Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Fitch family
- Abstract:
- Correspondence and documents pertaining mainly to land claims, some to Rancho Sotoyomi. Also accounts of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Delano Fitch.
- Extent:
- Number of containers: 6 volumes
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Fitch Family Papers, BANC MSS C-B 357, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Biographical / historical:
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Henry Delano Fitch, native of Massachusetts born in 1799, came to California as the manager of the Mexican brig, Maria Ester. He became a Mexican citizen in 1827, was baptized at San Diego as Enrique Domingo Fitch in 1829 and married that same year Josefa Carrillo. In 1832 he applied for lands north of San Francisco Bay. He was naturalized in 1833 and held various municipal positions. In 1841 he was grantee of Sotoyomi Rancho. He died in 1849.
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Fitch Family Papers, BANC MSS C-B 357, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481