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In October, 1845, Juan B. Alvarado, Governor of California, granted to Nicholas A. Den the Rancho Dos Pueblos, in Santa Barbara County. This grant was, in due course, presented to the Land Commission for confirmation, and was by the Commission confirmed. It was also confirmed by the United States District Court, on appeal, by a decree which declared it to be a grant of three and one-half leagues within certain exterior boundaries. The survey of the land was approved by the Surveyor-General on the 11th day of January, 1872, and by the Commissioner of the General Land Office on the 23rd day of February, 1877, on which last day the patent issued.

On the 16th day of September, 1851, Nicholas A. Den, while seized in fee of said rancho, by a deed—in which his wife Rosa (who, however, had no interest in the premises) joined—in consideration of love and affection and one dollar, gave, granted, conveyed, set over, and confirmed unto Richard S. Den and Nicholas A. Den, jointly as trustees, the undivided one-half of the Rancho Dos Pueblos, with certain personal property, in trust, to hold and manage the property, and convey, as the children of Nicholas and his said wife Rosa came of age, to…