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Title
Petition of Antonio Reyes for grant of agricultural parcel, 1836
Date Created and/or Issued
1836-02-19/1836-03-09
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
Reyes requested title and possession of an agricultural suerte (200 varas square) granted to him by Antonio Maria Lugo, sowed the prior year by the Senors Valencias. The parcel was described as 463 varas in length from North to South, and contiguous to the road leading to San Pedro, and 360 varas in width on the South end, which is contiguous to land of Guillermo Wolfskill, thence 340 varas to the road leading to the Lugo's Ranch and 276 varas along the road to the North. This area included a portion already occupied by Reyes.
Original Spanish document: pages 249-251. English translation: pages 204-205.
Type
text
Format
petitions
Identifier
laarc-m75 [Legacy record ID]
laarc-1_249_251~1...~5
http://doi.org/10.25549/laarc-m75
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/laarc-1_249_251~1.jpg
Language
English
Spanish
Subject
Ayuntamiento
Espediente
Land petition
City Attorney
Vacant lands
Sowing lands
Police Commission
Requena, Manuel
Botello, Narciso
Stearns, Abel
Herrera, Jose Maria
Valdez, Bacilio
Reyes, Antonio
Wolfskill, Guillermo
Lugo, Antonio Maria
Valencias
Time Period
1836-02-19/1836-03-09
Place
California
Main Road to San Pedro
USA
agricultural sites: Reyes, Antonio (agricultural land)
agricultural sites: Lugo, Antonio Maria (agricultural land)
agricultural sites: Lugo's Ranch
Source
Los Angeles City Records Center and Archives [Contributing entity]
isla id: L-75 [Identifier]
Relation
Los Angeles City Archives
Untitled Records Series. Volume 1, 1833-1846
laarc-m92

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