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1839 – California: A History Of Upper And Lower California From Their First Discovery To The Present Time, Alexander Forbes

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

The first full account in English to relate exclusively to California, this book covers the history, climate, soil, natural productions, agriculture, and commerce, as well as the establishment of the missions and the conditions of the “free and domesticated” Indians. It includes an appendix on steam navigation in the Pacific.

Records Of Mexican Land Claims In California, Ralph G. Lounsbury, Undated

National Archives Documents

A report (93 pages) on the historical background of land tenure in California.

Provides the series of the land records of California located in Federal agencies and California and detailed background information for each category:

• Land records of the Spanish and Mexican Archives of California;
• Documents deposited in support of claims filed with the Board of Land Commissioners, 1852-1856;
• Records of Proceedings of that Board, 1851-1856;
• Attorney General's transcripts of Land Commission cases, 1852-1856; and
• Records of cases appealed to the Supreme Court from the United States District Courts in California