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Parkman, Felipe
Notes on Parkman family genealogy. Parkman Township, Ohio, Aug. 22, 1876. With added notes by Dr. Hammond on second, third, and fourth generations of the Mexican branch of the Parkman family.
Johnson, Helen Woods
Condensed story of the 1599 Breeches Bible; Photocopy of Notions [portions?] of Bible; genealogical charts.
Taro, José María
Negociacion de Villap[an]da. Particion y venta de frutos hecha en estas Minas...A Memorandum of the sharing and the sale of mine products (San Francisco). Done for Casimiro Choell. May 12, 1807.
Ohio. Governor.
Commission to Samuel Parkman as Ensign in the Fifth Company, Fifth Regiment, First Brigade, Ninth Division of the Ohio State Militia. Signed by Governor Jeremiah Morrow and Secretary of State, John McLane, Jan. 16, 1823. With penciled endorsement by Parkman on verso.
Ohio. Governor.
Similar commission to Parkman as Lieutenant, dated August 9, 1823. On verso is Parkman's oath of office, sworn to Nov. 1823. Endorsed in acceptance of Parkman's resignation on account of his intention to leave Ohio, Aug. 9, 1824, by S. H. Williams, Commanding Officer of the Fifth Regiment.
U.S. Postmaster General
Preliminary form letter advising Parkman of his appointment as postmaster at Petitsaw Bluffs, Lafayette Co., Missouri, Mar. 20, 1828. Signed by John McLean.
U.S. Postmaster General
Commission of Samuel Parkman as postmaster at Petitsaw Bluffs, Lafayette Co., Missouri, April 24, 1828; registered June 19, 1828. Signed by John McLean.
Jedediah Strong Smith
Last will and testament. Original draft in the hand of Samuel Parkman, with emendations by Parkman, dated Lafayette County, Missouri, April 35 [!], 1831.
Parkman, Samuel Paul
Diary, Nov. 6-30, 1832, of a journey in Mexico, southward through Chihuahua, Durango, and Zacatecas. The diary, which probably lacks pages at beginning and end, commences at La Cruz on the Río Conchos, southeast of Chihuahua, and ends with Parkman's arrival at Zacatecas. Parkman began this journey at Santa Fe, N.M., and had come via El Paso and, as his letters in the Peter Smith Papers, show, Chihuahua. These letters last mentioned also serve to date the year of the diary. With transcript by Dale L. Morgan.
Storrs, Augustus
Letter to Samuel P. Parkman, May 31, 1836. Account of recent mining developments and discoveries in western Chihuahua. With transcript by Dale L. Morgan.
Parkman, George
Letter to Lydia Parkman, Aug. 18, 1841, from Boston. Family letter.
Mexico. Presidente
[Carta de seguridad] or identity papers issued to Robert Watson Noble, Jan. 1844. Signed by [José María de] Bocanegra. Includes a personal description. An endorsement on the verso notes the extension of the passport for one year from Feb. 24, 1845.
Parkman, Samuel Paul
Agreement between [Samuel] Pablo Parkman and the United Mexican Mining Company, Guanajuato, Dec. 16, 1845. Provides that the Hacienda de Durán, which was evidently owned by the U.M.M. Co., shall be supplied with production from mines owned or admininistered by Parkman, Signed by Diego N. Woolbred [?] and Pablo Parkman. (For renewal, see no. 14, below.)
Parkman, Samuel Paul
Copy of power of attorney given to Robert Watson Noble by Samuel Pablo Parkman. Original dated Dec. 20, 1845. Copy made by José María Lopez, Dec. 22, 1845.
Parkman, Samuel Paul
Renewal of agreement with U.M.M. Co. (No.11 above), Jan. 10, 1847. Signed by Guillermo Heath and Pablo Parkman.
Mexico. Presidente
Passport issued to Samuel Pablo Parkman, Nov. 11, 1847. Signed by Luis de la Rosa.
Guanajuato, Mexico. Vice-Gobernador
Passport issued to Gil Hernandez for travel on business to the state of Morelia, Dec. 27, 1847. Signed by (or more properly, issued by) Jacinto Rodriguez and José María Solis.
Parkman, Samuel Paul
Last will and testament, Dec. 29, 1847, witnessed by José María Zambrano, José Gil Zambrano, and Francisco Servin.
Lugo, Agustín
Letter to Samuel Pablo Parkman, Feb. 18, 1849. Complaint of having been cheated of wages and a promised reward while working in the mines Parkman directs; reward was promised by lawyer Muñoz Ledo (Octaviano), and when payment was due, the acting (paymaster?) did not pay what they expected. Appended is a list of miners for whom he is writing.
[Parkman, Samuel Paul]
Draft of letter to lawyer Muñoz Ledo, Apr. 1, 1849, relative to controversy concerning the divisional line, workings, etc., of the San José and Ave María mines.
Noble, Robert Watson
Diary of a journey from Chihuahua, Mexico to the Pueblo de San José, California, Apr. 10-Aug. 1, 1849. Noble was evidently the partner of Samuel Parkman in a mule-selling venture (see Folder 21) and took a herd of about 60 mules from Chihuahua to California for sale to the miners. The route was via Galiana, Janos, Santa Cruz, Tucson, the Pima Village, the Rancho Chino, Mission of San Buenaventura, Santa Barbara, Mission of San Ynez, Mission de San Luis Obispo, Mission de San Miguel, Mission de Santa Soledad, and Fisher's Rancho. Most of the way from Chihuahua followed the trail of Maj. L. P. Graham's command in 1848 (described by Lieutenant Cave J. Couts, whose diary is in the Bancroft Library, BANC MSS C-E 118). The same route was taken by George W. B. Evans, July 1-Oct. 17, 1849, as described in Mexican Gold Trail, San Marino, 1945.
Noble, Robert Watson
Letter to Samuel Paul Parkman, from the Pueblo de San José, Aug. 14, 1849, an account of the trip to California (see No. 20), with details of the mule-trading speculation; illuminating remarks on economic conditions in California in August, 1849.
Abstract of title to property known as the Hacienda de San Francisco, covering the period of 1805-1849. Dated Cuanajuato, 1849.
Parkman, Samuel Paul
Information and description of the Mine "Animas de Santa Rosa," recommending it as a good investment for some unnamed person. Guanajuato, Aug. 19, 1850.
Parkman, Samuel Paul
Draft of letter to Don Lucas de la Tijera, June 15, 1852. Tijera presumably was secretary of the mining company of which Parkman was director. Relates to a misunderstanding and controversy between Tijera and Parkman in consequence of a proposal by Tijera to fire Vicente Tejeda, who has been with the company many years and is now defended by Parkman. See also No. 40.
Parkman, Franco
Letter to his father, Samuel Paul Parkman, from Mexico City, Jan. 12, 1854 [i.e. 1855?], concerning his attempts to enroll in school in Mexico City to study mining.
Parkman, Franco
Letter, Jan. 27, 1855, to his father, giving further news of his studies.
Parkman, Franco
Letter to his father, Mar. 6, 1855, complaining that no one writes and telling of his studies.
Parkman, Franco
Letter, Mar. 28, 1855, to his father, telling that he has been ill, reporting on rumor of small pox, and complaining of not receiving letters from home.
Parkman, Franco
Letter to his father, Apr. 6, 1855, giving news of a friend, Don Guillermo, who has been ill and reporting on his studies.
Parkman, Franco
Letter to his father, Apr. 27, 1855, giving news of Doña Lusita and Don Guillermo, telling of his studies and stating that he will send report on balances.
Parkman, Franco
Letter to his father, June 2, 1855, giving news of studies.
Parkman, Franco
Letter to his father, June 9, 1855, containing family greetings and news of his studies.
Parkman, Franco
Letter to his father, June 23, 1855, concerning his studies and asking for news from home.
Parkman, Franco
Letter to his father, July 4, 1855, concerning his studies.
Parkman, Franco
Letter to father, Aug. 18, 1855, describing the disorder caused by the pronouncement of the Plan de Ayutla, the plan that ended the presidency of Santa Ana and called for a constituent congress to frame a federal constitution.
Parkman, Franco
Letter to father, Aug. 29, 1855, reporting that disturbances have quieted a bit.
Parkman, Samuel Paul
Note signed in name of Antonia Vega de Parkman, with note by Mrs. Parkman to Gervasio Rocha, Feb. 28, 1857, requesting a loan of $50, and payment of $550.
Mexico. Presidente.
[Carta de seguridad] or identity papers issued to Samuel Pablo Parkman, Apr. 1, 1857, signed by Montes, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
[Parkman, Harriet]
Letter to Alonzo [Delano], from Parkman [Township, Ohio], Feb. 1, 1863, occasioned by letter from Delano recounting a visit from Samuel Parkman in California. Also some comments on the progress of the Civil War.
Ramirez, Justino
Letter to Samuel Paul Parkman, Apr. 21, 1863, advising of the death of Vicente Tejada, employed at Las Sirenas Mines.
Parkman, Franco
Letter to [Juan Ignacio Parkman?], written ca. 1865?, with added note from Luisa [Garcia], wife of Franco, to Juan, and by Antonia Vega de Parkman, mother of Franco, Juan and Felipe. Primarily a family letter, telling Juan that Felipe is on his way to join him. War is mentioned possibly written after Maximilian' s entry into Mexico. Delano also is mentioned.
Mexico. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
[Carta de seguridad] or identity papers issued to Samuel Paul Parkman, Aug. 19, 1865.
Guanajuato, Mexico. Alcalde
Gun permit issued to Samuel Paul Parkman, Nov. 12, 1866, signed by the Alcalde, Miguel Alaman.
Ortíz, Ignacio
Report to Parkman, director, concerning the state of affairs at Las Sirenas Mines, Aug. 1867.
Parkman, Franco
Letter to Samuel Paul Parkman, Dec. 13, 1869, concerning business relating to the operation of the mine, while his father is on trip to Mexico City.
Obituary card announcing Samuel Paul Parkman's death in his 68th year at Hacienda de San Francisco, May 2, 1873.
Riva Palacio, Vicente
Form letter to Felipe Parkman, Feb. 28, 1879, soliciting the aid of Felipe Parkman in connection with an International Exposition proposed by President Díaz in order to help remedy the economic condition of the country.
Díaz, Porfirio
Letter to Antonia Vega de Parkman, Jan. 12, 1884, in reference to her letter recommending Antonio Martinez Lopez for a vacant office.
Díaz, Porfirio
Letter to Antonia Vega de Parkman, Jan. 23, 1884, regretting not having seen her.
Díaz, Porfirio
Letter to Antonia Vega de Parkman, Dec. 2, 1884, acknowledging her letter of well-wishes.
Díaz, Porfirio
Letter to Antonia Vega de Parkman, Aug. 29, 1885, regretting illness of Felipe.
Díaz, Porfirio
Letter to Antonia Vega de Parkman, Mar. 22, 1887, replying to Mrs. Parkman's letter concerning new tariff.
Parkman, Charles B.
Letter to [Felipe Parkman?], Washington, D. C., Apr. 18, 1887, sending regrets over the recent death of Franco Parkman and giving news of his own family.
Lozano, Abraham
Letter to Antonia Vega de Parkman, Jan. 25, 1888, thanking her on the behalf of the town council of Guanajuato for a gift of some ash trees for the Alameda.
Díaz, Porfirio
Letter to Antonia Vega de Parkman, Feb. 3, 1891, replying to some unspecified question concerning the mines.
Díaz, Porfirio
Letter to Antonia Vega de Parkman, Jan. 26, 1893, granting her an interview.
Díaz, Porfirio
Letter to Antonia Vega de Parkman, Feb. 17, 1893, offering his help in her transaction with the Bank of London, and regretting not being able to help her in an unspecified request.
Díaz, Porfirio
Letter to Antonia Vega de Parkman, Feb. 21, 1893, stating that he has spoken of the transaction previously mentioned (see no. 57) to Mr. Waters.
Parkman, Felipe
Petition to the Governor of Guanajuato for permission to make free use of the waters of the Arroyos de Cabo, de Cardenas y de San Juan for water power, Apr. 12, 1900. Enclosing basis of an agreement between Parkman and the Governor.
Leatherbound volume, apparently used as a record book for the operations of some mining property. It dates from 1830-1847, and includes account of repairs, production, new mine shafts opened, water ways opened, breakdown of machinery, etc. It mentions San Miguel mine shaft, San Cayetano, La Luz, San Simón, and others. 70 pages are given over to these notes, all but three of the remaining pages blank. These three pages contain prices paid for the sawing of various types of lumber. Undated.