Manuscripts
Record of military service at the Presidio of San Francisco
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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
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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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Joseph L. Folsom lease of San Francisco land
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This document details the lease agreement between Anna Sparks and See Soong Tong for a lot of land in San Francisco, California. Printed form, filled in and signed.
mssHM 19068
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., military commission to Thomas William Sweeny
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Document signed; printed form, filled in. Commission as Captain in the United States Army; signed by Lincoln and Secretary of War Simon Cameron.
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Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., military commission to Thomas William Sweeny
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Document signed; printed form, filled in. Commission as Captain in the United States Army; signed by Lincoln and Secretary of War Simon Cameron. (1 page)
SW 259
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The Founding of the Mission and Presidio of San Francisco
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This diary is Father Palóu's description of the establishment of a mission at San Francisco Bay, and the exploration of the surrounding area. The diary also claims to contain the first authenticated account of the arrival of a sailing vessel to the Bay. Translated to English by Frank de Thoma in 1899.
mssHM 290
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Military requisition for steel cooking range
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Two documents related to the activities of medical officers and War Department bureaucracy during the occupation of the Philippine Islands after the Spanish-American War. The first document is a letter from Matthew H. Ellis, Major and Surgeon, requesting a steel range for the preparation of food for the treatment of sick and convalescent patients of the Oregon Volunteers, 2nd Regiment, stationed in Manila. The verso of the letter contains multiple endorsements signed by various officers, Chief Quartermasters, and surgeons passing the request up the chain of command with the request ultimately being denied. Also enclosed is the Special Requisition printed form, filled in and dated November 9, 1898.
mssHM 84052