A preemption document to William Moore, Los Angeles County, 27 October 1864. The item pertains to 160 acres in what appears to be the Verdugo Mountains near Glendale, claimed under 1852 state legislation concerning public land possessory actions under preemption by Moore, who was a Los Angeles city surveyor. The item appears to have been disbound from a title insurance company title book and has some stains, holes from the binding clips, soiling and edge rubbing, but is in good overall condition.
