Abstract of Title of Property Belonging to W.H. Lambert Made at the Request of John W. Warboys. 83, [2] pp., 13 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. Half-leather and gilt stamped red cloth, string bound at left edge. With two manuscript folding maps on linen, "Portion of Chimiles Rancho" tipped-in at rear, and a loose map "Plat of the Rancho Chimiles. Finally Confirmed to William Gordon and Nathan Coombs. Surveyed under instructions from the U.S. Surveyor General by C.C. Tracy, Dep'y Sur. August 1859."

Typed abstract opens with a "Description" of the land and its boundaries, followed by a chronological identification of the grants, deeds, mortgages, and changes in ownership for said property. The earliest portion of the abstract details the grant awarded by Governor Pio Pico, the last Governor of Mexican California, to Jose Ygnacio Berreyesa on 2 May 1846 for "the Rancho Chimiles, containing four square leagues [approximately 17,312 acres] in Napa County." Subsequent pages detail transfer of ownership in 1851 of a portion of the Berreyesa grant to William Gordon (1801-1876) and Nathan Coombs (1826-1877) as identified in the plat, then to others until the 1914 conveyance of a 626.38 acre portion of the Rancho Chimiles to W.H. Lambert. The final page of the abstract is signed by "H.L. Gunn" as President of the Napa County Abstract Company.

Located in the Wooden and Gordon Valleys in the hills of Napa, Rancho Chimiles is one of the oldest ranches in Napa County, California. Today, the region is world-renowned for its highly regarded vineyards.