Finding aid of the José Figueroa Letter C058848

Finding aid prepared by Michael Lange
Society of California Pioneers
300 Fourth Street
San Francisco, CA, 94107-1272
(415) 959-1849
pkeats@californiapioneers.org
01/22/2014


Title: Figueroa, José Letter
Identifier/Call Number: C058848
Contributing Institution: Society of California Pioneers
Language of Material: English
Container: B001392
Container: C058848
Physical Description: 1.0 folder (1 letter, 1 typed translation)
Date: 1835
Abstract: A letter dated 06/24/1835 from José Figueroa, then Governor of Alto California, to the Military Commander and Director of Colonization of the Frontier of the North. The letter is handwritten in Spanish, with official government seals on the first page. General Figueroa discusses the plans for getting the town of Sonoma settled, as well as settling the rest of Northern California, with Mexican citizens before the Russians at Fort Ross can begin to spread out into the surrounding land.
creator: Figueroa, José, 1792-1835

Conditions Governing Access note

Collection open for research.

Conditions Governing Use note

There are no restrictions on access.

Preferred Citation note

José Figueroa Letter. The Society of California Pioneers.

Donor

Donor and date of acquisition unknown.

Biographical/Historical note

General José Figueroa (1792 – 9 September 1835), was appointed to the post of Commandante-General of Sonora and Sinaloa in 1824, before becoming the Mexican territorial Governor of Alta California from 1833 to 1835. Figueroa oversaw the initial secularization of the missions of upper California, which included the expulsion of the Spanish Franciscan mission officials. This also involved the issuing of many Mexican land grants for former mission lands and original Mission Indians homelands. He died of a stroke in September of 1835 and is buried at Mission Santa Barbara in California.

Scope and Contents note

A letter dated 06/24/1835 from José Figueroa, then Governor of Alto California, to the Military Commander and Director of Colonization of the Frontier of the North. The letter is handwritten in Spanish, with official government seals on the first page. General Figueroa discusses the plans for getting the town of Sonoma settled, as well as settling the rest of Northern California, with Mexican citizens before the Russians at Fort Ross can begin to spread out into the surrounding land. Also included is one typed english translation of the letter.

Existence and Location of Originals note

The Society of California Pioneers, 300 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA, 94107.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Bodega Bay (Calif.)
California, Northern - History - 19th century.
Fort Ross (Calif.)
Land grants--California.
Mendocino, Cape (Calif.)
Sonoma County (Calif.)