Documentos para la historia de California, 1828-1875 [Castro, Manuel de colección], 1828-1875

Summary

Title:

Documentos para la historia de California,

Dates:

1828-1875

Creators:

Castro, Manuel de Jesús, 1821-

Abstract:

Primarily official letters and documents sent to Castro while prefect at Monterey, concerning military events, elections, mission matters, land transactions, Russians in California, quicksilver mining, the Bear Flag Revolt, claims of American citizens against the government, military events in Baja California, etc.

Extent:

Number of containers: 2 boxes and 5 oversize folders

Language:

Collection materials are in Spanish

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Documentos para la historia de California, 1828-1875, BANC MSS C-B 51 or BANC MSS C-B 52, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Biographical / historical:

Manuel Castro, who presented this collection to H. H. Bancroft in 1875, was a member of a very well-known California family. He was born in 1821, the son of José Simeón Castro and María Antonia Pico Castro. Pío Pico was his uncle, José Castro his cousin. His career began about 1839, and for more than a dozen years he was very active in government and military affairs. After the revolt against Governor Micheltorena, in which Castro was prominent, he became prefect of the Monterey district, a position of considerable authority and responsibility. He took part in the difficulties with Frémont and in the Flores revolt, and in 1847 went to Mexico with Flores. For some years he was in the military service there, acting for a time as head of the military colony at Santo Tomás in Lower California. After 1852 Castro lived for the most part in San Francisco, although he remained a Mexican citizen.

Physical location:

For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Related resources

Separated material:

• Printed materials from Items No. 27-28, 33, 38-39, C-B 51, and 262, C-B 52, have been removed for separate cataloging.

Other descriptive data:

The collection consists primarily of official letters and documents, most of them belonging to the decade of the 1840s. Many of these are official reports of important events in California, written by various government officials to Manuel Castro while he was prefect of the Monterey district. Included also are military papers; election records; land papers; documents relating to the missions; copies, in French and Spanish, of the contract between John Sutter and Petr Kostromitinov, the latter acting as agent for the Russian American Company, for the purchase by Sutter of the Russian establishments at Ross and Bodega in 1841; a small file of letters to and from Thomas Ap Catesby Jones relative to claims of American citizens against the government of California; and papers dealing with an alleged assault upon Nathan Spear, a merchant, and Elliott Libbey, captain of the Tasso, in 1845. A few items pertain to discovery of quicksilver near San José and to salt mines in Lower California. A number of letters refer to John Sutter and John C. Frémont, the American immigration into California and the attendant problems, and the uprising at Sonoma in 1846.

After the documents were given to H. H. Bancroft, they were bound, in rough chronological order, and the items and/or pages numbered. The volumes have been disbound, but the collection has been kept, for the most part, in the order in which it was originally bound, and the numbers have been retained for descriptive purposes. The calendar which follows describes each document, or related file of documents. The alphabetical index which follows the calendar lists the authors and/or signers of the documents with citations to document numbers.

Indexed terms

Indexes:

List of Authors and/or Signers of Documents

Abrego, José, 1813-1878	C-B 51: 149-150
Alcorte, Lino José, 1787?-1854	C-B 52: 189-190
Almonte, Juan Nepomuceno, 1803-1869	C-B 52: 140-142, C-B 52: 143-144, C-B 52: 202
Alva, Manuel María, 1787-	C-B 51: 35
Alvarado, Juan Bautista, 1809-1882	C-B 51: 65-67, C-B 51: 114-116, C-B 52: 226-228
Alvisu, José María	C-B 51: 29-32
Anaya, Juan Pablo de, 1785-1850	C-B 52: 210, C-B 52: 211-212
Araiza, Francisco	C-B 51: 140-141, C-B 51: 142-143
Arce, B. de	C-B 52: 229-233
Arce, Francisco Casimiro, 1821-1878	C-B 51: 105-106, C-B 51: 120, C-B 52: 105-107, C-B 52: 109-110, C-B 52: 119, C-B 52: 122
Arrillaga, José Joaquín de, 1750-1814	C-B 51: 1-3
Azedo, José Ignacio	C-B 51: 10-13
Bandini, Juan, 1800-1859	C-B 51: 124-128, C-B 52: 206-209
Barragán, Máximino	C-B 52: 247-249, C-B 52: 250-25l, C-B 52: 252-253
Barstow, Alfred	C-B 52: 280-281
Berreyesa, Nicolás	C-B 51: 23-26
Blancarte, José María	C-B 52: 238-239
Blanco, Juan M.	C-B 52: 199-200
Bona, Tomás	C-B 52: 236-237
Botello, Narciso, 1810-	C-B 52: 151-152
Bryant, Andrew Jackson, 1831-1888	C-B 52: 275
Bustamante, Anastasio, pres. Mexico, 1780-1853	C-B 52: 161-165, C-B 52: 167-171, C-B 52: 172-173, C-B 52: 182, C-B 52: 204-205
Cambuston, Henri, d. ca. 1860	C-B 51: 284-301
Cañedo, Juan de Dios, 1786-1850	C-B 51: 40-50
Carrillo, José Antonio Ezequiel, 1796-1862	C-B 52: 103, C-B 52: 159
Castañares, Manuel	C-B 51: 109, 111
Castañeda, Jesús	C-B 52: 263, C-B 52: 266
Castillero, Andrés	C-B 52: 185
Castillo Negrete, Luis del, d. 1843	C-B 51: 36-37, C-B 51: 54
Castro, Joaquín Isidro	C-B 51: 29-32
Castro, José, 1810-1860	C-B 51: 123, C-B 51: 214-216, C-B 51: 233-234, C-B 51: 238-239, C-B 52: 81-82, C-B 52: 93-94, C-B 52: 105-107, C-B 52: 109-110, C-B 52: 124-128, C-B 52: 129-132, C-B 52: 133, C-B 52: 136-139, C-B 52: 226-228, C-B 52: 245, C-B 52: 246, C-B 52: 264-265
Castro, José María, 1823-	C-B 52: 195
Castro, José Tiburcio	C-B 51: 10-13
Castro, Manuel de Jesús, 1821-	C-B 51: 121-122, C-B 51: 136-139, C-B 51: 175-177, C-B 51: 220-221, C-B 51: 229-230, C-B 51: 240, C-B 51: 254-255, C-B 51: 256, C-B 51: 284-301, C-B 51: 302-303, C-B 52: 39, C-B 52: 43, C-B 52: 116-118, C-B 52: 226-228, C-B 52: 263a
Castro, María Antonia (Pico)	C-B 52: 214
Castro, Rafael	C-B 51: 149-150
Célis, Eulogio de, d. 1868	C-B 51: 159-164, C-B 52: 2-5
Chabolla, Antonio, 1804-	C-B 51: 6, C-B 51: 7-8
Chabolla, Luis	C-B 51: 23-26
Chabolla, Pedro Regalado, 1789-	C-B 51: 258, C-B 51: 261, C-B 51: 276-277
Cháves, José Antonio	C-B 51: 258-260, C-B 51: 284-301, C-B 52: 245
Cooper, John Bautista Rogers, 1792-1872	C-B 51: 10-13
Covarrubias, José María, 1801-1870	C-B 51: 64, C-B 51: 130-131, C-B 51: 132, C-B 51: 146-148, C-B 51: 152-153, C-B 51: 154-155, C-B 51: 170-171, C-B 51: 187-194, C-B 51: 241, C-B 51: 304-305, C-B 51: 306-307
Cuesta, Fernando	C-B 52: 175, C-B 52: 182-183
Díaz, Manuel, 1810-	C-B 51: 149-150, C-B 51: 258-260, C-B 51: 270-271, C-B 51: 282-283, C-B 51: 284-301, C-B 52: 37-38, C-B 52: 83-84
Elick, John	C-B 52: 54-59
Escamilla, Joaquín de los Santos	C-B 51: 120, C-B 51: 149-150, C-B 51: 284-301, C-B 52: 47-48
Escobar, Marcelino, 1797-	C-B 51: 10-13, C-B 51: 144-145
Espinosa, Rafael	C-B 52: 215-216, C-B 52: 223-224
Ezquer, Ignacio, 1818-	C-B 51: 149-150
Fernández, José Zenón, d. 1844	C-B 51: 23-26, C-B 51: 68-70, C-B 51: 71, C-B 51: 72-73, C-B 51: 75, C-B 51: 77, C-B 51: 82-84, C-B 51: 86-87, C-B 51: 88-91, C-B 51: 93-94, C-B 51: 96, C-B 51: 101-104
Fernández, Máximo Z.	C-B 52: 100-101
Figueroa, Francisco, 1804-	C-B 52: 149-150
Figueroa, José, 1792-1835	C-B 51: 14-21
Flores, José María, d. 1866?	C-B 51: 51, C-B 52: 145-148, C-B 52: 153-154, C-B 52: 155-156, C-B 52: 157-158, C-B 52: 174, C-B 52: 176-179, C-B 52: 192-194
Forbes, James Alexander, 1804-1881	C-B 51: 187-194
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890	C-B 52: 26-28
Galindo, Nasario	C-B 52: 254-261
Glein, Carlos F.	C-B 52: 54-59
Godoy, José Antonio	C-B 52: 276
Gómez, Ambrosio	C-B 52: 83-84
Gómez, Vicente	C-B 51: 284-301
González, Teodoro	C-B 51: 284-301
Gonzáles Rubio, José María de Jesús, 1803-1875	C-B 51: 29-32
Graham, Isaac, d. 1863	C-B 52: 68-69
Guerra, Francisco de la, 1818-1878	C-B 52: 159-160
Guerrero y Palomares, Francisco, 1811-1851	C-B 51: 57-63, C-B 51: 195-209, C-B 51: 210-211, C-B 51: 235-236, C-B 51: 237, C-B 51: 245-246, C-B 51: 247-248, C-B 51: 249-251, C-B 51: 252-253, C-B 51: 262-263, C-B 51: 272-275, C-B 51: 309-311, C-B 51: 312-313, C-B 52: 8-10, C-B 52: 11-12, C-B 52: 13-14, C-B 52: 49-51, C-B 52: 52-53, C-B 52: 54-59, C-B 52: 60-61, C-B 52: 64-65, C-B 52: 66-67, C-B 52: 72-73, C-B 52: 77-80, C-B 52: 111-113, C-B 52: 114-115
Haro, Francisco de, 1792-1848	C-B 51: 159-164, C-B 52: 2-5, C-B 52: 100-101
Hartnell, William Edward Petty, 1798-1854	C-B 51: 10-13, C-B 51: 74, C-B 51: 76, C-B 51: 151, C-B 51: 264-269, C-B 51: 315, C-B 51: 317, C-B 52: 26-28, C-B 52: 33
Higuera, Jacinta	C-B 52: 254-261
Iturbide, Salvador de	C-B 52: 199-200
Jimeno Casarín, Manuel, d. 1853	C-B 51: 51-56, C-B 51: 107-108, C-B 51: 112-113
Jones, Thomas Ap Catesby, 1790-1856	C-B 51: 74, C-B 51: 76, C-B 51: 78-81, C-B 51: 92-93, C-B 51: 95, C-B 51: 97-100
Kostromitinov, Petr	C-B 51: 57-63, C-B 51: 264-269
Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858	C-B 51: 151, C-B 51: 181-183, C-B 51: 184-186, C-B 51: 212-213, C-B 51: 314-317, C-B 52: 31-33, C-B 52: 74-76
Laurencel, Henry	C-B 52: 242-243
Leese, Jacob Primer, 1809-1892	C-B 51: 57-63
Leidesdorff, William Alexander, 1810-1848	C-B 52: 6-7
Lombardini, Manuel María, Pres. Mexico, 1802-1853	C-B 52: 201
Lorenzana, Macedonio, 1788-	C-B 51: 280-281
Mansilla y Gamboa, Agustín	C-B 52: 197-198
Martínez, Ignacio, 1774-1848	C-B 51: 29-32
Mexico. Consulado, San Francisco	C-B 52: 276
Micheltorena, Manuel, d. 1853	C-B 51: 105-106, C-B 51: 112-114, C-B 51: 117-119, C-B 52: 203
Moerenhout, Jacques Antoine, 1796-1879	C-B 52: 226-228
Moreno, Francisco Rosendo	C-B 52: 196
Moreno, José Matías, 1817-1869	C-B 52: 70-71, C-B 52: 85-86, C-B 52: 88-89, C-B 52: 234-235
Moreno, Rafael de Jesús, d. 1839	C-B 51: 29-32
Munrás, Salvador	C-B 51: 149-150
Narváez, Pedro	C-B 51: 149-150, C-B 51: 284-301
Noé, José de Jesús, 1805-	C-B 51: 243-244, C-B 52: 1-5, C-B 52: 54-59, C-B 52: 100-101
Noriega, José, 1792?-	C-B 51: 23-26
Ocampo, Melchor, 1814-1861	C-B 52: 264-265
Olvera, Agustín, d. 1876	C-B 52: 149-150
Osio, Antonio María	C-B 51: 149-150
Pacheco, Dolores, 1798-ca. 1858	C-B 51: 278-279, C-B 52: 25, C-B 52: 95-96
Pacheco, Francisco	C-B 51: 149-150
Pacheco, Tomás	C-B 51: 23-26
Palacio, Adolfo	C-B 52: 271
Palacio, Ricardo	C-B 52: 267-270
Palmer, Joseph C.	C-B 52: 241
Park, Trenor William, 1823-1882	C-B 52: 240
Peralta, Ignacio, 1791-	C-B 51: 7-8, C-B 51: 29-32
Pérez Vidal, Andrés	C-B 51: 4-5
Pesado, José Joaquin, 1801-1861	C-B 51: 34
Pico, Antonio María, 1808-1869	C-B 51: 119, C-B 51: 242
Pico, Pío, 1801-1894	C-B 51: 124-128, C-B 51: 130-131, C-B 51: 132, C-B 51: 133-135, C-B 51: 170-171, C-B 51: 172-174, C-B 51: 270-271, C-B 52: 15-16, C-B 52: 17-20, C-B 52: 21-22, C-B 52: 23-24, C-B 52: 34-36, C-B 52: 52-53, C-B 52: 62-63, C-B 52: 70-71, C-B 52: 90-92
Prado Mesa, Juan del, d. 1845	C-B 51: 29-32
Quijano, Benito, 1800-1865	C-B 52: 186-188
Ramírez, Ricardo	C-B 52: 217-218, C-B 52: 219-220, C-B 52: 221, C-B 52: 222
Rico, Francisco, ca. 1820-	C-B 51: 129
Rosa, José de la	C-B 51: 225-226, C-B 51: 227-228, C-B 51: 231-232
Salas, José Mariano de, 1797-	C-B 52: 140-142
Sánchez, Francisco, 1807-	C-B 51: 159-164, C-B 52: 2-5
Sandoval, Manuel María de	C-B 52: 225
Santa Anna, Antonio López de, pres. Mexico, 1795-1876	C-B 52: 189-190
Serrano, Florencio, 1810-1877	C-B 51: 124-128, C-B 51: 130-131, C-B 51: 149-150, C-B 51: 258-260
Sherrebeck, Peter	C-B 52: 54-59
Smith, Thomas	C-B 52: 54-59
Soberanes, Feliciano, 1789-	C-B 51: 156, C-B 51: 157-158, C-B 51: 167-169
Soto, Bernardino	C-B 51: 284-301
Soto, Carmel (Flores)	C-B 52: 254-261
Soto, Carmel (Higuera)	C-B 52: 254-26l
Soto, Encarnación (Pacheco)	C-B 52: 254-261
Soto, Francisco	C-B 52: 254-261
Soto, Guadalupe	C-B 52: 254-261
Soto, Ignacio	C-B 52: 254-261
Soto, Jesús	C-B 51: 284-301
Soto, José	C-B 52: 254-261
Soto, Rosaria (Higuera)	C-B 52: 254-261
Soto, Silverio	C-B 52: 254-261
Stearns, Abel, 1798-1871	C-B 52: 29-30
Suárez del Real, José María del Refugio Sagrado	C-B 51: 120, C-B 52: 244
Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880	C-B 51: 57-63, C-B 51: 264-269, C-B 52: 41-42, C-B 52: 98-99
Tornel y Mendivil, José María, 1789-1853	C-B 52: 191
Torre, Gabriel de la	C-B 51: 10-13, C-B 51: 258-260, C-B 51: 284-301
Torre, José Joaquín de la, 1784?-	C-B 51: 10-13
Torre, José Raymundo de la	C-B 51: 10-13
Torres, Cosmé	C-B 52: 272-274
Vaca, Marcos	C-B 51: 222-223
Vallarta, J.	C-B 52: 199-200
Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, 1807-1890	C-B 51: 29-32
Vásquez, Filomeno	C-B 51: 9
Vega, Plácido, 1830-1878	C-B 52: 277-279, C-B 52: 282
Vioget, Jean Jacques, 1799-1855	C-B 51: 57-63
Workman, Julian	C-B 52: 87
Yáñez, José María, 1804-1880	C-B 52: 166
Zarembo, Dionisio	C-B 51: 178-180, C-B 51: 217-219
Zavala, Alejandro	C-B 52: 199-200

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Documentos para la historia de California, 1828-1875, BANC MSS C-B 51 or BANC MSS C-B 52, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

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