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Title
Letter written by Juan Maria Osuna, representing the bill of sale for his home, 1846
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1846
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a letter written by Juan Maria Osuna, representing the bill of sale for his home, 1846. The letter, written in Spanish with cursive script, is two paragraphs long and begins "[...] de las perdidas que tuvo [...]". The letter is identified by the picture file card as having been written by Osuna to American authorities, asking for reparations for damages occasioned by the occupation of his house in San Diego by American forces.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
manuscripts
Identifier
chs-m12743
USC-1-1-1-12895 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-9524
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12743
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-9524.jpg
Subject
Legal instruments
Dwellings
Adobe houses
Spanish language
Osuna, Juan Maria
U.S. History--California--Documents
Residential sites
Time Period
1846
Place
California
San Diego
USA
Source
1-33- [Microfiche number]
9524 [Accession number]
CHS-9524 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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