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Documents from the Spanish and Mexican periods in California, 1780-1849.
BANC MSS C-A 150 reel 1; BANC MSS C-A 150 reel 2; BANC MSS C-A 150 reel 3; BANC MSS C-A 150 reel 4; ...
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Title:

Documents from the Spanish and Mexican periods in California, 1780-1849

Creator/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-ca
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
Santa Clara Mission.
Monterey (Calif.) -- Census -- 1833
California -- History -- To 1846 -- Sources
California -- History -- 1846-1850 -- Sources
Punta de Pinos (Calif.)

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.
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.
In Spanish with some English.
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.

Type:

Censuses.
Petitions.

Physical Description:

microfilm
16 microfilm reels : negative (Rich. 82:15-83:10) and positive.
1 portfolio (10 folders)

Language:

Spanish
English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-A 150 reel 1
BANC MSS C-A 150 reel 2
BANC MSS C-A 150 reel 3
BANC MSS C-A 150 reel 4
BANC MSS C-A 150 reel 5
BANC MSS C-A 150 reel 6
BANC MSS C-A 150 reel 7
BANC MSS C-A 150 reel 8
BANC MSS C-A 150 reel 9
BANC MSS C-A 150 reel 10
BANC MSS C-A 150 reel 11
BANC MSS C-A 150 reel 12
BANC MSS C-A 150 reel 13
BANC MSS C-A 150 reel 14
BANC MSS C-A 150 reel 15
BANC MSS C-A 150 reel 16
BANC MSS C-A 150 v.1
BANC MSS C-A 150

Origin:

California

Related Item:

Proclamation! To the people of California : Kearny, Stephen Watts, : 1794-1848