Manuscripts

Diario de la Visita, que Sali a Verificar a las misiones

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Description: These two manuscripts are excerpts from Bernal's diaries regarding the general conditions of the missions of Santo Tomas, San Vicente, San Pedro, San Fernando, and Santo Domingo. HM 16562 is dated 1796, February 19 - March 22, and HM 16563 is dated 1796, April 23 - May 22. In Spanish.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1796.
Call number: mssHM 16562-16563
Creator: Bernal, Ildefonso(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from William H. Rocholl, 1938, December 1.
Dimensions: 30 cm :
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Traslado a la letra de las constituciones de las Archicofradía

Manuscripts

This manuscript is a list of statues concerning the Convent of Santo Domingo in Mexico City. It is dated 1790, October 30, and is signed by Juan Francisco Venitez Frigueros, Foribio Fernandez de Cozgaya, and Miguel de Luna Mantilla. In Spanish.

mssHM 16282

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José Dario Argüello letters to Gabriel Moraga, Ignacio Vicente Ferrer Vallejo, and Macario Castro

Manuscripts

These letters discuss various aspects of Argüello's duties. HM 26186 is to Gabriel Moraga, and dated 1794, August 20. HM 26187 is to Gabriel Moraga, dated 1796, May 20. HM 26188 is to Ignacio Vicente Ferrer Vallejo, and is dated 1799, November 28. HM 26189 is addressed to Macario Castro, and dated 1805, April 26. In Spanish.

mssHM 26186-26189

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Diego Gardoqui letters to the marqués de Branciforte

Manuscripts

This letters concern the movement of various naval resources and personnel. HM 4072 is dated 1796, March 21, and HM 4073 is dated 1796, May 2. In Spanish.

mssHM 4072-4073

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Noticia de las Misiones que ocupan los Religiosos del Colegio de San Fernando de Mexico en la Jurisdición del citado Presidio

Manuscripts

This manuscript is a census of the populations within the jurisdiction of the presidio of Santa Barbara, including the Pueblo of Los Angeles, and the missions at Purísima, Santa Barbara, San Buenaventura, and San Fernando. Included are two copies of a chart breaking down the populations into various categories, one of which is an undated and unattributed typewritten facsimile translated into English. In Spanish.

mssHM 48657

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Eben Chapman letters to Eben Hunt

Manuscripts

Chapman discusses the prices of goods and market conditions in San Francisco. He also writes of his own mining and farming prospects, and of other various business dealings. He also discusses the idea of slavery in California in HM 4199. HM 4198, dated July 1, 1852, is incomplete, consisting of only the first three pages. HM 4199 is dated July, 1852.

mssHM 4198-4199

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Manuel de Godoy letters to Miguel de la Grúa

Manuscripts

HM 4066 is dated 1795, October 23, and concerns fortification of the presidios of California. HM 4067, dated 1795, November 6, contains two copies, designated A and B, and relates the delivery of documents to California. In Spanish.

mssHM 4066-4067

Diario de la Visita, que Sali a Verificar a las misiones

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