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Title
Petition of Matilda Cota for grant of agricultural land, 1836
Date Created and/or Issued
1836-03-23/1836-04-28
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
Cota was granted a parcel described as a piece of land large enough to sow about 250 pounds of corn and situated on the other side of the city river, from the point of the swamp (la cienega) easterly along the swamp from the fence of Tiburcio Tapia downward.
Original Spanish document: pages 120-122. English translation: pages 106-107.
Type
text
Format
petitions
Identifier
laarc-m36 [Legacy record ID]
laarc-1_120_122~1...~5
http://doi.org/10.25549/laarc-m36
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/laarc-1_120_122~1.jpg
Language
English
Spanish
Subject
Botello, Narciso
Cota, Matilda
Stearns, Abel
Valdez, Bacilio
Herrera, Jose Maria
Requena, Manuel
Tapia, Tiburcio
Jesus Osio, Juan de
Police Commission
Espediente
Ayuntamiento
Corn petition
Land petition
Vacant lands
Time Period
1836-03-23/1836-04-28
Place
California
La Cienega
Los Angeles
USA
rivers: Los Angeles River
Source
Los Angeles City Records Center and Archives [Contributing entity]
isla id: L-36 [Identifier]
Relation
Los Angeles City Archives
Untitled Records Series. Volume 1, 1833-1846
laarc-m92

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