Documentos para la Historia de California: Alviso Family Papers, 1817-1850

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Documentos para la Historia de California: Alviso Family Papers, 1817-1850

Collection number: BANC MSS C-B 66

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000

Phone: (510) 642-6481

Fax: (510) 642-7589

Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu

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Collection Summary

Collection Title: Documentos para la historia de California: Alviso family papers

Date (inclusive): 1817-1850

Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 66

Extent: Originals: 1 box and 4 oversize folders Copies: partial microfilm reel (224 exp.); negative (Rich. 88:2) and positive 1 digital objects (1 image)

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: Papers collected by H.H. Bancroft for his history of California. Primarily Alviso family documents relating to the sale of cattle, tallow and hides and to early government in San Jose. Also included are miscellaneous papers of Juan B.R. Cooper, M.G. Vallejo, Thomas O. Larkin and James McKinlay.

Languages Represented: Collection materials are in Spanish

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

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Documentos para la Historia de California: Alviso Family Papers, BANC MSS C-B 66, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Alternate Forms Available

Digital reproductions of selected items are available.

Scope and Content

These papers, collected by H. H. Bancroft for his history of California, consist mainly of Alviso family documents, many of them relating to the sale of cattle, tallow and hides, and to early government in San Jose. Also included are some miscellaneous papers of John B. R. Cooper, Mariano G. Vallejo, Thomas O. Larkin and James McKinlay.

Bancroft's numbering and arrangement of the papers, roughly chronological, have been retained. A list of the documents is included, followed by a list of correspondents, addressees (other than members of the Alviso family), and/or signers of documents.

List of Documents

Additional Note

(numbers are in red on the documents)

folder 1-2.

Diligencias matrimoniales, or marriage papers, for Gertrudis Villavicencio to Francisco Alviso, Sept. 5-11, 1817, with signatures of Father Juan Amorós, Gertrudis Villavicencio (signed with a cross), Vicente Ribera, Antonio María Castro, Tomás Escamilla, Francisco Alviso, Canuto Boronda and Simeón Castro.

folder 3.

Torre Urrutia González y Montoya, Jorge María de la

Scope and Content Note

Decree, Oct. 23, 1817, relating to retirement pay for Ignacio Alviso. Copy made by Ignacio Martínez.

folder 4-5.

Printed item; removed for separate cataloging.

folder 6.

McCarty James

Scope and Content Note

Receipt to Robert Livermore, June 12, 1825, signed with his mark.

folder 7.

Fernández, Dionisio

Scope and Content Note

Statement of sale of cattle to Robert Livermore, June 14, 1831.

folder 8.

Zamorano, I. M.

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Luisa Peralta Alvisu, Sept. 27, 1851?, returning a key to her.

folder 9-38.

Sobre medidas de minas. 1736-1738

Scope and Content Note

Opinions in a case relating to surveys of mines in the Real de Santa Eulalia belonging to Antonio de Arrieta and José de Goycochea. Signed by Salvador Zúñiga y Barrios.

folder 39.

Mellus, Henry, 1815-1860

Scope and Content Note

Receipt, July 2, 1839.

folder 40.

Célis, Eulogio, d. 1868

Scope and Content Note

Account with Ignacio Alviso, Aug. 14, 1839.

folder 41.

Aguirre, José Antonio, 1793-1854

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Ignacio Alviso, Nov. 21, 1839, requesting Alviso to place at the disposal of Mr. Leese 58 pesos belonging to Aguirre.

folder 42.

Baric, Charles, 1807-

Scope and Content Note

Receipt for tallow, July 13, 1840.

folder 43.

Medina, Manuel

Scope and Content Note

Certificate of sale of a palomino horse to Francisco Estrella, Oct. 19, 1850. Written and signed for him by Tiburcio Mendoza.

folder 44.

Sánchez, Francisco, 1807-

Scope and Content Note

Verses concerning Duflot de Mofras, 1840?, in handwriting of M. G. Vallejo.

folder 45.

Park, Thomas B., d. ca. 1850

Scope and Content Note

Receipt, Mar. 5, 1841, for hides.

There is no number 46.

folder 47.

Vioget, Jean Jacques, 1799-1855

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Ignacio Alviso, July 15, 1841, sending goods for Peña by Nathan Spear's launch.

folder 48.

List of goods entrusted to Mrs. Alvisu, Aug. 1, 1844.

folder 49-52.

Documents relating to Ignacio Alviso's request for a house, including his original request, annotations by J. B. Alvarado and José Ramón Estrada, grant of request by Alvarado; further request by Alviso for more land; note of grant of request by Antonio Buelna; certification of copy by M. Leavenworth, recorder for Santa Clara Co., July 1867.

Additional Note

With this: translation of the above into English by J. Alonzo Forbes, certified by J. M. Billings, notary public.

folder 53.

Arnaz, José de, 1820-

Scope and Content Note

Receipt for hides, Dec. 20, 1841.

folder 54.

Howard, William Davis Merry, 1819-1856

Scope and Content Note

Receipt for hides, June 9, 1842.

folder 55.

Aguirre, José Antonio, 1793-1854

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Ignacio Alviso, July 22, 1842, stating he has just arrived in San Francisco, and is sending various things by the vaquero.

folder 56.

Aguirre, José Antonio, 1813-1878

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Ignacio Alviso, July 23, 1842, stating he is sending merchandise on the launch.

folder 57.

Vioget, Jean Jacques, 1799-1855

Scope and Content Note

Receipt, Aug. 25, 1842, for tallow and hides.

folder 58.

Smith, Ira

Scope and Content Note

Receipt, Nov. 5, 1842, for wheat.

There is no no. 59.

folder 60.

Davis, William Heath, 1822-1909

Scope and Content Note

Receipt, Aug. 24, 1843, for tallow and hides.

folder 61.

Davis, William Heath, 1822-1909

Scope and Content Note

Receipt, July 30, 1844, for hides.

There is no no. 62.

folder 63.

Howard, William Davis Merry, 1819-1856

Scope and Content Note

Receipt, Aug. 28, 1844, for hides.

folder 64.

Célis, Eulogio, d. 1868

Scope and Content Note

Account with Ignacio Alviso, Sept. 19, 1842.

folder 65.

Thompson, Alpheus Basil, 1795-1869

Scope and Content Note

Account, Nov. 14, 1844, with Ignacio Alviso.

folder 66.

Micheltorena, Manuel, d. 1853

Scope and Content Note

Communication, [Nov. 1844], re. a beginning insurrection in the Cañada de San Miguel. Copy, in hand of M. G. Vallejo.

folder 67.

Thompson, Joseph P.

Scope and Content Note

Receipt, May 21, 1845, for hides.

folder 68.

Vioget, Jean Jacques, 1799-1855

Scope and Content Note

Account, Aug. 5, 1845, with Ignacio Alviso.

folder 69.

Weber, Charles Maria, 1814-1881

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Ignacio Alviso, Sept. 4, 1845, requesting that Alviso turn over ten hides to Thomas Park.

folder 70-71.

Aguirre, José Antonio, 1793-1854

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Ignacio Alviso, Sept. 14, 1845, re. their accounts.

folder 72-73.

Aguirre, José Antonio, 1793-1854

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Ignacio Alviso, Sept. 26, 1845, concerning their accounts.

folder 74.

Soberanes, Feliciano, 1789-

Scope and Content Note

Letter, Dec. 30, 1845, sending documents in case against Marcelino Escobar.

folder 75-76.

Aguirre, José Antonio, 1793-1854

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Ignacio Alviso, Jan. 3, 1846, concerning accounts, and including a current account.

folder 77.

Pacheco, Dolores, 1798-ca. 1858

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Thomas O. Larkin, Feb.? 18, 1846, re. trial against persons accused of wounding Capt. Libbey of the Tasso.

folder 78.

Howard, William Davis Merry, 1819-1856

Scope and Content Note

Account with Ignacio Alviso, July 22, 1846.

folder 79.

Belden, Josiah, 1815-1892

Scope and Content Note

Receipt for hides, Sept. 12, 1846.

There is no no. 80.

folder 81.

Burton, John, 1792-1848?

Scope and Content Note

Order, Mar. 5, 1847, concerning hides belonging to George W. Bellamy.

There is no no. 82

folder 83.

Altamirano, Francisco

Scope and Content Note

Receipt, June 11, 1847, for fifty pesos for a lot in San Jose. Signed with a cross. Witnessed by J. P. Wilks.

folder 84.

Berreyesa, Guadalupe

Scope and Content Note

Receipt, June 14, 1847, for furniture belonging to deceased Domingo Alviso.

folder 85.

Davidson, Peter

Scope and Content Note

Account, June 26, 1847, with Ignacio Alviso.

folder 86.

Blank page.

folder 87.

Belden, Josiah, 1815-1892

Scope and Content Note

Receipt, Aug. 28, 1847, for hides.

There is no no. 88.

folder 89-91.

Alviso, Ignacio, 1772-1848

Scope and Content Note

Three promissory notes, Sept. 8, 1847. Printed forms filled in, signed for Alviso by Father Suárez del Real, with note of receipt of payment in 1848 by Eulogio de Célis.

folder 92.

Davis, Pedro

Scope and Content Note

Receipt, Sept. 13, 1847, for cattle.

folder 93-94.

Paty & Co.

Scope and Content Note

Account with Agustín Alviso, Sept. 21, 1847, marked cancelled, and signed by J. Alexander Yoell for the company. With note on verso by Antonio María Suñol that Alviso owes him seven pesos and 4 reales.

There are no nos. 95-96.

folder 97.

Promissory note, Oct. 5, 1857

Scope and Content Note

Printed form filled in, with signature removed, witnessed by Josiah Belden. On verso, order to pay Peter Davidson, signed by John Paty, Oct. 5, 1847.

folder 98.

Suñol, Antonio María, 1800-1865

Scope and Content Note

Promissory note to Paty & Co., signed also by James William Weekes, alcalde.

folder 99.

Weekes, James William, 1813-1881

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Ignacio Alviso, Nov. 16, 1847, ordering him to proceed with an unnamed case, and to apprehend the culprit if possible. Writing as alcalde of San Jose.

folder 100-101.

Missing.

folder 102-103.

Marsh, John, 1799-1856

Scope and Content Note

Receipts to Robert Livermore, Apr. 21, 1848. 2 items.

folder 104.

Thompson, Alpheus Basil, 1795-1869

Scope and Content Note

Receipt, Dec. 30, 1848, to J. A. Forbes on behalf of the estates of Ignacio and Domingo Alviso.

folder 105.

Ware, William, d. 1868

Scope and Content Note

Order to pay bearer, Feb. 3, 1849.

folder 106.

López, Cesario

Scope and Content Note

Promissory note to Robert Livermore, Mar. 8, 1849.

folder 107-108.

Halleck, Henry Wager, 1815-1872

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Ignacio Ezquer, May 9, 1849, re. sale of land in Monterey.

folder 109-110.

Gonzales Rubio, José Maria de Jesus, 1803-1875

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Jacinto Rodríguez, July 23, 1849, thanking him for not authorizing the marriage of Henry Burton to María del Amparo Ruíz, she being Catholic, and commenting on Richard B. Mason's order re. marriages in which one or both parties are Catholics.

folder 111.

Monterey Co., Calif. Citizens

Scope and Content Note

Petition addressed to the legislative body, protesting division of the county. With signatures of Manuel Díaz, Charles Wolter, José Abrego, Gabriel de la Torre, Adelberto P. Hartnell, Jacinto Rodríguez, Francisco Pérez Pacheco, S. Osio, J. R. Martínez, P. Zavala, Ignacio Olarte, Manuel Espina, Felipe Puig, Nicolás Scarsella, Salvador Munras, Rafael Sánchez, Rafael Ripa, Gabriel de Avila, Francisco Avendaño, Antonio Ramírez, Mariano Estrada, Santiago Estrada, Ramón Saborio, Guillermo Quellien, Mateo Ramírez, Santiago Moreno, Francisco Arano, Ascensio Mendía, José de Amesti, Dionisio de Taboas, Manuel Calderón, Estéban Cepeda, Santiago Rusio, Juan Cappett, Ramón Mendoza, Juan E. Hartnell, Francisco Fontes, Pablo Fasanini, Ignacio Ezquer, Ramón Valle, Jesús Soto, Rosario Duarte, Jesús Mendoza, Celedonio Arriola, José G. Hartnell, Carlos Ronic, Juan Arata, Pablo Verdugo, Roque Cuellar, Juan Nepomuceno Madariaga, Joaquín de la Torre.

folder 112.

Rodríguez, Jacinto, 1814-

Scope and Content Note

Letter to José María de Jesús González, Aug. 13, 1849, re, laws governing marriages.

There is no no. 113.

folder 114.

Pico, Andrés, 1810-1876

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Agustín Alviso, Sept. 21, 1849?, requesting a loan.

folder 115.

Calderón, Francisco

Scope and Content Note

Order to Robert Livermore to pay Juan B. Gayon, Oct. 29, 1849.

folder 116.

Hinojosa, Antonio

Scope and Content Note

Report and complaint, Nov. 9, 1849, against an individual firing guns within the town of San Jose. Also signed by José Sunol. With marginal notation by Antonio María Pico.

folder 117.

Pineda, Lorenzo

Scope and Content Note

Request for some land in the Arroyo de los Capitancillos, Dec. 7, 1849.

folder 118.

Witfield?, Augustine del Carmel

Scope and Content Note

Agreement to furnish lumber to Robert Livermore, Dec. 22, 1849.

folder 119.

San Jose, Calif. Prefectura

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Isaac Branham, Jan. 12, 1850, announcing Branham's election to the town council of San Jose. Unsigned.

folder 120.

Report of a committee... relating to garden lots [in Monterey], Jan. 30, 1850, signed by Francis L. Ripley and William S. Johnson, members of the Committee.

folder 121.

Hermandad de Jerusalen

Scope and Content Note

Printed form filled in. A certificate of membership for Santiago Manuel Castro and his wife Serafina, signed by José María Fuentes, July 2l, 1850.

folder 122.

Alvisu, Luisa (Peralta)

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Don Olivie, Mar. 17, 1851, requesting him to send some money via Manuelito.

folder 123-124.

Early printing items; removed for separate cataloging.

folder 125-132.

Memorial para el... conde de Paredes Marqués de la Laguna virrey... [ca. 1686]

Scope and Content Note

Memoire on pulque. Copy.

folder 133.

Burton, John, 1792-1848?

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Ignacio Alviso [ca. 1846], stating he has sent his sheriff to take the prisoner.

folder 134.

Notes on California land grants, undated

folder 135.

Peña, José

Scope and Content Note

Account with Ignacio Alviso, undated

folder 136.

Fernández, José, 1799-

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Agustín Alviso, undated, concerning some cows.

There is no no. 137.

folder 138.

Mapa de los Caudales y efectos que... llevan a España el Navio de Guerra... la América y Fragatas Jupiter y Mercurio... n.d

Scope and Content Note

Table of goods brought to Spain on the América, the Jupiter and the Mercury. (In oversize folder).

folder 139-141.

Report, defending Jesuit missionary activities in California, undated

Scope and Content Note

Copy, unsigned.

folder 142.

Indenture between... seamen... and Robert H. Dare... May 8-16, 1839.

Scope and Content Note

(In oversize folder).

folder 143.

Pacific Mail Steamship Company

Scope and Content Note

Letter to stockholders, undated Printed, signed by Watts Sherman, Henry A. Coit, George W. Blunt, Victor De Launey, and C. N. Fearing.

folder 144.

Statements made to D. R. Ashley, Notary Public, undated, re. John Armstrong's application for county lands, etc.

folder 145.

Note of damages incurred by a vessel in Acapulco, undated

folder 146.

Early printing item; removed for separate cataloging.

folder 147-148.

Wilson, John and Scott, James G.

Scope and Content Note

Letter to James McKinlay, undated, re. recovery of a debt.

folder 149.

Márquez, Juan

Scope and Content Note

Account, undated, re. expenses for sailors on the California.

folder 150.

Estimate for repairs of the California.

folder 151.

Loranca, José de

Scope and Content Note

Account for medical services rendered, undated

folder 152.

Abrego, José, 1813-1878

Scope and Content Note

Account for goods, 1845.

folder 153.

Expenses for bottling wine, undated

folder 154.

Account of Captain Cooper, undated

folder 155.

Buenaga, José

Scope and Content Note

Account, Nov., n.y.

folder 156.

Sketch of plans for the fortifications for San Francisco presidio, named Castillo de San Joaquin.

Scope and Content Note

(In oversize folder).

folder 157-158.

Election talleys, undated

folder 159.

Political verses. Anonymous and undated.

folder 160.

Vallejo, José de Jesús, 1798-1882

Scope and Content Note

Drawing of cattlebrands in use at the Rancho de San Cayetano, undated (In oversize folder).

folder 161.

Vallejo, José de Jesús, 1798-1882

Scope and Content Note

Agreement with Bernardino Vázquez and Francisco Palacios, undated, concerning cultivation of Vallejo's rancho. Complete?

folder 162.

Arvallo, José Miguel

Scope and Content Note

Request for documents relating to the sale of a part of the Hacienda de Santa Marta, as executor of the estate of José Ignacio Méndez.

folder 163.

List of inhabitants of Petaluma, undated

folder 164.

Viader, José, 1765-

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Ignacio Martinez, undated, re. mission accounts.

folder 165.

Cooper, John Bautista Rogers, 1792-1872

Scope and Content Note

Letter to T. O. Larkin, Apr. ?, n.y.

folder 166-167.

Anonymous account, Apr. 18 - May 21, n.y., of a shipwreck in the Pacific Ocean.

Scope and Content Note

(3 p.).

folder 168.

Advice for Mr. Cooper's headaches, undated

folder 169.

Cooper, John Bautista Rogers, 1792-1872

Scope and Content Note

A List of Articles most suitable for the California market, undated

folder 170.

Warrenden, Alexander

Scope and Content Note

Receipt for wages, undated Signed with a cross, certified by Domingo Carrillo.

folder 171.

Dana, William Goodwin, 1787-1858

Scope and Content Note

Letter to J.B.R. Cooper, undated, requesting Cooper to send him rice, potatoes and merchandise.

folder 172.

Welsh, William

Scope and Content Note

Letter, undated, requesting nails, hinges, candles, etc. [Complete?]

folder 173.

Summons to J.B.R. Cooper, Apr. 1826?, in answer to complaint by Keerolf & Company, of Manila, for non-payment of debts.

folder 174.

Welsh, William

Scope and Content Note

Letter to J.B.R. Cooper, undated, re. cattle.

folder 175.

Carmen, Juan del

Scope and Content Note

Receipt, undated, to Ignacio Martínez.

There is no no. 176.

folder 177.

Spence, David, 1798-1875

Scope and Content Note

Letter, undated, requesting that the bearer of the letter, James Watson, be given what he wants in merchandise.

folder 178.

Rice, George P

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Capt. Cooper, undated, enclosing a permit for two barrels of aguardiente.

folder 179.

Duran, Narciso, 1776-1846

Scope and Content Note

Letter, undated, re. stones that could not be loaded on the launch.

folder 180.

Early printing item; removed for separate cataloging.

folder 181.

Description of property in San Francisco, undated

folder 182.

Allen, Robert, 1812-1886

Scope and Content Note

Consent for J.B.R. Cooper to lease land to Mercer, undated, witnessed by Alonzo C. Wakeman.

folder 183.

Letter, undated

folder 184.

List of the guard of honor, undated, in M. G. Vallejo's hand.

folder 185.

Esténaga, Thomas Eleuterio, ca. 1790-1847

Scope and Content Note

Letter to J.B.R. Cooper, undated, stating the mission had given grain to Cirilo Clebnicoff.

folder 186.

Gil y Taboada, Luis Gonzaga, 1773-1833

Scope and Content Note

Letter, undated, sending an account.

folder 187.

Pell, E. Ward

Scope and Content Note

Description of land in San Francisco, undated, addressed to T. O. Larkin.

folder 188.

Cooper, John Bautista Rogers, 1792-1872

Scope and Content Note

Draft of letter to James Sturgis, undated

folder 189.

Cooper, John Bautista Rogers, 1792-1872

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Cirilo Clebnicoff, undated, re. contract for otter skins.

folder 190.

Peralta, Ignacio, 1790-

Scope and Content Note

List of supplies issued at Mission San Jose, also signed by Father Dur n. 1829? [For date, cf. Vallejo Documents, v. 20: 127].

folder 191.

Part of letter containing address only, to Juan Abello.

folder 192-193.

Form to be used in drawing up a contract.

folder 194.

Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858

Scope and Content Note

Summary statement of receipts and expenditures. Form to be used in drawing up accounts for the U. S. Navy.

folder 195.

Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858

Scope and Content Note

Abstract of expenditures ... Form to be used in drawing up accounts for the U. S. Navy.

folder 196-197.

Recéta infalible para el golgojo, undated

folder 198.

Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, 1807-1890

Scope and Content Note

Letter to his brother, undated, concerning livestock. Incomplete.

Page of letter with Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo's signature. undated BANC MSS C-B 66

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Scope and Content Note

Incomplete letter to his brother concerning livestock.

folder 199.

Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, 1807-1890

Scope and Content Note

Draft of agreement, undated, with his brother, concerning cattle.

folder 200.

Accounts, undated

folder 201.

Map, showing unsold sections of land. Sonoma Co.? undated

folder 202-203.

Alvisu, Nicolás and Buelna, Joaquín

Scope and Content Note

Verses, referring to Joaquín Solis. [1829?]

folder 204.

Account of expenditures in building a house, undated

folder 205.

Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, 1807-1890

Scope and Content Note

Draft of letter to the governor re. oath of allegiance to the government, ca. 1836.

folder 206.

Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, 1807-1890

Scope and Content Note

Draft of letter, undated, re. payment of a debt.

folder 207.

U. S. [Commission for Ascertaining and Settling Private Land Claims in California]

Scope and Content Note

Decree of confirmation to José de Jesús Vallejo for Bolsa de San Cayetano, undated Copy. Original signed by Alpheus Felch, Thompson Campbell and R. Aug. Thompson.

folder 208.

Account for days worked, undated

folder 209-210.

McKinlay, James, 1803-1875

Scope and Content Note

Statement, Jan. 29, 1847, re. his arrest at the hands of Lt. Maddox in Monterey, and request for an investigation of the matter.

folder 211.

Plan of Juan Bandini's house in San Diego. undated

folder 212.

List of Debts owing to Talbot H. Green, undated

folder 213.

Hawley, James

Scope and Content Note

Specification of the carpenter's work for a house situated in the Mission of San Jose. undated

folder 214.

Promissory note, signed by William Lynch and James Hawley, undated

folder 215.

Pardo, Roberto

Scope and Content Note

Receipt, undated for goods from San Juan Bautista Mission.

folder 216.

Alvarado, Juan Bautista, 1809-1882

Scope and Content Note

Letter to José de Jesús Vallejo, ca. 1839?, manifesting surprise at contents of Vallejo's letter, and stating he has instructed the alcalde of Monterey to suspend his order until such time as he, Alvarado, and Vallejo can discuss the matter.

folder 217.

Johnston, Elliott

Scope and Content Note

Letter to James McKinlay, stating he is leaving for San Francisco, and taking leave of McKinlay, undated

folder 218.

Draft of a letter containing instructions for settlement of accounts in California. undated

folder 219.

Notes re. value of some property in San Francisco, undated

folder 220.

Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, 1807-1890

Scope and Content Note

Accounts for Sonoma, undated

folder 221.

Added to C-B 43: 28

folder 222.

Fragment of a document, Oct. 15, 1845, with signatures of José Laureano Gallegos, Oriol Gaona, José Estrada, and Pedro Laprades [?]

folder 223.

Quijas, José Lorenzo de la Concepcion

Scope and Content Note

Congratulations to Vallejo, 1841?

folder 224.

Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, 1807-1890

Scope and Content Note

Notes, undated 2 items.

folder 225-226.

Torre, José Joaquin de la, 1784?-

Scope and Content Note

2 letters to J. B. Cooper, undated

folder 227.

Fitch, Henry Delano, 1799-1849

Scope and Content Note

Letter to James McKinlay, undated, re. business matters.

folder 228.

Fitch, Henry Delano, 1799-1849

Scope and Content Note

Letter to James McKinlay, undated, sending merchandise.

folder 229.

Reid, Perfecto Hugo, 1811-1852

Scope and Content Note

Letter to James McKinlay, undated, re. business matters.

folder 230.

Peter, Catherine

Scope and Content Note

Letter to James McKinlay, undated

folder 231-232.

Bruce, John

Scope and Content Note

Letter to James McKinlay, undated, sending copy of letter from Mrs. McKinlay, mother of James McKinlay, concerning the death of her son Peter. Mr. Bruce also offers his services to help settle the estate.

folder 233-234.

Notes, undated, 2 items

folder 235.

Note on letters of exchange, undated

folder 236.

Viader, José, 1765-

Scope and Content Note

Record of supplies given by the mission to the troops, May, n.y.

folder 237.

Grimes, Eliab, 1779-1848

Scope and Content Note

Letter to T. O. Larkin, undated, re. Capt. Sutter, and requesting some lumber.

folder 238.

Howard, William David Merry, 1819-1856

Scope and Content Note

Letter to Thomas Oliver Larkin, n. d., forwarding a letter that just arrived on the Yorktown.

folder 239-240.

Draft of unidentified letter, undated, describing a sea voyage.

folder 241.

Letter to Antonio Vega, n.d, re. a debt of twenty-five pesos.

folder 242-243.

Jones, John Coffin

Scope and Content Note

Letter to T. O. Larkin, undated, re. his prophecy of the future of California. [Complete?]

folder 244.

Specifications for Mrs. Larkin's House, no. 101 Tenth St. For painting New York house, undated

folder 245.

Account for goods supplied to Nicolás Chabarría, undated

List of Correspondents and/or Signers of Documents

Abrego, José, 1813-1878

no. 111

no. 152

Aguirre, José Antonio, 1793-1854

no. 41

no. 55

no. 56

no. 70-71

no. 72-73

no. 75

no. 76

Allen, Robert, 1812-1886

no. 182

Altamirano, Francisco

no. 83

Alvarado, Juan Bautista, 1809-1882

no. 49-52

no. 216

Alviso, Francisco

no. 2

Alviso, Gertrudis (Villavicencio)

no. 1

Alviso, Ignacio, 1772-1848

no. 49-52

no. 89-91

no. 135

Alvisu, Luisa (Peralta)

no. 122

Alvisu, Nicolás

no. 202-203

Amesti, José de, 1788-1855

no. 111

Amóros, Juan, 1773-1832

no. 1-2

Arano, Francisco

no. 111

Arata, Juan

no. 111

Arnaz, José de, 1820-

no. 53

Arriola, Celedonio

no. 111

Arvallo, José Miguel

no. 162

Ashley, Delos Rodeyn, 1828-1873

no. 144

Avendaño, Francisco

no. 111

Avila, Gabriel de

no. 111

Bandini, Juan, 1800-1859

no. 211

Baric, Charles, 1807-

no. 42

Bartlett, John, 1805-

no. 142

Belden, Josiah, 1815-1892

no. 79

no. 87

no. 97

Berreyesa, Guadalupe

no. 84

Billings, J. M.

no. 49-52

Blunt, George W.

no. 143

Boronda, José Canuto, 1792-

no. 2

Branham, Isaac

no. 119

Brown, John, 1799-

no. 142

Buelna, Antonio, 1809-

no. 49-52

Buelna, Joaquín

no. 202-203

Buenaga, José de

no. 155

Burton, John, 1792-1848?

no. 81

no. 133

Calderón, Francisco

no. 115

Calderón, Manuel

no. 111

Campbell, Thompson

no. 207

Cappet, Juan

no. 111

Carmen, Juan del

no. 175

Carrillo, Domingo Antonio Ignacio, 1791-

no. 170

Castro, Antonio María

no. 1

Castro, José Simeón Juan Nepomuceno, 1784-1842

no. 2

Célis, Eulogio, d. 1868

no. 40

no. 64

no. 89-91

Cepeda, Esteban

no. 111

Coit, Henry A.

no. 143

Cooper, John Bautista Rogers, 1792-1872

no. 165

no. 169

no. 173

no. 174

no. 182

no. 185

no. 188

no. 189

no. 225-226

Cross, John, 1808-

no. 142

Cuellar, Roque

no. 111

Dana, William Goodwin, 1787-1858

no. 171

Dare, Robert H.

no. 142

Davidson, Peter

no. 85

Davis, John, 1810-

no. 142

Davis, Pedro

no. 92

Davis, William Heath, 1822-1909

no. 60

no. 61

De Launey, Victor

no. 143

Díaz, Manuel, 1810-

no. 111

Duarte, Rosario

no. 111

Durán, Narciso, 1776-1846

no. 179

no. 190

Escamilla, Tomás

no. 1-2

Espina, Manuel

no. 111

Esténaga, Thomas Eleuterio, ca. 1790-1847

no. 185

Estrada, José

no. 222

Estrada, José Mariano, 1784-

no. 111

Estrada, José Ramon

no. 49-52

Estrada, Santiago

no. 111

Ezquer, Ignacio, 1818-

no. 107-108

no. 111

Fairclough, George, 1798-

no. 142

Fasanini, Pablo

no. 111

Fearing, C. N.

no. 143

Felch, Alpheus

no. 207

Fernández, Dionisio

no. 7

Fernández, José, 1799-

no. 49-52

no. 136

Fitch, Henry Delano, 1799-1849

no. 227

no. 228

Fontes, Francisco

no. 111

Forbes, J. Alonzo

no. 49-52

Fuentes, José María

no. 121

Gallegos, José Laureano

no. 222

Gaona, Oriol

no. 222

Gil y Taboada, Luis Gonzaga, 1773-1833

no. 186

Gonz áles Rubio, José María de Jesús, 1803-1875

no. 109-110

Green, Talbot H., 1810-1889

no. 212

Grimes, Eliab, 1779-1848

no. 237

Halleck, Henry Wager, 1815-1872

no. 107-108

Hartnell, Adelberto Pedro, 1832-

no. 111

Hartnell, José Gonzáles

no. 111

Hartnell, Juan E.

no. 111

Hartnell, William Edward Petty, 1798-1854

no. 212

Hawley, James

no. 213

no. 214

Hinojosa, Antonio

no. 116

Howard, William Davis Merry, 1819-1856

no. 54

no. 63

no. 78

no. 238

Johnson, William S.

no. 120

Johnston, Elliott

no. 217

Jones, John Coffin

no. 242-243

Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858

no. 77

no. 165

no. 187

no. 194

no. 195

no. 237

no. 238

no. 242-243

no. 244

Leavenworth, M.

no. 49-52

Livermore, Robert, 1799-1858

no. 7

no. 102-103

no. 106

no. 115

no. 118

López, Cesario

no. 106

Loranca, José M.

no. 151

Lynch, William

no. 214

McCarty, James

no. 6

McKinlay, James, 1803-1875

no. 147-148

no. 209-210

no. 217

no. 227

no. 228

no. 229

no. 230

no. 231-232

Madariaga, Juan Nepomuceno

no. 111

Márquez, Juan

no. 149

Marsh, John, 1799-1856

no. 102

no. 103

Martínez, Ignacio, 1774-1848

no. 3

no. 164

no. 175

Medina, Manuel

no. 43

Mellus, Henry, 1815-1860

no. 39

Mendía, Ascensio

no. 111

Mendoza, Jesús

no. 111

Mendoza, Ramón

no. 111

Mendoza, Tiburcio

no. 43

Micheltorena, Manuel, d. 1853

no. 66

Monterey Co., Calif. Citizens

no. 111

Montiño, J. R.

no. 111

Moreno, Santiago

no. 111

Munrás, Salvador

no. 111

Olarte, Ignacio

no. 111

Orbell, James, 1813-

no. 142

Osio, S.

no. 111

Owen, Thomas, 1805-

no. 142

Pacheco, Dolores, 1798-ca. 1858

no. 77

Pacific Mail Steamship Company

no. 143

Palacios, Francisco

no. 161

Pardo, Roberto

no. 215

Park, Thomas B., d. ca. 1850

no. 45

Paty, John, 1807-1868

no. 97

Paty & Co.

no. 93-94

no. 98

Pell, E. Ward

no. 187

Peña, José

no. 135

Peralta, Ignacio, 1791-

no. 190

Pérez Pacheco, Francisco

no. 111

Peter, Catharine Connel McKinlay

no. 230

Pico, Andrés, 1810-1876

no. 114

Pico, Antonio María, 1808-1869

no. 116

Pineda, Lorenzo

no. 117

Puig, Felipe

no. 111

Quellien, Guillermo

no. 111

Quijas, José Lorenzo de la Concepción

no. 223

Ramírez, Antonio

no. 111

Ramírez, Mateo

no. 111

Reid, Perfecto Hugo, 1811-1852

no. 229

Ribera, Vicente

no. 1

Rice, George P.

no. 178

Ripa, Rafael

no. 111

Ripley, Francis L., d. 1879

no. 120

Rodríguez, Jacinto, 1814-

no. 109-110

no. 111

no. 112

Ronic, Carlos

no. 111

Rusio, Santiago

no. 111

Saborio, Ramón

no. 111

San Jose, Calif. Prefectura

no. 119

Sánchez, Francisco, 1807-

no. 44

Sánchez, Rafael

no. 111

Scarsella, Nicolás

no. 111

Scott, James G.

no. 147-158

Sherman, Watts

no. 143

Smith, Ira

no. 58

Soberanes, Feliciano, 1789-

no. 74

Soto, Jesús

no. 111

Spence, David, 1798-1875

no. 177

Suárez del Real, José María del Refugio Sagrado

no. 89-91

Suñol, Antonio María, 1800-1865

no. 93-94

no. 98

Suñol, José

no. 116

Táboas, Dionisio de

no. 111

Thompson, Alpheus Basil, 1795-1869

no. 65

no. 104

Thompson, Joseph P.

no. 67

Thompson, R. Aug.

no. 207

Torre, Gabriel de la

no. 111

Torre, Joaquín de la, ca. 1812-1855

no. 111

Torre, José Joaquín de la, 1784?-

no. 225

no. 226

Torre Urrutia González y Montoya, Jorge María de la

no. 3

U.S. Land Commissioners

no. 207

Valle, Ramón

no. 111

Vallejo, José de Jesús, 1798-1882

no. 160

no. 161

no. 216

Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, 1807-1890

no. 44

no. 66

no. 184

no. 198

no. 199

no. 205

no. 206

no. 211

no. 220

no. 224

Vázquez, Bernardino

no. 161

Verdugo, Pablo

no. 111

Viader, José, 1765-

no. 164

no. 236

Vioget, Jean Jacques, 1799-1855

no. 47

no. 57

no. 68

Wakeman, Alonzo C.

no. 182

Ware, William, d. 1868

no. 105

Warrenden, Alexander

no. 170

Weber, Charles María, 1814-1881

no. 69

Weekes, James William, 1813-1881

no. 98

no. 99

Welsh, William

no. 172

no. 174

Wilks, J. P.

no. 83

Wilson, John, 1795-1860

no. 147

no. 148

Witfield, Augustine del Carmel

no. 118

Wolter, Charles, 1791-1856

no. 111

Yoell, Jasper Alexander

no. 93-94

Zamorano, I. M.

no. 8

Zavala, Pedro

no. 111

Zúñiga y Barrios, Salvador de

no. 9-38