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Description and Holding Information
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Hoffman's Land & Appeals Cases, 1853-58 (Calif. land claims)
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Reports of land cases determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; June Term, 1853 to June Term, 1858, inclusive: by Ogden Hoffman, vii+458+146p, San Francisco, Numa Hubert, 1862. (After California was granted statehood, Congress was faced with a complex of problems stemming from land grants dating deep back into the Spanish and Mexican eras. A Board of Commissioners was appointed to adjudicate these claims, with appeal permitted to a U.S. District Judge appoint-ed for the purpose. A table of cases starts on p. v, and a list of the governors of California, together with a brief sketch of its early history, on p. 453. The second sequence of Arabic numbers contains an appendix with a table of land claims starting on p. 1; a description of the “Jimeno Index, on p. 109; an index to ranchos on p. 113; an index to claimants on p. 126; and a general index on p. 137.)
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Title:
Reports of land cases determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California : June term, 1853 to June term, 1858, inclusive / by Ogden Hoffman.
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OCLC Number:
436344654
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