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Documents from the Sutro Collection.
MANUSCRIPT SMC II : BOX 22 : FOLDERS 4-8
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Documents from the Sutro CollectionCreator/Contributor:
Sutro, Adolph, 1830-1898Creator/Contributor:
Griffin, George Butler, 1840-1893Creator/Contributor:
Cutter, Donald C.Creator/Contributor:
Establecimiento Tipografico y Litografico (El Porvenir, Seville, Spain)Abstract:
Six document facsimile reproductions of letters and paragraphs sent to the Viceroy of New Spain during early exploration of
greater California; includes correspondence from early merchant Sebastian Vizcaino and Franciscan friar Fray Junipero Serra.
Handwritten on documents 14, 16 and 17: "Photographed from the original preserved in the "Archive General de Indias" de Sevilla,
under Royal Order dated Madrid December 26,th 1883 for Adolph Sutro, Esq. of San Francisco, California."
Date:
[1883]-1884 (issued)Contents:
Document No. 3: "Paragraph of a letter from the Conde de Santiago, Viceroy of New Spain, to the King of Spain, referring to
the commissioning of Sebastian Rodriguez Cermeno for a survey of the coast of the South Sea--dated 6th April, 1594."
Document No. 4: "Paragraph of a letter from the royal officials of Acapulco to the Conde de Monterrey, Viceroy of New Spain,
giving tidings of the loss of the ship San Agustin--dated 1st February, 1596."
Document No. 5: "Paragraph of a letter from the Conde de Monterrey, Viceroy of New Spain, to the King of Spain, giving notice
of the loss of the ship San Agustin and of discoveries made in her--dated 19th April, 1596."
Document No. 14: "Letter of Sebastian Vizcaino, dated at Monterey Bay, 28th December, 1602, giving some account of what he
has seen and done during his exploration of the coast of the Californias."
Document No. 16: "Letter of Fray Junipero Serra, President of the missions of California, to Don Frey Antonio Maria Bucareli
y Ursua, Viceroy of New Spain, giving some account of the condition of the missions and complaining of the conduct of Captain
Perez and of the Governor--dated 9th September, 1774."
Document No. 17: "Letter of Fray Junipero Serra, President of the missions of California, to Don Frey Antonio Maria Bucareli
y Ursua, Viceroy of new Spain, forwarding the journal of Fray Juan Crespi--7th October, 1774."
Subject:
n-us-caSerra, Junípero -- 1713-1784
Vizcaíno, Sebastián -- 1550?-1615
California -- History -- Sources
Northwest Coast of North America -- Discovery and exploration
Note:
Documents handwritten in Spanish language.
Descriptions quoted from documents' frontis in book: "The California Coast: a bilingual edition of Documents from the Sutro
Collection." Translated and edited in 1891 by George Butler Griffin, re-edited with an emended translation, annotation, and
preface by Donald C. Cutter, New ed. c1969. First published in 1891 under title "Documents from the Sutro collection."
Documents from the Sutro Collection.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
Roger K. Larson ; gift ; 1997.
Type:
biographyPhysical Description:
print
6 facsimile reproductions ; 31 x 44 cm., folded to 31 x 22 cm.
Language:
English
Identifier:
MANUSCRIPT SMC II : BOX 22 : FOLDERS 4-8
Publisher:
California unknown place El Porvenir, Sevilla (Spain) : Establecimiento Tipografico y LitograficoCopyright Note:
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.