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This large-format property deed documents an 1872 real estate transfer in San Francisco, California, during a critical period of post-Gold Rush urban consolidation. The decades following the California Gold Rush witnessed one of the most rapid urban transformations in American history, as San Francisco evolved from a chaotic port settlement into a fully structured city governed by formal property law, surveyed streets, and recorded land ownership. What had once been a landscape of informal claims, tents, and wooden buildings gave way to a dense urban grid as population growth, capital investment, and municipal authority demanded legal clarity. This 1872 property deed belongs squarely within that moment of consolidation and maturation. Dated February of that year, it records a transfer of real estate between James M. Allen and Frederick J. Worthington, both residents of the City and County of San Francisco. The document follows the formal indenture style typical of nineteenth-century California deeds, establishing consideration, transfer of ownership, and full legal conveyance under state law. The parcel itself is described through a detailed metes-and-bounds survey, beginning at a point on Union Street and extending toward Hyde Street, situating the property in a neighborhood that was actively being built out during the post-Civil War era. The careful measurements, directional angles, and references to street intersections demonstrate the increasingly professional surveying practices adopted by the city as it imposed order on its rapidly growing street system. Such descriptions were critical in preventing boundary disputes and ensuring that ownership could be defended, transferred, or mortgaged without ambiguity. Beyond the land alone, the deed explicitly conveys all associated rights, improvements, and appurtenances, a standard but essential clause that ensured buildings, structures, and future developments were legally included in the transfer. The attached certification and red wax seal confirm that this instrument was formally executed and intended for permanent record, not casual correspondence. As a historical artifact, this deed serves as a primary-source record of San Francisco’s transition from frontier city to established metropolis. It ties named individuals to a precise location, documents real estate values at a fixed point in time, and preserves the exact legal language that governed ownership in nineteenth-century California. The item shown in the listing is the exact item the collector will receive. We have tens of thousands of items to choose from.

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Dates range from 1899 – 1917. Though most of the entries seem to be from early 1900s. Entries are from San Francisco area and surround. Not all pages are used or full. Alphabetical pages in beginning list persons or businesses and page number to look for entries. View photos for some of the businesses in ledger. Entries are for businesses, list neighborhoods and specific people. I’m assuming is referring to the San Francisco earthquake that happened on the 18th at 5:12. Please view all photos for details and condition. The leather spine is almost detached. Book pages have some wear, discoloration, wear to edges and corners. Although outer spine in coming off the pages are still pretty intact in ledger. Measures roughly 5.5. By 7.75 inches. Will answer questions best I can. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Historical Memorabilia\Accounting & Taxation”. The seller is “stonewallce” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.

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