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Scope and Contents From the Series: The documents in Series 1 form the bulk of the collection. Many were owned by Richard Den and were annotated by him. Some of the most significant items document the transfer of the lands once owned by Mission Santa Barbara. Detailed inventories of livestock, agriculture, buildings, aqueducts, material goods, and other features provide a glimpse of life at the mission before 1846.The selling of the missions by Governor Pio Pico and controversies over ownership of land afterwards is...