Aguilar Family Papers: Finding Aid
Finding aid prepared by Brooke M. Black, February 28, 2013.
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Overview of the Collection
Title: Aguilar Family Papers
Dates (inclusive): 1833-1925
Bulk dates: 1856-1891
Collection Number: mssAguilar papers
Creator:
Aguilar family.
Extent:
32 items in 1 box
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This small group of 32 items contains personal and business papers, in Spanish, of landowner
Blas Aguilar (born 1808) and members of his family, chiefly in
San Juan Capistrano, San Diego, and Los Angeles, California.
Language:
Spanish.
Access
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Aguilar Family Papers, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Provenance
Gift of Francisco Aguilar, San Juan Capistrano Mission, May 1938.
Biographical Note
Blas Aguilar was born in San Diego in 1808. He was, for a time, majordomo of the San
Diego Mission and in 1841 acquired some land at San Juan Capistrano, where he made
his home.
Scope and Content
This small group of material contains personal and business papers of Blas Aguilar
and members of his family. It consists of correspondence, an untitled poem, a play
"Coloquio de los Pastores," an account book, a promissory note, receipts, mortgages,
and deeds. There are also baptismal records from the San Juan Capistrano and San
Luis Rey missions. All of the items are in Spanish. It deals with San Juan
Capistrano, San Diego, and Los Angeles, California. There are a few letters written
from Arizona and Nevada.
Arrangement
Items chiefly arranged alphabetically by author.
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Aguilar family.
Mission San Juan
Capistrano.
San Luis Rey Mission
(Calif.)
Land tenure -- California -- Los Angeles
County.
Land tenure -- California -- Orange
County.
Land tenure -- California -- San Diego
County.
California -- History
-- 19h century -- Sources.
Los Angeles (Calif.) --
History -- 19th century -- Sources.
San Diego (Calif.) --
History -- 19th century -- Sources.
San Juan Capistrano
(Calif.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Forms/Genres
Baptismal registers -- California --
19th century.
Deeds -- California -- 19th century.
Financial records -- California --
19th century.
Letters (correspondence) -- California
-- 19th century.
Manuscripts -- California -- 19th
century.
Additional Contributors
Aguilar, Blas, recipient
Folder 1
Aguilar, Inocencio. 1 letter to Blas Aguilar.
1882, Nov. 23
Folder 2
Aguilar, Inocencio. 1 letter to Blas Aguilar.
1884, May 10
Folder 3
Aguilar, Jose. 1 letter to Blas Aguilar.
1879, Oct. 6
Folder 4
Castro, Jorge. 1 letter to Blas Aguilar.
1884, Jan. 7
Folder 5
Lastra, Felipe. 1 letter to Blas Aguilar.
1879, Jan. 10
Folder 6
Lopera, Emilio. 1 letter to Jesus Aguilar.
1891, Oct. 21
Folder 7
Pryor, Rosa Avila de? 1 letter to Maria Antonia Gutierrez de Aguilar. With envelope.
[Before 1874]
Folder 8
Valenzuela, Teofilo R. 1 letter to Jesus Aguilar. Includes handwritten notes.
1887, Jan. 25
Folder 9
-----. Untitled poem.
[Approximately 1894]
Folder 10
Ruvio, Tomas? “Coloquio de los Pastores:” [play]. Fragile.
1861, Dec. 30
Folder 11
-----. Account book. No covers.
1856
Folder 12
Garcia, Guirino. Promissory note to Blas Aguilar.
1859, Sep. 8
Folder 13
Receipts. 4 items.
1878-1891
Folder 14
Mortgages and deeds. 8 items.
1875-1889
Folder 15
Baptismal records from San Juan Capistrano and San Luis Rey missions. 4 items. Originals and copies.
1833-1916
Folder 16
Miscellaneous items. 4 items.
1856-1925
