Title: Ten pamphlets & government documents relating the Rancho Soscol, or Suscal, spanning Napa & Solano Counties Author: Place: Washington Publisher: Date: 1863-1869 Description: Includes: Soscol Rancho (to accompany bill H.R. 623)... The Soscol rancho is settled upon and occupied by an enterprising body of agriculturalists... 4 pp. House Report 20, 37th Congress, 3d Session. 1863. * Senate version of preceding, Rep. No 95m 37th Congress 3d Session. 4 pp. 1863. * A Review of the Soscol Ranch Case; or a Synopsis of an Argument before the Committee on Public Lands... by J.T. Logan, Esq., of Washington City, D.C. 8 pp. (staining in top margins.) 1864. * Walker & Stanton. In the Case of the Settlers on the "Soscol Ranche," in the State of California, as against the purchasers under the Vallejo Claim. 7 pp. 1865. * In the Case of the Settlers of the "Soscol Rancho," California. Reply of Walker & Stanton, to the Argument of Hon. M. Blair. 6 pp. 1865. * Wheaton, M.A. Soscol Rancho. Claims of Settlers under the General Pre-Emption Laws. Reply to Argument of Hon. Montgomery Blair. 9 pp. 1865. * [Stanton, Fred. P., et al.] [Letter to Secretary of Interior James Harlan replying to argument of Judge Blair re: Soscol Rancho]. 8 pp. 1866. * Speed, James. Opinion of the Attorney General in the Case of the "Soscol Rancho." 7 pp. Printed wrappers. 1866. * [Beard, Henry, et al.] [Letter to Attorney General James Speed submitting views re: Soscol Rancho]. 2 copies. Each 23 pp. 1866. * In the Supreme Court of the United States. December Term 1869 - No. 101. John B. Frisbee, Appellant, vs. L.J. Whitney, Appellee. Brief of F.P. Stanton, Geo. W. Julian, Benj. F. Butler, for Appellee. 8 pp. 1869. Together, 11 items. Except as noted, disbound, unbound, or removed from larger volumes. Legal documentation and pleas regarding the disputed lands of the Soscol Rancho, an 84,000-acre Mexican land grant in present day Napa County, California and Solano County, California given in 1843 by governor Manuel Micheltorena to General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. In a significant land law decision, the land claim was rejected by the US Supreme Court in 1862. Rancho Suscol extended from Rancho Petaluma on the west, south down to the San Francisco Bay and Mare Island and Carquinez Strait, and then to Rancho Suisun on the east. It included present day cities of Vallejo and Benicia. Lot Amendments Condition: Generally very good. Item number: 232118
Title: Ten pamphlets & government documents relating the Rancho Soscol, or Suscal, spanning Napa & Solano Counties Author: Place: Washington Publisher: Date: 1863-1869 Description: Includes: Soscol Rancho (to accompany bill H.R. 623)... The Soscol rancho is settled upon and occupied by an enterprising body of agriculturalists... 4 pp. House Report 20, 37th Congress, 3d Session. 1863. * Senate version of preceding, Rep. No 95m 37th Congress 3d Session. 4 pp. 1863. * A Review of the Soscol Ranch Case; or a Synopsis of an Argument before the Committee on Public Lands... by J.T. Logan, Esq., of Washington City, D.C. 8 pp. (staining in top margins.) 1864. * Walker & Stanton. In the Case of the Settlers on the "Soscol Ranche," in the State of California, as against the purchasers under the Vallejo Claim. 7 pp. 1865. * In the Case of the Settlers of the "Soscol Rancho," California. Reply of Walker & Stanton, to the Argument of Hon. M. Blair. 6 pp. 1865. * Wheaton, M.A. Soscol Rancho. Claims of Settlers under the General Pre-Emption Laws. Reply to Argument of Hon. Montgomery Blair. 9 pp. 1865. * [Stanton, Fred. P., et al.] [Letter to Secretary of Interior James Harlan replying to argument of Judge Blair re: Soscol Rancho]. 8 pp. 1866. * Speed, James. Opinion of the Attorney General in the Case of the "Soscol Rancho." 7 pp. Printed wrappers. 1866. * [Beard, Henry, et al.] [Letter to Attorney General James Speed submitting views re: Soscol Rancho]. 2 copies. Each 23 pp. 1866. * In the Supreme Court of the United States. December Term 1869 - No. 101. John B. Frisbee, Appellant, vs. L.J. Whitney, Appellee. Brief of F.P. Stanton, Geo. W. Julian, Benj. F. Butler, for Appellee. 8 pp. 1869. Together, 11 items. Except as noted, disbound, unbound, or removed from larger volumes. Legal documentation and pleas regarding the disputed lands of the Soscol Rancho, an 84,000-acre Mexican land grant in present day Napa County, California and Solano County, California given in 1843 by governor Manuel Micheltorena to General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. In a significant land law decision, the land claim was rejected by the US Supreme Court in 1862. Rancho Suscol extended from Rancho Petaluma on the west, south down to the San Francisco Bay and Mare Island and Carquinez Strait, and then to Rancho Suisun on the east. It included present day cities of Vallejo and Benicia. Lot Amendments Condition: Generally very good. Item number: 232118
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