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Finding Aid to the Thomas O. Larkin Papers, 1822-1858, 1839-1856
BANC MSS C-B 37-45
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Collection Title: Thomas O. Larkin papers
Date (inclusive): 1839-1856
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 37-45
Creator:
Larkin, Thomas Oliver,
1802-1858
Extent:
Number of containers: 17 boxes; 1 oversize folder
Photocopies: 9 volumes in 28 parts
Linear feet: 7.1
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The bulk of the collection consists of Larkin's correspondence
concerning business, politics, consular affairs, and issues relating to the U.S. conquest of
California.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials,
please consult the Library's online catalog.
Access Information
Collection is open for research. RESTRICTED ORIGINALS. USE PHOTOCOPIES ONLY: Use of
originals only by permission of the Head of the Manuscripts Division.
Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17,
U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of
University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of
the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited
without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively
with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .
[Identification of item], Thomas O. Larkin papers, BANC MSS C-B 37-45, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog
Alvarado, Juan Bautista,
1809-1882
Atherton, Faxon Dean, 1815-1877
Bandini, Juan, 1800-1859
Belden, Josiah, 1815-1892
Bennett, James Gordon, 1795-1872
Bidwell, John, 1819-1900
Bruce, Samuel C
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Calhoun, John C. (John
Caldwell), 1782-1850
Castro, José. 1810-1860
Childs, Ebenezer Larkin
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Cooper, Juan Bautista Rogers,
1791-1872
Davis, William Heath, 1822-1909
Dye, Job Francis, 1807-1883
Eames, William J
Fitch, Henry Delano, 1799-1849
Forbes, James Alexander,
1804?-1881
Green, Talbot H., 1810-1889
Hartnell, W. E. P. (William
Edward Petty), 1798-1854
Howard, William Davis Merry,
1819-1856
Jones, John Coffin, 1796-1861
Leese, Jacob P. (Jacob Primer),
1809-1892
Leidesdorff, William A. (William
Alexander), 1810-1848
Micheltorena, Manuel, 1802-1853
Pico, Pío, 1801-1894
Reynolds, Stephen, 1782-1857
Robinson, Alfred, 1806-1895
Semple, Robert, 1806-1854
Sloat, John D. (John Drake)
Spear, Nathan, 1802-1849
Stearns, Abel, 1798-1871
Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880
Thompson, Alpheus B. (Alpheus
Basil), 1797-1869
Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe,
1808-1890
Mexican War, 1846-1848--Sources
Monterey
(Calif.)--History--Sources
Processed by Bancroft staff.
Scope and Content of Collection
The bulk of the collection consists of Larkin's correspondence concerning
business, politics, consular affairs, and issues relating to the U.S. conquest of
California. Also included are government and business documents. Correspondents include Juan
Bautista Alvarado, Faxon Dean Atherton, Juan Bandini, Josiah Belden, James Gordon Bennett,
John Bidwell, Samuel C. Bruce, James Buchanan, John C. Calhoun, José Castro, other
members of the Castro family, Ebenezer Larkin Childs (a large volume of letters), Henry Clay
(letter of 1850 regarding the admission of California), John Bautista Rogers Cooper, William
Heath Davis, Job Francis Dye, William J. Eames, Henry Delano Fitch, James Alexander Forbes,
Talbot H. Green (a large volume of letters), William Edward Petty Hartnell, William Davis
Merry Howard, John Coffin Jones, members of the Larkin family, Jacob Primer Leese, William
Alexander Leidesdorff, Manuel Micheltorena, Pío Pico, Stephen W. Reynolds, Alfred
Robinson, Robert Baylor Semple, John Drake Sloat, Nathan Spear, Abel Stearns, John Augustus
Sutter, Alpheus Basil Thompson, and Mariano Gualdalupe Vallejo.