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Alberni (Pedro de) Papers
mssHM 327
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Pedro de Alberni papers
Creator:
Alberni, Pedro de, 1747-1802
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 327
Physical Description:
0.8 Linear Feet
(1 volume)
Date (inclusive): 1789-1793
Abstract: The collection consists of letters and documents belonging to Spanish officer Pedro de Alberni.
Language of Material: Materials are in Spanish.
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HM 327. Pedro de Alberni papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from E. Eberstadt, April 1923.
Pedro de Alberni, born in Spain, was a military leader in Nayarit, Mexico, from about 1774 until 1789, when he was sent as
commander of the Catalonia Volunteers to the garrison at Nootka. The expedition, led by Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra,
was sent by the Viceroy of Mexico, Count of Revillagigedo, to give protection from the Russians and British to the Spanish
possessions on the west coast of what is now Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Later, Alberni was appointed commandant of
San Francisco from 1796-1800 and of Monterey from 1801-1802.
The collection consists of letters and documents in one bound volume regarding the outfitting of Pedro Alberni's expedition
at San Blas, Mexico (in 1789 and 1790), the occupation of his troops at Nootka, and their return to San Blas in 1792. Persons
represented in the collection include: Pedro de Alberni (16 letters), Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra (10 letters), Manuel
Antonio Flores (8 letters), Pedro Gorostiza (8 letters), Juan Vicente de Guemes Pacheco, Conde de Revillagigedo (63 letters),
Francisco Hijosa (7 letters), Antonio Villaurrutia y Salcedo (17 letters), Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola (5 letters). The Contents
list is incomplete.
Processed by Huntington Library staff. In 2020, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.
The pagination of the volume can be a little difficult to read, so the page numbers are not included in the finding aid. The
container list is in the order in which you will find the documents in the volume.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Explorers -- British Columbia -- Nootka Sound -- Correspondence
Explorers -- Northwest, Pacific -- Correspondence
Explorers -- Spain -- Correspondence
Nootka Sound (B.C.) -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish
Northwest Coast of North America
Northwest, Pacific -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish
San Blas (Mexico)
Documents -- British Columbia -- Nootka Sound -- 18th century
Documents -- Mexico -- 18th century
Documents -- Spain -- 18th century
Letters (correspondence) -- British Columbia -- Nootka Sound -- 18th century
Letters (correspondence) -- Mexico -- 18th century
Letters (correspondence) -- Spain -- 18th century
Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, 1743-1794
Flores, Manuel Antonio, -1799
Gorostiza, Pedro
Hijosa, Francisco
Revillagigedo, Juan Vicente Güémez Pacheco de Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, conde de, 1740-1799
Ugarte y Loyola, Jacobo, -1789
Villaurrutia y Salcedo, Antonio