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A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent.Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous example being the English Magna Carta (great charter) of 1215, but since the 14th century have only been used in place of private acts to grant a right or power to an individual or a body corporate.
These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals before California became part of the United States of America. [1] Under Spain, no private land ownership was allowed, so the grants were more akin to free leases.
Pacheco Adobe, built 1835 by Salvio Pacheco on Rancho Monte del Diablo The Guajome Adobe, built 1852–53 as the seat of Rancho Guajome. In Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California, ranchos were concessions and land grants made by the Spanish and Mexican governments from 1775 [1] to 1846.
The settlement began in the fall of 1849 with four cabins on the south of a ravine, erected by the Boston Company, led by Rev. H.H. Cummings. [3] By 1853, there were several quartz mills, [4] and later a foundry. It is situated .5 mi (0.80 km) from present-day Grass Valley, California. [5] A post office operated at Boston Ravine from 1889 to ...
When news reached England of the adventures of Sea Venture's survivors, the royal charter of the Virginia Company was extended to include Bermuda on the 12th of March, 1612, at Westminster, with the archipelago granted by the Crown unto the Treasurer and Company of Aduenturers and Planters of the Cittie of London for the first colony in Virginia.
The following year, in 1969, the Grass Valley Historic Preservation Committee began repair and preservation of the building and the Sisters' rose garden. [10] The Foley Library for Historical Research in nearby Nevada City, California retains historical documents for Mount St. Mary's. [11] Mount Saint Marys Academy is still running as a school.
San Felipe Valley, California; San Fernando Valley; San Gabriel Valley; San Jacinto Valley; San Joaquin Valley; San Juan Valley; San Lorenzo Valley; San Ramon Valley; Sanel Valley; Santa Ana Canyon; Santa Ana Valley; Santa Clara River Valley; Santa Clara Valley; Santa Clarita Valley; Santa Ynez Valley; Scott Valley; Searles Valley; Shadow ...
Arroyo Grande is located in a coastal ecosystem within the California Floristic Province, and the native habitats include coast live oak woodland, central coastal scrub, willow and mixed riparian along Arroyo Grande Creek and numerous tributaries, native bunch-grass grassland, coastal prairie, dunes and intertidal zone, and non-native and ...