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Language of Material:
Spanish; Castilian
Contributing Institution:
Society of California Pioneers
Title: Capt. Ignacio Martinez Papers
creator:
Martínez, Ignacio , Capt., ca. 1800-ca.1852
Identifier/Call Number: C058971
Physical Description:
1 folder
1 Folder
1 letter (2 sheets of paper), 3 receipts
Date (inclusive): 1832-1840
Abstract: These are letters and receipts of Capt. Ignacio Martinez. The letter is handwritten in ink, entirely in Spanish and dated
3 Marzo, 1832, and signed Ignacio Martinez. The three business receipts are dated 1835, 1840 and the last is either undated,
or the ink has faded so that the date is not able to be read. Two of the receipts of items received from Martinez, and the
third appears to be the same, but is so faded, the writing is difficult to read.
These are letters and receipts of Capt. Ignacio Martinez. The letter is handwritten in ink, entirely in Spanish and dated
3 Marzo, 1832, and signed Ignacio Martinez. The letter appears to be discussing the Pueblo de San Jose and several problematic
money issues that are being experienced by the citizens. It is signed by Ignacio Martinez.
The file also contains a large receipt of many business transactions recorded from San Jose on 1835. The receipt lists payments,
the date and the amouont of the payment, and has Martinez's name at the top, with the phrase "Frigate Rosa". The lower part
of the receipt appears to be from San Francisco, Oct. 1835. The items vary from food, wine to cordobanci (or tanned goat hides).
The second receipt, dated Julio 21, de 1840, is received from Senor Don Ignacio Martinies, and is signed by "Guillermo H.
Davis". It also includes the name "Nathan Spear", and appears to be products from cattle produced by the pueblo or mission.
The 3rd receipt is very faded, the date of Junio can be read at the top, and Juni at the bottom, but no year. "Don Ignacio
Martinez" is written along the top of the receipt.
Ignacio Martinex was born in Mexico City in 1774 and came to Alta California around 1800. He served at Santa Barbara and
San Diego before being sent to San Francisco as a lieutenant in 1817. He succeeded Louis Arguello as commander in 1822 and
acted in that capacity until 1827. From 1828 to 1831 he had various stints as acting commander and commander. He retired from
the military in 1831 and then held a number of public offices, such as alcalde of San Francisco, member of the diputacion,
and regidor at San Jose. He owned a large ranch, Pinole, in Contra Costa, across the bay from San Francisco. He died at some
point before 1852. (Bancroft, History of California: 4: 733.)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source and date of acquisition not known.
Existence and Location of Originals
The Society of California Pioneers, 101 Montgomery St., Suite 150, The Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco CA, 94129
Capt. Ignacio Martinez Papers. The Society of California Pioneers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
San Jose (Calif.)
Spanish Americans -- California -- Genealogy.
Martínez, Ignacio , Capt., ca. 1800-ca.1852