ISLA GUADALUPE CHAIN OF TITLE
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- San Francisco, July 29th, 1881
- S. W. Hale, Esq.
- ____
- My Dear Sir,
- Enclosed I send certificate for
- 6216 shares stock
- 3699 Treasury
- [=] 9915
- 50 held by Directors
- 35 outstanding
- 10,000 total
- The Directors hold each 10 shares which will be sent you when the business is closed here.
- Would have sent deed, but prefer to get chain of title complete. There is a deed from Landrum & Rodgers as shown by the accounts
- Please acknowledge receipt of stock to secretary.
- By the accounts that we have of the proceedings of the company not among the title papers of the Guadalupe Island Company.
- Everything else is in good shape from the grant from the Mexican government down to the organization of the Guadalupe Island Company.
- That deed is said to be recorded in San Diego, and if the original can't be found a copy will be obtained and sent you with the new deed to you.
- A new one could be had if nothing can be found as the parties are here in the State and have been members of the Comapny.
- Ben is gaining strength and when a few weeks pass hope he will be out again.
- Very truly yours,
- Thos. Flint
ISLA GUADALUPE CHAIN OF TITLE
- January 8, 1839. Isla Guadalupe is ceded from the Mexican Government to Mexican citizens, Jose Castro and Florencio Ferrano, both Mexican citizens. They receive not just Guadalupe island but also all the smaller islands in the region as well.
- 1845. By 1845 Jose Castro had sold 50% of his stake in the islands for $500 in gold. Documents at the Bancroft Library, Berkeley show the island is owned in 1845 by the Western Livestock Company out of Boston Massachusetts.
- 1873 Guadalupe Island Company is incorporated in California. It acquires the island and offers 500 shares of stock @ $50/share ($500,000).
- 1885. Mexican Consul-General Juan N. Navarro, sends a letter to the Guadalupe Island Company demanding the owners to “appear before us in Baja to explain how you acquired Isla Guadalupe.” Shortly there after, the Guadalupe Island Company disbands and the island officially becomes part of Mexico. [Note: Navarro (1823-1904), was born in Morelia, Mexico, and graduated from medical school in Mexico City. He enlisted in the Mexican army and became a colonel. He was later elected senator; in 1863 he was appointed Consul General at New York, a position he held for 38 years.]
- August 16, 1928. the Mexican government declares the island a reserve, making it one of the oldest reserves in Mexico.
