[John A. Sutter] Autograph Title Search Two Sacramento City Lots--1889

1889. Good/None. [John A. Sutter] Autograph Title Search Two Sacramento City Lots--1889. Abstract of the Records in the Office of the Recorder of Sacramento County. E.I. Robinson, Attorney at Law, Searcher of Records and Examiner of Titles, Notary Public. 7 x 8.5 inches, not paginated.

String-bound booklet titled Abstract of Records on wrapper with printed interior leaves. Moderate chipping and soiling to wrappers. Front wrapper strengthened with binding tape. Back wrapper becoming loose but still holding. Edges worn. Interior relatively clean. Good Condition.

Interesting piece of Californiana from 1889 of autograph title search by E.I. Robinson tracing two city lots in Sacramento from the Mexican Government in 1841 to John A. Sutter in 1851. Confirmed by the United States Government in 1866.

John A. Sutter is best known as the landowner of the land upon which John Marshall discovered gold in 1848. Sutter's history in California is long and complex. For our purposes, we'll just note that Sutter was deeded 48,400 acres of Mexican Territory by Governor Alvarado in and around what is now Sacramento. Among the provisions of Alvarado's bequest were that Sutter must become a Mexican citizen, live on the land for one year and restrict immigration of Americans onto his land. After Sutter's one year probation ended and he had become a Mexican Citizen, he pretty much did as he pleased with his acreage including using Native Americans as slave labor.

This document traces two tracts of land via title search by E.I. Robinson, Attorney at Law, Searcher of Records and Examiner of Titles.