Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
James Henry Gleason papers
mssHM 81842-81902
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Title: James Henry Gleason papers
Dates: 1833-1969
Bulk dates: 1841-1859
Collection Number: mssHM 81842-81902
Creator:
Gleason, James Henry, 1823-1861
Extent:
2 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2203
Fax: (626) 449-5720
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection includes letters, a letterbook, and legal documents from Alta California and the Sandwich Islands.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information,
please go to following
web site .
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and
obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
HM 81842-81902. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Gift of Elizabeth Gleason Grossman and Lillian Garrison, November 1992.
James Henry Gleason was born in Plymouth on October 22, 1823. He came to the Sandwich Islands by way of Cape Horn in 1841.
In 1845 he sailed to Monterey, Alta California, where he married Caterina Demetria Watson and lived until his death in 1861.
He was County Clerk and Recorder of Monterey County in 1857.
These letters by James Henry Gleason are vivid impressions of a colorful period in the history of the Sandwich Islands and
of Alta California from 1841 to 1859. These letters have been published by The Arthur H. Clark Company in a book entitled
Beloved Sister the letters of James Henry Gleason. There are two unpublished letters. The first was written by Jose Bandini
to [James Santiago Johnson] on May 12, 1833 from San Diego, California. The second letter was written by Dorothy Gleason to
Agnes C. Conrad on November 17, 1969 concerning an invitation to the 54th Birthday Anniversary of Her Majesty Kapiolani at
Iolani Palace. There are also two deeds concerning two lots from R. Semple to James Henry Gleason in Benicia City, California.
The bulk of these letters are in fragile condition and have been removed from the collection.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically.
Bandini, Jose
Gleason, James Henry, 1823-1861
Paty, John
Ocean travel
Travel
Voyages to the Pacific Coast
California--Description and travel
Hawaii--Description and travel
Honolulu (Hawaii)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Monterey (Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Deeds
Letters (correspondence)