Manuscript map in black and red ink with hand-coloring in outline on verso, which shows through faintly to the recto, evidently as intended; on drafting linen. 68x129 cm (26¾x50¾"), folded.
Manuscript plat map of San Francisco confirming the lands awarded to the city in the long-standing multi-faceted dispute between grantees, squatters, the federal government, and the City and County of San Francisco. The plat shows Part of Rancho San Miguel; Rancho Rincon de las Salinas Portrero Viejo; the Presidio Military Reservation; Charter Line of 1850; Point San Jose Military Reservation; and a number of early roads, etc. There is a "Description of Lands included within the Exterior Boundaries of the Pueblo of San Francisco" at upper left, with a key showing 15 grants and tracts. A table at right gives precise description of boundaries of the Pueblo Lands. There is printed version, of smaller size, in the San Francisco Municipal Reports for 1886-87, which volume also contains an article on the pueblo lands. The present manuscript was purchased by Mr. Heckrotte at Swann Galleries in 1999, at the auction of the Reps collection, where the map was described as printed.
Further Notes from the Files of Warren Heckrotte
Full title: Plat of the | Pueblo Lands of San Francisco | finally confirmed to the | City Of San Francisco | Surveyed under instructions from the | U. S. Surveyor General | by F. von Leicht, U. S. Dep. Surv. | in December 1883 | Containing 17754 36/100 Acres | Scale 20 chains to 1 inch. | Magnetic Variation 16º 45' East | The field notes of the survey of the Pueblo Lands of San Francisco, from which | this plat has been made, are strictly in accordance with the instructions of | the Hon. Commissioner of the General Land Office received with his letter | dated November 21st 1883, as the same appear of record and on file in | this office. | U.S. Surveyor General's Office | San Francisco, California | January 17th 1884. | W. H. Brown U.S. Surv. Gen. for Cala. | Approved May 15, 1884, | A. C. McFarland | Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Provenance: Swanns, 3/18/99, Reps Collection
Among the grants and tracts shown in the key are: The Presidio, Point San Jose Military Reservation, Two Lots in the City (confirmed to Jacob P. Leese et al May 29, 1857), Part of Rancho Rincon (confirmed to Jose Cornelio Bernal August 4th 1857), Part of Rancho Miguel (Jose de Jesus Noe December 4th 1856), Ojo de Agua Figueroa (Juana Briones Miranda et al. January 14th 1876), 2 tracts of land at Mission Dolores (Joseph C. Allemany, Archbishop April 4th 1857), Tract of Land at Mission Dolores (C.S. de Bernal et al, July 27th 1863), Lot in Mission Dolores (Francisco de Haro August 3rd 1863), Suerte en Dolores (heirs of Francisco Guerrero Palomares April 16th 1861), Fifty lots in Mission Dolores (Francisco de Haro May 10, 1861), Lot in Mission Dolores (Candelario Valencia July 31st 1882), Lot in Mission Dolores (Elizabeth de Zaldo July 31st 1882), Carmaritas (Ferdinand Vassault et al June 26th 1882). Areas in acres also shown, along with the grant locations.