Sketch Map (Diseno) of California Land Claim
ca. 1852
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The Mexican Cession of 1848 transferred 529,017 square miles of territory to the United States—along with jurisdiction over a legal battle for a league of land left by Vicente Sanchez, who died in 1846. This hand-drawn map, or diseno, of his ranch, along with a claim appealing the division of the land, was filed in 1852 with the California Land Commission, which eventually confirmed (at right) the division of the land between Sanchez’s widow and a descendant.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Bureau of Land Management.
National Archives Identifier: 595794
Full Citation: Sketch Map (Diseno) of California Land Claim; ca. 1852; California Land Claim Sketch Maps, ca. 1852 - ca. 1856; Records of the Bureau of Land Management, Record Group 49; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/sketch-map-diseno-of-california-land-claim, May 4, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.