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Expedition de Amanguala

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Description: This manuscript is an extract from an account of Amanguala's expedition from San Antonio, Texas to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and of the return by a new route, from March 30 - May 19, 1808. HM 2051 is a map of the routes followed. In French.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1808, March 30-May 19.
Call number: mssHM 2052
Creator: Amanguala, Francisco(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of H.R. Wagner, 1925, July 8.
Dimensions: 22 cm :

José Dario Argüello letters to José Joaquín de Arrillaga and Felipe Antonio de Goycoechea

Manuscripts

HM 16556 is dated 1795, December 31 and addressed to José Joaquín de Arrillaga, and concerns an expedition to Monterey. HM 16557, dated 1804, December 28, and addressed to Felipe Antonio de Goycoechea, concerns explorations plans of the Americans, and the possible ramifications thereof. HM 16558, also addressed to de Goycoechea and dated 1814, August 5, informs him of the death of de Arrillaga and the subsequent taking over of his duties until further orders are received. In Spanish.

mssHM 16556-16558

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José Francisco de Ortega letters to Manuel García Morales and José Joaquín de Arrillaga

Manuscripts

These three letters, written by Ortega to fellow soliders Morales (HM 16588) and Arrillaga (HM 16589-16590), contain particulars about the exploration of California. HM 16588 also contains a receipt for money received from Morales. Dates are as follows: 1772, April 7 (HM 16588), 1786, April 10 (HM 16589), and 1789, January 6 (HM 16590). In Spanish.

mssHM 16588-16590

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Correspondence with the marqués de Montealegre

Manuscripts

These two letters concern exploration and missionary work in Mexico and California. HM 24690, dated December 27, 1774, is from de Gamboa to the marqués. HM 24691, dated April 11, 1775, is from the marqués to de Gamboa. In Spanish.

mssHM 24690-24691

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Account of a journey to California

Manuscripts

This narrative, written by an unknown author, details a journey to California via Texas and Mexico, including travel by sea from Mexico to San Francicso. Life in the gold mines is described, as is the return voyage via Panama.

mssHM 4162

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Edward Clymer journal of an expedition in the Wyoming Territory

Manuscripts

Journal kept by Edward Clymer during his 1877 expedition to the Wyoming Territory with George B. Chittenden and Dr. F.M. Endlich. Provides an account of Clymer's westward travels by railroad and his arrival in Cheyenne in late May 1877. The diary subsequently traces the small expedition's movements in and around Salt Wells, Pacific Creek, Fort Stambaugh, the Sweetwater River, Rawlins, and Strawberry Creek. During this time they climbed Fremont Peak, shot mountain goats, encountered a grizzly bear, participated in a buffalo hunt, and discovered Indian relics. The diary also records Clymer's trip through Salt Lake City and return to Pennsylvania in September 1877, as well as entries from his life in Berks County through December 1877 (there are no entries for October).

mssHM 75050

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The expedition of José Longinos Martínez

Manuscripts

The journal contains entries about José Longinos Martínez's expedition to New California from Mexico City to San Blas. Text in Spanish.

mssHM 321

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