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Antonio María Suñol collection, 1854-1869.
MANUSCRIPTSMCII : Box 24 : Folder 11
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Title:
Antonio María Suñol collection, 1854-1869Abstract:
Four documents relating to Antonio María Suñol, 1854, 1865, 1869. Three of them deal posthumously with matters pertaining
to his estate.
Date:
1854 (issued)Contents:
4 documents in file folder.
Subject:
n-us-caSuñol, Antonio María -- 1797-1865
California -- History -- 1850-1950
San Jose (Calif.) -- History
Note:
Don Antonio María Suñol was born in Barcelona, Spain on June 13, 1797. Family sympathies toward France during the period of
rebellion against Napoleonic rule of Spain prompted Suñol's move to France in 1808. After serving in the French Navy, Suñol
came to California in 1818. He settled in San Jose, married into the Bernal family, became a prosperous merchant and landowner,
and a benefactor to the Catholic Church. Suñol later held political office in San Jose, and witnessed the historic changes
to California that resulted from the 1846 American conquest. He also funded many of John Sutter's enterprises. Suñol died
in San Jose on March 18, 1865. The town of Sunol in Alameda County is named after him.
Sunol
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
Physical Description:
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4 documents, 14 x 8 3/8 in.
Language:
English
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.