Manuscripts

Draft typescript : My Grandfather Juan Bautista Alvarado

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Description: Draft typescript of a paper on Juan Bautista Alvarado, California's longest-tenured governor under Mexican rule, who held office for six years from 1836 to 1842. The paper was written and presented by Grace Alvarado Sahlberg to the San Mateo American Association of University Women studying "California Fact and Legend."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1960.
Call number: mssHM 44936
Creator: Sahlberg, Grace Alvarado (1892-1976)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Grace A. Sahlberg, August 1, 1977.
Dimensions: 28 cm +
Associated people: Sahlberg, Grace Alvarado, (1892-1976,)
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