Key to Arrangement
General correspondence
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Cooper, Juan Bautista Roger, 1792-1872
Letter, July 9, 1870
Hartnell, María Teresa de la Guerra, 1809-
Letter, Aug. 16, 1881
Peabody, Edward T.
Letter, n.d.
Business Correspondence
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Brooks, Benjamin Sherman, 1820-1884
17 letters, 1858-1877
Bruck, Louis
4 letters, 1859-1875
Greene, John L.
10 letters, ca. 1870-1879
Halleck, Peachy & Billings
2 letters, 1857
Krug, Charles
2 letters, 1869
Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858
1 letter, Feb. 17, 1854
Leese, Jacob Primer, 1809-1892
1 letter, Apr. 5, 1855
Shattuck, David O.
1 letter, July 28, 1853
U.S. Surveyor General
1 letter, Aug. 26, 1853
Family correspondence
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Pico, José Ramón
2 letters, 1891
Soberanes, Ezequiel
6 letters, 1880-1891
Soberanes, Mariano, 1796-1859
4 letters, 1872-1883
Soberanes, Victor
12 letters, 1869-1872
Vallejo, [José Manuel] Salvador
3 letters, 1847-1857
Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, 1807-1890
18 letters, 1860-1872
Bale, Edward Turner- Miscellaneous papers
Grant of Rancho Carne Humana from Governor Juan B. Alvarado, June 23, 1841
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Tracing of Expediente for Rancho Carne Humana
Bills and receipts from John H. Everett; Hudsons Bay Co.; bark, Don Quixote; John C. Davis; William Hudson; Lilburn W. Boggs; W. H. McKee & Co.; John Greenwood; Samuel J. Gower, 1841-1849
Statement of salary due Dr. Bale, signed by José Abrego, Apr. 9, 1845
Photocopy of Bale's appointment as military surgeon for the California Battalion, Sept. 12, 1846
Receipt and note of contract, Thomas Kittleman and Edward T. Bale, for building flour mill, July 14, 1847
Copy of lease of parcel of land to Nathan Spear, 1847
Accounts with Thomas O. Larkin, 1847-1848
Agreements for renting houses, 1848-1849
Promissory note to Benjamin Mitchel, Aug. 9, 1849
Copy of will
Papers relating to the Bale Rancho - leases, mortg ages, agreements, deeds etc., ca. 1850-1877
Papers relating to John S. Cripps' management of the Bale property, 1850-1854
Papers relating to David O. Shattuck's management of the Bale property, 1852-1854
Field notes, receipts, etc., for survey of the Bale Rancho, 1858-1867
Papers relating to the Bale saw mill, 1851-1854
Papers relating to Bale flour mill, 1850-1859
Miscellaneous bills and receipts for household expenses, clothing, food, farm implements, etc., ca. 1852-1871
Bills of sale, agreements and receipts for fencing, houses, livestock, pasture land, etc., 1858-1870
Tax receipts, Napa County, 1862-1873
María Ignacia Soberanes de Bale - Miscellaneous papers
Marriage contract with Edward T. Peabody, 1856
Promissory notes, 1854-1875
Quit claim deed to Jacob P. Leese for Rancho San Cayetano, 1860
Accounts with the Bank of Napa, 1877-1878
Fire insurance policy
Release of all demands: Mariano G. Bale to Maria I. Soberanes, 1870
Revocation of her will, 1870
Agreement, A. E. Bruck with M. I. S. de Bale, Mar. 17, 1883
Edward T. Peabody- Miscellaneous papers
Cuenta general de asuntos, Enero 1855
Pre-emption claim to land in Napa Co., May 1, 1857
Sight draft payable to him by Commission for the Survey of Sonoma, 1858
Information re his death in Guaymas, Mexico
Louis Bruck [son-in-law who assisted in managing the estate] - Miscellaneous accounts, receipts, power-of-attorney, etc., 1858-1860
John L. Green [attorney]- Legal papers, accounts, receipts, etc., 1868-1873
Papers relating to suits concerning the Bale Rancho
Papers relating to suit brought against María Peabody by Herman Michels
Papers relating to the education and care of the Bale children, 1852-1859
Charles Krug [son-in-law]- Miscellaneous accounts, receipts, etc., 1869-1888
Edward Bale [son] - Receipts for military stores, as officer, "Native California Cavalry," 1864; summons in a law suit, 1874
Miscellaneous papers
José Ignacio Soberanes.
Receipt for part payment on a lot sold to Thomas Thorn, Oct. 9, 1857
Complaint and summons in case: Francisco P. Pacheco vs. Mariano G. Vallejo et als.
Death notice for Mariano Soberanes
Affidavit (incomplete, p. 7-8 only) of A. A. Green in the United States vs. Heirs of de Haro, relating to survey of Laguna San Bruno
Material relating to the Bale Family (Gift of Mrs. Viola L. Warren).
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Copies of legal documents relating to the Bale Family (Gift of Owen Duffy).
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