Dictation of Mrs. Captain Henry D. Fitch : Healdsburg, Calif. : ms.S, 1875 Nov. 26

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Title:

Creator/Contributor:

Fitch, Josefa Carrillo, 1810-, Author

Date:

1875

Subject:

Women--California

California--Commerce

Fitch, Henry Delano, 1799-1849

Cerruti, Henry, 1836-1876

Figueroa, Jose, 1792-1835

Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918--Collection--CU-BANC

Note:

Elopement with Henry Fitch and return to California, with some mention of her husband's commercial ventures in South America and California. Photocopy of dictation also included

With this: original marriage certificate, 1831, and H.D. Fitch's Mexican naturalization paper, signed by Jose Figueroa, Dec. 13, 1833

Dictation recorded by Henry Cerruti

One of a series of dictations and related documents collected by agents of H.H. Bancroft from early California settlers. Most concern the era before statehood. Search under title: Pioneer sketches, ca. 1866-1875

Type:

Autobiographies

Citizenship papers

Marriage certificates

Physical Description:

Copies : partial microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 518:17) and positive. Originals : 10 leaves ; 31 cm

Language:

Spanish

Local Call Number:

BANC MSS C-E 67-10 (Bneg 518:17)

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Related Item:

Metacollection: California Cultures

Contributing Institution:

The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000;