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Memorias historicas de Don Francisco Arce : Salinas, Calif. : ms., 1877.
BANC MSS C-D 30LOCAL
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Title:

Memorias historicas de Don Francisco Arce: Salinas, Calif. : ms., 1877
Hubert Howe Bancroft collection

Creator/Contributor:

Arce, Francisco Casimiro, 1821?-1878, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Savage, Thomas, 1823-

Creator/Contributor:

Gomez, Vicente P. (Vicente Perfecto)

Creator/Contributor:

Online Archive of California

Abstract:

Dictation recorded at Salinas by Thomas Savage and Vicente P. Gomez, Apr., 1877. With introductory note by Savage (71 leaves; 31 cm.).
Recollections of life in California, chiefly from 1833 (his arrival) to 1850. Notes on his military and civil service; dispute of Governor José Figueroa with the colonization directors, Híjar and Padrés; later governors and military figures of early California.
Appended: 22 documents (incorrectly numbered 1-30; mostly originals) presented by Arce to the Bancroft Library. A number concern the missions. All have been separately catalogued; search under heading: Arce, Francisco Casimiro, 1821?-1878.

Date:

1877 (issued)

Subject:

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Missions -- California -- History -- Sources
Missions -- Californie -- Histoire -- Sources
Missions
California -- Biography
California -- History -- Sources
Californie -- Biographies
Californie -- Histoire -- Sources
California
Compañia Cosmopolitana.
Figueroa, José -- 1792-1835
Hijar, José María de
Padrés, José María
Figueroa, José -- 1792-1835
Hijar, José María de
Padrés, José María

Note:

Also available on microfilm.
Also available in digital format: accessible through Online Archive of California.
Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection.
In Spanish.

Type:

Biographies.
History.
Sources.

Physical Description:

print
2 volumes
partial microfilm reel (120 exposures) : negative (Rich. 92:13) and positive

Language:

Spanish

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-D 30LOCAL

Origin:

California