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Abel Stearns Papers: Addenda 1


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    Papers of Abel Stearns: Addenda 1

    Manuscripts

    Correspondence of Abel Stearns, chiefly letters addressed to him, relating to his early business affairs. Included are materials containing information on American trade in Cuba, Argentina, Mexico and California, with comments on the political situations in those countries and in the United States, the political situation in the Rio de la Plata region and the early exploits of Juan Manuel de Rosas. Also included are letters on the shoe trade in Cuba and the United States.

    mssHM 48988-49068

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    B-----, A. Stock Transfer form, blank

    Manuscripts

    Correspondence of Abel Stearns, chiefly letters addressed to him, relating to his early business affairs. Included are materials containing information on American trade in Cuba, Argentina, Mexico and California, with comments on the political situations in those countries and in the United States, the political situation in the Rio de la Plata region and the early exploits of Juan Manuel de Rosas. Also included are letters on the shoe trade in Cuba and the United States.

    HM 48988

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    Abel Stearns Papers: Addenda 2

    Manuscripts

    Personal and business correspondence of Abel Stearns, chiefly letters addressed to him. Also included are several documents and receipts for merchandise.

    mssHM 57166-57209

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    Papers of Abel Stearns: Addenda 2

    Manuscripts

    Personal and business correspondence of Abel Stearns, chiefly letters addressed to him. Also included are several documents and receipts for merchandise.

    mssHM 57166-57209

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    Abel Stearns papers

    Manuscripts

    Professional and personal papers of Abel Stearns, including correspondence, business records, legal documents, and other manuscripts. The materials in the collection deal with life in California during the Mexican and early statehood periods, including the cattle industry, ranching, real estate, political and social life, and the gold discoveries in Southern California in 1842. Correspondents include Juan Bandini, Cave Johnson Couts, Tomas Eleuterio Estenaga, John Forster, Thomas Oliver Larkin, Perfecto Hugo Reid, Alfred Robinson, and others. Also included are diaries kept in 1879-1905 by Juan Bautista Bandini, son of Juan Bandini, who lived in the Santa Monica area. The collection also contains a group of papers accumulated by John Tracy Gaffey, third husband of Mrs. Abel Stearns. The Gaffey papers contain correspondence, including letters from Stephen Mallory White, papers relating to San Pedro, California and historical sketches. There are also papers related to María Victoria Bartoloméa Comecrabit Reid.

    mssStearns

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    Papers relating to Abel Stearns and Pierre Domec. Papers relating to Abel Stearns and John Parrott. Miscellaneous papers relating to land. Printed matter

    Manuscripts

    Professional and personal papers of Abel Stearns, including corresondence, business records, legal documents, and other manuscripts. The materials in the collection deal with life in California during the Mexican and early statehood periods, including the cattle industry, ranching, real estate, political and social life, and the gold discoveries in Southern California in 1842.

    mssStearns