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Title: Map of a survey of lands situated between San Leandro and San Lorenzo Creeks, the Bay of San Francisco and the range of mountains to the east, exhibiting the boundaries of the "Rancho San Leandro" and adjoining lands : [Calif.] / as surveyed by Nicholas Gray, Deputy Surveyor, U.S., November 1855.
Description: Pen-and-ink and watercolor on tracing cloth.From: U.S. District Court. California, Northern District. Land case 234 ND, page 747; land case map F-524 (Bancroft Library). José Joaquin Estudillo, clmt.Shows drainage, survey markers, boundaries, roads, acreages, fields, etc.Relief shown by hachures.4362 S228
Creator/Contributor: Gray, Nicholas, surveyor., author
United States. District Court (California : Northern District). Land case. 234, Related Name Indexing Term
Date:1855
Contributing Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

Nicholas Gray Jr. son of United Irishman Nicholas Gray discovered gold and quartz gold deposits on several of Thomas O Larkin's ranches. Nicholas Jr. surveyed the Bay of San Francisco. Map of a survey of lands situated between San Leandro and San Lorenzo Creeks, the Bay of San Francisco and the range of mountains to the east, exhibiting the boundaries of the "Rancho San Leandro" and adjoining lands : [Calif.] / as surveyed by Nicholas Gray, Deputy Surveyor, U.S., November 1855. [16] Gray's Map; by Nicholas Gray; 1856; 4 pages; the map was recorded at the County Recorder 's office as 4 separate pages and each page is available here: NW NE SW SE. This map is of the land in Rancho San Pablo. James Forbes was also associated with the project and sometimes this map is referred to as "Forbes's Map." Nicholas Gray Jr's son Capt. Emmet Gray was the tide observer at Sausalito, Bay of San Francisco, for 25 years. Emmet Gray's obituary states he was born in Mississippi 84 years ago. He came to California in 1849 and has resided here ever since. He leaves a wife and two daughters and was very much esteemed by all who knew him.