Documentos para la historia de California, 1846-1847, and especially concerning the Battle of San Pascual: 1846-1876

Summary

Creators:

Griffin, John S. (John Strother), 1816-1898

Abstract:

Correspondence and papers of an army surgeon, relating to his participation in the Battle of San Pasqual, including medical reports for the troops and correspondence with medical, military and naval acquaintances, some touching upon the effects of the gold rush.

Extent:

Number of containers: 1 box and 2 oversize folders

Language:

English

Background

Biographical / historical:

John Strother Griffin, assistant surgeon, came with General Kearny from New Mexico in 1846, and was present in the battles of San Pascual, San Gabriel and the Mesa. He was stationed at San Diego and Los Angeles in charge of the military hospital, visited the gold mines in 1849, became interested in Napa lands with Vallejo and Frisbie, and was later stationed at Benicia until 1852. He went east in 1853, and after his resignation in 1854, returned to Los Angeles where he resided and practiced medicine, dying in 1898.

Physical location:

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Related resources

Other descriptive data:

Although this collection of documents, gift of Dr. Griffin to H. H. Bancroft in 1876, covers the date span of 1846 to 1876, it contains records mainly from the earlier period—medical reports for the troops and correspondence with medical, military and naval acquaintances, and touches on the effects of the gold rush.

A calendar and a partial list of correspondents follow.

Indexed terms

Indexes:

Partial list of correspondents and/or signers of documents

Anselin, Alfred, d. 1853	no. 100-101, 104-105
Botello, Narciso, 1810-	no. 200-203
Breckenmayer, F.	no. 210-211
Campbell, John, ca. 1822-	no. 250-257
Clift, Robert	nos. 66-67, 70-71, 76-77
Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876	nos. 262-263, 270-271, 276-277
Deyerle, Charles P., d. 1853	no. 212-215
Easton, Langdon Cheves, 1814-1884	no. 142-145
Eversfield, Charles, d. 1873	no. 18-21
Fisher, L. W.	no. 266-267
Flaherty, Michel	no. 196-199
Foster, Stephen Clark, 1820-	no. 200-203
Fraser, James	no. 218-221
Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885	no. 228-231
Griffin, John Strother, 1816-1898	nos. 4-5, 8-11, 22-23, 24-25, 38-41, 50-51, 60-61, 62-63, 72-73, 92-95, 96-97, 98-99, 112-115, 124-127, 130-131, 146-149, 232-235
Hammond, Richard Pindell, d. 1891	no. 258-259
Hancock, George	no. 280-282
Hancock, Henry	no. 288-290
Heiskell, Henry Lee, d. 1855	nos. 16, 90-91, 236-237
Hunter, Jesse D., 1804-1877	no. 74-75
Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848	no. 3
Lawson, Thomas, ca. 1781-1861	no. 272-273
Murray, Robert, 1822-	nos. 12-15, 84-87, 138-141, 165-168, 175-178, 278-279
Noble, Patrick, d. 1848	no. 108-111
Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883	no. 204-207
Pedrorena, Miguel de, ca. 1808-1850	no. 56-59
Perry, Alexander	no. 64-65
Pico, Pío, 1801-1894	no. 150-153
Preston, William, 1816-1887	no. 284
Rowan, Stephen Clegg, 1808-1890	no. 78-81
Salmon & Ellis, San Francisco	no. 226-227
Sanderson, George B.	nos. 26-27, 34-37, 42-45, 52-55
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 1820-1891	nos. 116-119, 120-123, 134-137, 155-158
Smith, Andrew Jackson, 1815-1897	nos. 169-170, 192-195, 242-245
Stevenson, Jonathan Drake, 1800-1894	nos. 179-191
Summers, John Edward	nos. 248-249
Swords, Thomas, 1806-1886	nos. 46-49, 161-164, 171-174
Temple, Rafaela (Cota)	no. 238-241
Tripler, Charles Stuart, d. 1866	no. 246-247
Turner, George F., d. 1854	no. 222-225
Turner, Henry Smith, d. 1881	nos. 3, 6-7, 28-31
Vallejo & Frisbie	no. 216-217
Wheeler, George	no. 196-199

Location of this collection:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US

Contact:

510-642-6481

bancref-library@berkeley.edu

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