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Title
Petition of Rafael Guirado for grant of agricultural parcel, 1836
Date Created and/or Issued
1836-02-25/1836-03-08
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
Los Angeles City Archives, 1836-1872
Rights Information
555 Ramirez Street, Space 320, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Los Angeles City Records Center and Archives, C. Erwin Piper Technical Center
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Description
Guirado had taken possession of the land and sowed a portion of it the prior year. Described as: Contiguous to Rancheria de los Poblanos, contiguous on the West to the Main Road to San Pedro, bounded by the same, 350 varas in a Southerly direction 50 degrees East
thence in a Southerly direction 40 degrees West bounded by lands of Abel Stearns 320 varas
thence Northerly 50 degrees West 270 varas, bounded by the lands of Paula Alanis
thence Northerly 26 degrees East, with the lands of Julian Valdez, to the road and point of beginning, 336 varas. Affidavit that this petition is a copy of the original.
Original Spanish document: pages 54-56. English translation: pages 41-43.
Type
text
Format
petitions
Identifier
laarc-m19 [Legacy record ID]
laarc-1_54_56~1...~6
http://doi.org/10.25549/laarc-m19
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/laarc-1_54_56~1.jpg
Language
English
Spanish
Subject
Ayuntamiento
Espediente
Land petition
Sr. Syndic
Vacant lands
Police Commission
Stearns, Abel
Botello, Narciso
Herrera, Jose Maria
Requena, Manuel
Valdez, Bacilio
Guirado, Rafael
Alanis, Paula
Valdez, Julian
Time Period
1836-02-25/1836-03-08
Place
California
Main Road to San Pedro
USA
agricultural sites: Guirado, Rafael (agricultural land)
agricultural sites: Rancheria de Los Poblanos
land parcels: Alanis, Paula (land)
land parcels: Valdez, Julian (land)
Source
Los Angeles City Records Center and Archives [Contributing entity]
isla id: L-19 [Identifier]
Relation
Los Angeles City Archives
Untitled Records Series. Volume 1, 1833-1846
laarc-m92

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