Peralta: the Contra Costa lands 'no tienen medidas fijas,' keeping vecinos in continual disputes —…

Departmental State Papers, Monterey, tomo I–VIII · BANC MSS C-A 43, document 717

Peralta: the Contra Costa lands 'no tienen medidas fijas,' keeping vecinos in continual disputes — proposes commissioning someone to distribute lands & set mojoneras (boundary markers) per law, with two witnesses, diligencia in duplicate (p.430–1); Guerrero: on diezmos (tithes) — some refuse to pay (p.435–6). East Bay land-tenure + tithe resistance.

Date1839 (year)
FromIgnacio Peralta (San Antonio); Francisco Guerrero (Dolores)
ToPrefecto José Castro
SeriesDepartmental State Papers, Monterey
TomoI–VIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagep.430–436
Savage copy page—
Scan leafn332
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentIgnacio Peralta (San Antonio); Francisco Guerrero (Dolores) to Prefecto José Castro, 1839, Departmental State Papers, Monterey, I–VIII, p.430–436, Archives of California, C-A 43, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within I–VIII]Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca43/ca43-d717.html
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