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Documents from the Spanish and Mexican periods in California, 1780-1849.
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Documents from the Spanish and Mexican periods in California, 1780-1849Creator/Contributor:
Alvarado, Juan Bautista, 1809-1882, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, 1808-1890, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Castro, D. Simeon, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Suñol, Antonio María, 1797-1865, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Estrada, José Ramon, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Monterey County (Calif.), County Clerk's Office.Abstract:
Negative microfilm of volumes I-XVI of the records in the County Clerk's Office, Salinas.
Extracts from archives in Salinas, 1832-1844; including : 1. A criminal case against Americans poaching on Santa Catalina
Island (1833) -- 2. Suit filed against Father Jesus Maria Vasques del Mercado (1833) -- 3. Notes on smuggling at Punta de
Pinos, including an account of goods siezed (1844) -- 4. Letter from J.B. Alvarado to the Ayuntamiento of Monterey concerning
the rebellion of Juan Jose Rocha (1837?) -- 5. Census of Monterey (1833) -- 6. Two letters from M.G. Vallejo (1838) -- 7.
Petitions of the neophytes of Santa Clara for freedom (1839) -- 8. Letter from J.A. Sutter to D. Simeon Castro (1841) -- 9.
Letter from Antonio Suñol to José Ramon Estrada (1843) -- 10. Typewritten transcript of Stephen W. Kearny, Proclamation! To
the people of California ... (1847).
Date:
1780 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caMonterey (Calif.) -- Census -- 1833
California -- History -- To 1846 -- Sources
California -- History -- 1846-1850 -- Sources
Punta de Pinos (Calif.)
Californie -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1846 -- Sources
Californie -- Histoire -- 1846-1850 -- Sources
California
California -- Monterey
Santa Clara Mission.
Santa Clara Mission.
Vásquez del Mercado, Jesús María
Alvarado, Juan Bautista -- 1809-1882 -- Correspondence
Rocha, Juan José
Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe -- 1808-1890 -- Correspondence
Sutter, John Augustus -- 1803-1880 -- Correspondence
Castro, D. Simeon -- Correspondence
Suñol, Antonio María -- 1797-1865 -- Correspondence
Estrada, José Ramon -- Correspondence
Alvarado, Juan Bautista -- 1809-1882
Sutter, John Augustus -- 1803-1880
Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe -- 1808-1890
Note:
The nitrate film from which the prints in part II were made has been destroyed.
Part I: Microfilm only.
Part II: 1-9: Photocopies.
Transcripts of extracts from the same series of original documents were made by Thomas W. Savage (and other agents of H.H.
Bancroft) in 1877. These are available and classified as BANC MSS C-A 69.
Finding aid for Part I (the microfilm portion of this collection) is available.
In Spanish with some English.
Preferred citation: Documents from the Spanish and Mexican periods in California, 1780-1849, BANC MSS C-A 150, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Part I: Originals in the County Clerk's Office, Salinas, California.
Originals in Monterey County Archives, Salinas, California.
Type:
History.Personal correspondence.
Sources.
Censuses.
Petitions.
Physical Description:
microfilm
16 microfilm reels : negative (Rich. 82:15-83:10) and positive.
1 portfolio (10 folders)
Language:
Spanish
English