Plat of the Northern Part of the Rancho San Antonio finally confirmed to Vicente and Domingo Peralta [cartographic material] / surveyed under instructions from the U.S. Surveyor General by James T. Stratton, Dep. Sur[veyor], February 1858 - December 1859 containing 19143 86/100 acres [with narrative descriptions]
Creator
United States. Surveyor General for California
Contributor
United States. District Court (California : Northern District). Land case. 100. ; Peralta, Domingo, 1795-1865. ; Peralta, Vicente, 1812-1871
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Description
Ms. map. Scale [1:31,680]. 40 chains to an in. Relief shown by hachures. Shows survey markers, landmarks, adjoining ranchos, etc. Pen-and-ink and watercolor on vellum. Includes table of boundaries and Surveyor General's certification (March 30, 1860). This Plat, produced as a result of Land Case 100 ND, US District Court, California, shows the northern portion of Rancho San Antonio, awarded to Vicente and Domingo Peralta by their father, Luis Maria Peralta. Accompanied by decree describing the development of the land case and ordering the production of the plat, with field notes and certification by the surveying crew (22 pages). Alternate title from decree. The text includes a detailed description of the marshlands of Oakland and its environs. Specific landmarks located on the map, listed from north to south, include: the home of Victor Castro, Cerrito Creek Cañon and along its southern bank, a "large rock rising in the form of a monument looking to the north," "Frenchman's house" (situated just beyond the northern boundary), "Fleming's house" with a buckeye tree indicated nearby near the shoreline at "South Cerro," "Wilson's hotel," a Coast Survey Sta. (situated in the highlands), adobe of Domingo Peralta, the wharf and warehouse of a starch factory, adobe of Vicente Peralta, a road, designated "Oakland to Martinez, Alta Telegraph" (at eastern boundary), "McHenry's old dock," Indian mound, road from Oakland to San Antonio, shown where it crossed Moraga Valley, slough to Watt's Landing, "small house referred to in decree," "post at head of tidewater," Gibbon's wharf, Grafenger's house, bridge (that crossed San Antonio Creek between Oakland and Clinton), with notices of posts, fences, sloughs, creeks and a road from San Pablo to Oakland. Gift to the Oakland Public Library from the Oakland Museum, 1962. Stamp in upper left corner : James de Fremery, San Francisco.
Type
image
Format
1 ms. map : hand col., ink on vellum ; 54 x 43 cm. + 22 sheets.
Land grants - California Land titles - California Mexican Americans - California - Alameda County - History Submerged lands - California - San Francisco Bay Area Wetlands - California - Alameda County Peralta family Peralta, Domingo, 1795-1865 Peralta, Vicente, 1812-1871
Place
Rancho San Antonio (Alameda County, Calif.) - Maps, Manuscript. Alameda County (Calif.) - Historical geography. San Antonio Creek (Oakland, Calif.). Alameda Marsh (Calif.).
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