Manuscripts

Notes on the establishment of San Diego

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Description: This manuscript, whose author is unknown, describes the Spanish expedition to San Diego in the late 18th century. It may be an excerpt from a larger work. In Spanish. Also contains scholar notes (in English) regarding potential authors and details about the expedition.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1769, June 8.
Call number: mssHM 323
Provenance: Gift of H. R. Wagner, date unknown.
Dimensions: 24 cm :
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Diario de las operaciones de campaña en el ataque de El Cajon de la Palma, en el Cerro Prieto

Manuscripts

This manuscript, dated from November 13 - December 17 and written by an unknown author, describes Spanish military operations during the attack on Cerro Prieto in the late 18th century. In Spanish.

mssHM 4051

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Sueño sobre la expedición de Sonora

Manuscripts

This manuscript appears to be a poem about the Spanish expedition of Sonora. Unknown author. In Spanish.

mssHM 4053

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Report of attack upon the Cerro Prieto in Sonora

Manuscripts

This manuscript, by an unknown author, describes a skirmish between native Indians and Spanish forces at Cerro Prieto in late 1769. In Spanish.

mssHM 4048

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla letter to unknown recipient, 1810, November 13

Manuscripts

In this letter to an unknown recipient, Costilla describes a conflict and retreat, and requests news and encouragement. In Spanish.

mssHM 19979

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Benjamin Jordan Kern letter to "Joe,"

Manuscripts

In this letter to the otherwise unidentified "Joe", Benjamin Kern describes his treacherous journey with an unknown number of military companions through the wilderness of New Mexico. This was part of Colonel John C. Frémont's fourth expedition, searching for a route to the Pacific coast. Unfortunately, Kern lost his life during the expedition, as he was killed by Indians.

mssHM 20651

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Mission San Diego

Manuscripts

This collection contains the records of the Southern California chapter of the Index of American Design, which was a Federal Arts Project, 1933 to 1943. The collection consists of reports, correspondence, drawings, paintings, photographs, and ephemera, chiefly on California art and architecture within the 18th and 19th centuries, although other subjects and issues are also discussed. Subjects addressed within the collection include the history of African Americans in Los Angeles; Southern California history; California architecture, art and art history; California politics and government; the Federal Art Project; Native Americans in California; the history of California's material culture; old age pension plans in California; the history of Spaniards and Spanish Missions in California; and the United States Works Progress Administration in California.

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Notes on the establishment of San Diego

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