Historic Documents File
Finding aid created by Monterey Public Library staff using RecordEXPRESS
Monterey Public Library
2023
625 Pacific Street
Monterey, California 93940
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Title: Historic Documents File
Dates: 1826-1987
Collection Number: ARC 500
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 3.0 linear ft.
Repository:
Monterey Public Library
Monterey, California 93940
Abstract: The Documents File consists of various unpublished records of original and photoduplicated materials related to Monterey and
early California.
Language of Material: English
Access by appointment only; contact Local History Librarian or designated staff.
Reproduction by Local History Librarian or other designated staff; may be restricted due to condition of the materials.
[Identification of item]. Historic Documents File. Collection Number: ARC 500. Monterey Public Library
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection is divided into six series. Series I: a selection of land deeds, title abstracts, and land patents. Series
II: letters. Series III includes probate, baptismal and marriage records. Series IV includes Monterey and early California
ordinances, petitions and proclamations. Series V consists of selected descriptive articles and records not filed in the Clipping
File. It also contains a photocopy of the Monterey County Jail ledger, 1850-1858. Folders are arranged chronologically and
numerically. Series VI contains oversize documents, mainly deeds, invoices, reports and maps in Spanish from the Mexican era.
Real property
Munras, Estevan
Castro, Maria Antonio Pico de
Garner, William R.
Sherman, William T.
Raiquel, William Otis
Jacks, David
Abrego, Jose Antonio Maria
Swan, John A.
Hartnell, William E. P.
Estrada, Rafael
Bonifacio, Juan Bautista
Johnson, William S.
Wolters, Charles
Casto, Jose
Bonifacio
Fort Mervine
Rando Bolsa
Pueblo Lands
Pacific Biological Laboratories
General Land Office
Pacific Improvement Company
Monterey, California
Land titles
Probate documents
Deeds
Invoices
Manuscript
Digital images
Maps