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Proclamation ordering squatters to leave Mission lands In Santa Clara and Alameda Counties

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Title: Proclamation ordering squatters to leave Mission lands In Santa Clara and Alameda Counties
Creator: Burton, John, d.1848
Date Created and/or Issued: 1847 May
Publication Information: San Jose Public Library. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. California Room
Contributing Institution: San José Public Library, California Room
Collection: Collection on Santa Clara County's Agricultural Past
Rights Information: Public domain
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Description: Proclamation from John Burton, Alcade of San Jose, stating that the governor of California has directed that Mission buildings and lands belong to the Mission priests. Burton directs that all others living on the lands of Mission Santa Clara and Mission San Jose must leave.
Type: text
Format: 1 sheet; 30 x 21 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt5w102576
CSJ_054
Pueblo of San Jose Correspondence 1847
Language: English
Subject: Santa Clara Mission--History
Mission San Jose (Alameda County)--History
Missions--California--History
Squatters--California
Burton, John, d. 1848
Place: Santa Clara County (Calif.)
Alameda County (Calif.)

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