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Manuscripts
Pedro de Alberni papers
- Description
The collection consists of letters and documents in one bound volume regarding the outfitting of Pedro Alberni's expedition at San Blas, Mexico (in 1789 and 1790), the occupation of his troops at Nootka, and their return to San Blas in 1792. Persons represented in the collection include: Pedro de Alberni (16 letters), Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra (10 letters), Manuel Antonio Flores (8 letters), Pedro Gorostiza (8 letters), Juan Vicente de Guemes Pacheco, Conde de Revillagigedo (63 letters), Francisco Hijosa (7 letters), Antonio Villaurrutia y Salcedo (17 letters), Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola (5 letters). The Contents list is incomplete.
- Date
- 1789-1793
- Call number
- mssHM 327
- Provenance
- Purchased from E. Eberstadt, April 1923.
- Restrictions
- Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Rights
- The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
- Associated people
- Bodega y Cuadra, Juan de la, (1743-1794.)
- Flores, Manuel Antonio, (-1799.)
- Gorostiza, Pedro. (1740-1799.)
- Hijosa, Francisco. (-1798.)
- Revillagigedo, Juan Vicente Güémez Pacheco de Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo,
- Ugarte y Loyola, Jacobo,
- Villaurrutia y Salcedo, Antonio.
