sources." Tucson: University of Arizona Press.