Excerpt from Reports to Hon. George Stoneman, Governor of California, on Certain Claims of the State of California Against the United States: November 1, 1878, to November 1, 1886 Dear sir: I have the honor to submit you a report upon the several claims of the State of California against the United States, for which I have been heretofore appointed agent and counsel and for all of which I have been so acting for a period covering the eight years last past, to wit: from November 1, 1878, to November 1, 1886. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.