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San Francisco Real Estate, 1847

Tri Weekly Alta California, November 22, 1849
REAL ESTATE AND GENERAL LAND AGENCY, San Francisco.--The subscribers having devoted many years to the sale and management of real estate in the city of New York, at auction and at private sales, will give their attention to the same branch of business here. Improved real estate and vacant land in San Francisco and in the several towns in the neighborhood will be kept for sale, and sales made at public auction as may be required, on favorable terms.
BLECKER, VAN DYKE & BELDEN, Auctioneers, cor. Montgomery and Clay sts.

Tri Weekly Alta California,
Friday Morning, January 18, 1850
BROADWAY HOUSE FOR SALE-with all its fixtures, liquors, etc., and Lease of ground for 3 years from 24th August last, at a ground rent of $50 per annum. The above is an excellent opportunity for investment, and will be sold cheap. For further particulars inquire at the bar of the Broadway House, Clark's Point.

Daily Alta California, April 9, 1851
LOTS FOR SALE--In the beautiful town of MARTINES, at very reasonable rates, the climate is good, the back country is not to be surpassed by any in California, and to families, who will become residents and build, lots will be given gratis. A good substantial wharf is now in progress, which when finished, will give rise to an almost constant communication with Sacramento, San Francisco, and Vallejo. Persons who desire to live quietly and economically, would do well to visit this place. A forty-horse power ferry boat plies daily between Benicia and Martines, affording great accommodation to travellers journeying on to the northern part of the State. The title is an old Spanish grant, and is indisputable. This, combined with the flourishing back country, and the large number of highly cultivated farms in its immediate vicinity, cannot fail to attract the attention of agriculturists and others. Persons wishing to purchase lots on land, can apply to Mr. M. SMITH, at Howard & Green's, San Francisco, or to BROWN & DANA, at Martines.

Daily Alta California, April 9, 1851
FOR SALE--640 acres of land, situated in Napa Valley, five miles from the embarcadero of Napa city. It is all finely situated for agricultural purposes, and every portion of it can be put under cultivation; title perfectly good. The whole or a portion of it will be sold cheap, by
SAGE & SMITH, 275 Montgomery st.

Daily Alta California, July 1, 1853
GREAT REAL ESTATE RAFFLE Richardson's Albion Ranche,

100,000 Acres Agricultural and Timber Lands! Lying forty miles north of Bodega, on the coast -- is divided from a sworn survey by James S. Thornton, Esq.--to be decided on the 26th September--the prizes, with warrantee deeds, to be distributed by gentlemen from Sacramento City, Stockton, and San Francisco.

The whole tract of Land is thoroughly intersected by running streams, which in October last and in November, before the rains, were running full and strong. The banks of the rivers are never overflown by freshets. The soil, throughout the whole extent of this Ranche, is uniformly fertile, and is superior for agricultural purposes; does not bake into a hard crust, as is the case in most part of the country. It also retains moisture throughout the dry season, as is easily proved by inspection of the herbage, which is immense and green all the year round.

There is game of all kinds in abundance, elk being the most numerous, running in hers of 500 to 1,000. Ducks, geese and wild pigeons in vast numbers.
The rivers and creeks are well stocked with fish. Salmon commence running in October, and are taken in great numbers by the Indians.

Salt is procured at Salt Point, and Indian labor easily obtained. The following is a (partial) list of

Prizes.
1 1015 acres 17 758 acres 33 538 acres
2 1010 acres 18 747 acres 34 534 acres
3 990 acres 19 730 acres 35 517 acres
4 961 acres 20 716 acres 36 511 acres
5 960 acres 21 656 acres 37 498 acres
6 937 acres 22 645 acres 38 494 acres


483 Prizes, 47 of which average 663 Acres each, and 436 of 160 Acres each.

Total value $150,000
Whole number of Tickets, 30,000

CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, having learned that it is the intention of Capt. Wm. A. Richardson, of Saucelito, to dispose of his large tract of land in Mendocino county, known as the "ALBION RANCHE," and to that end to divide the same into a large number of small Farms, take pleasure in assuring the public that any statements which may be made by Capt. Richardson, relative to the situation and quality of said land, or the title thereto, may be fully relied on. Capt. Richardson has been a resident of California for the last THIRTY YEARS, and his official relations with the Mexican government, previous to the occupation of the country by the Americans, as well as by his known position and standing in this community since that event, entitles him, in the opinion of the undersigned, to that fullest confidence of those who may become interested in the disposition of the track of land referred to.

S. BRANNAN GEO. M. SHAW & Co.
GEO. C. BATES GEO. T. UPHAM
G.B. POST HIRAM GRIMES
J.P. LEESE JOHN K. HACKETT
C.J. BRENHAM,
(Mayor of the City)
G.W. BAKER,
(City Recorder)
ADAMS & Co. WM. D. FAIR
LEWIS TEAL H. MEIGGS
JOHN J. VIOGET CAPTAIN STEPHEN SMITH
(of Bodega)
THOMAS O. LARKIN  

Tickets, $5 each -- can be had singly or by the package, by calling at 105 Montgomery street, near Adams & Co.'s, where may be seen geographical and sectional Maps. Also, at Adams & Co's Express Office throughout the State. Orders from any part of the State will be promptly attended to.
M. DELANY,
Agent, San Francisco.
C.C. HALL,
Agent, Sacramento.
W. ORRICK JOHNSON,
Agent, Santa Clara County

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Date Entered: July 1 2000
Source: Geographicus, Newspaper Archives, Daily Alta California



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