Bell (Horace) Papers

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Table of contents

Correspondence 1829-1899

Box 1, Folder 1

George Washington Ayers to Manuel Torres Baranda de Estrada HM 39781 1829 February 13

Box 1, Folder 2

Franciso García agreement with William M. Keith HM 39782 1836 March 1

Box 1, Folder 3

Ignacio Lugo account with the U.S. Government HM 39783 1850 June 2

Box 1, Folder 4

John Bankhead Magruder and Samuel R. Summer deed with Abel Stearns HM 39784 1850 October 16

Box 1, Folder 5

José Mascarel affidavit regarding Dead Man's Island HM 39785 1899, February 11

Manuscripts 1904-1910

Box 1, Folder 6

Scouting Adventures during 1861-1865 HM 39786 approximately 1905

Box 1, Folder 7

Saddle and Sword HM 39787 between 1904 and 1910

Scope and Contents

Original manuscript of On the Old Coast.

Box 2, Folder 1

On the Old West Coast HM 39788 between 1904 and 1910

Scope and Contents

Includes twenty different chapters from manuscript including: El Batocario; Man of Gratitude, Bravery and Honor; Uncle Bill; Chinameca; Meteors; Los Angeles in the Secession War; Tansey Bitters; Death Valley; Magruder; The Harvest; Calabasas; The Smoked Yankee; Chapter 29 (no title); The Fat of the Land; Pioneers; Four Mayors; Chapter 31 (no title); The Boom; The Mormons; The Onward March.

Box 2, Folder 2

Atlantis HM 39789 undated

Scope and Contents

Money's Zwirro-Zwirro.

Box 2, Folder 3

Doña Vicente Murrieta HM 39790 undated

Scope and Contents

Chapter 22 of unidentified publication.

Box 2, Folder 4

Gold Bricks HM 39791 undated

Scope and Contents

Chapter 22?

Box 2, Folder 5

The Jews and the Courts HM 39792 undated

Box 2, Folder 6

Los Angeles 1882 HM 39793 undated

Scope and Contents

Chapter 17?

Box 2, Folder 7

Pioneer characters and Elections HM 39794 undated

Scope and Contents

Chapter 23?

Box 2, Folder 8

Pioneer Relic. A brief biography of Lewis (Louise Douglas) Watkins. HM 39795 undated

Box 2, Folder 9

The Vásquez Vendetta. A Tale of the Vigilante Committee. HM 39796 undated

Box 3, Folder 1

Jack Power, El Campeador. A California Romance HM 39797 undated

Box 3, Folder 2

Junipero Serra's Conquest of California HM 39798 undated

Scope and Contents

From the manuscript of Don Guillermo Embustero y Mentiroso, edited by Major Horace Bell.

Box 3, Folder 3

Leonis (Lion's Brooch) HM 39799 undated

Box 3, Folder 4

Manifest Destiny as it appeared in Nicaragua in 1855-1857 HM 39800 undated

Correspondence and affidavit 1863-1891

Box 4, Folder 1

W.H. Baker to Eliza E. Baker HM 39687 1891 April 19

Box 4, Folder 2-5

Bessie H. Bell to Caroline Bell Rush HM 39688-39691 1875-1880

Scope and Contents

Four letters.

Box 4, Folder 6-7

Charles A. Bell to Caroline Bell Rush HM 39692-39693 1873-1875

Scope and Contents

Two letters.

Box 4, Folder 8-24

Horace Bell to Caroline Bell Rush HM 39694-39710 1863-1897

Scope and Contents

Seventeen letters.

Box 4, Folder 25-26

Jennie Bell to Caroline Bell Rush HM 39711-39712 1879-1888

Scope and Contents

Two letters.

Box 4, Folder 27-28

John Bell to Caroline Bell Rush HM 39713-39714 1873 July-December

Scope and Contents

Two letters.

Box 4, Folder 29

John Gatley Downey to D.W. Bell HM 39715 1871 November 14

Box 4, Folder 30

George W. Maikel to A.W. Jones HM 39716 1864 July 9

Box 4, Folder 31

U.S. Treasury Department to Horace A. Rush HM 39717 1879 February 18

Box 4, Folder 32

Affidavit regarding property stolen by Angel Mendibles and Victor Laborieux from John Sullivan HM 39718 1869 October 31

Collection Contents

Correspondence

Manuscripts

Correspondence and affidavit