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Case file for the Agua Caliente (Case 228) granted to Don José Antoinio Pico by Juan Bautista Alvarado
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Rancho San Miguel grant also known as Immediacion á Los Serritos : case file for land granted by Juan Bautista Alvarado to Raymundo Olivas and Felipe Lorenzana
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An expediente or case file for land granted by Juan Bautista Alvarado to Raymundo Olivas and Felipe Lorenzana, known as Immediacion á Los Serritos (later named Rancho San Miguel) encompassing the present day City of Ventura not within Rancho Ex-Mission San Buenaventura, with the Santa Clara River marking its southern boundary. Includes signed statements by Raymundo Olivas, Fernando Fico, Rafael Gonzalez, Santiago Arguello, and a grant by the Governor of Mexican Alta California, Juan Bautista Alvarado.
mssHM 31519
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Juan Bandini letter to Juan Bautista Alvarado
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In this letter, Bandini writes to Alvarado of the poor state of the land at San Juan Capistrano. In Spanish.
mssHM 44935
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Draft typescript : My Grandfather Juan Bautista Alvarado
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Draft typescript of a paper on Juan Bautista Alvarado, California's longest-tenured governor under Mexican rule, who held office for six years from 1836 to 1842. The paper was written and presented by Grace Alvarado Sahlberg to the San Mateo American Association of University Women studying "California Fact and Legend."
mssHM 44936
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Expediente or case file for Rancho San Pablo originally granted in 1823 by Governor Luís Antonio Argüello to Francisco María Castro, reconfirmed by Governor José Figueroa in 1834 to the heirs of Francisco Castro and claimed by Joaquín Ysidro Castro
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Expediente or case file for Rancho San Pablo originally granted in 1823 by Mexican governor of Alta California, Luís Antonio Argüello to Francisco María Castro, reconfirmed by Governor José Figueroa in 1834 to the heirs of Francisco Castro and claimed by Joaquín Ysidro Castro. The Rancho which was once part of the land belonging to the Mission Dolores, was a land grant in present-day Contra Costa County, California encompassing the cities of Richmond, San Pablo, and Kensington. Includes signed statements by Joaquín Ysidro Castro, Agustín V. Zamorano, Francisco Maria Castro, Jose Figueroa, Francisco del Castillo Negrete, José María de Echeandía, and Santiago Arguello.
mssHM 18959