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BANC MSS C-B 71
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Collection Title: Documentos para la historia de California
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 71
Origination: Bonilla, Jose Mariano, 1807-1878
Extent:
Number of containers: 1 volume and 1 oversize folder
Repository: The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please
consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Letters and documents obtained by H.H. Bancroft for his History of California,
relating mainly to Bonilla's career as justice and alcalde of San Luis Obispo, and to lands in southern
California, particularly those of the Mission San Miguel. A few papers of Manuel Larios also included.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in Spanish
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
reader.
[Identification of item], Documentos para la historia de California, BANC MSS C-B 71, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- Draft containing notes re Manuel Larios, anonymous, undated, Doc. 27, removed to BANC MSS C-D 113.
The greater part of Jose Mariano Bonilla's papers were lost in a storm. The few preserved here were
presented to The Bancroft Library in 1878 by his widow, Doña Dolores García
Bonilla. Also included are a few papers of Manuel Larios.
A chronological calendar and an index are appended.
Bonilla, born in Mexico City in 1807, came to California in 1834 with the Hijar and Padres colony. He
held various responsible public offices in San Luis Obispo — alcalde, judge, and district
attorney. He died in 1878.