Manuscripts

Agreement between Abel Stearns and Alpheus B. Thompson relating to sea-otter hunting

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Description: Signed agreement between Abel Stearns and Alpheus B. Thompson pertaining to sea-otter hunting rights in California. Per the agreement, Stearns agrees to furnish a Mexican license to collect sea-otters along the California coast and islands and provide a vessel under the Mexican flag. The agreement also stipulates percentages of the otter collection to be given to Thompson, Stearns, the Mexican government, and the otter hunters. A facsimile copy is also available.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1832, September 22.
Call number: mssHM 73671
Provenance: Gift of Henry R. Wagner, June 20, 1939.
Associated people: Stearns, Abel,; Thompson, Alpheus B.
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Agreement for a loan between Abel Stearns and Henry Douglas Bacon

Manuscripts

This document details the loan for $150,000 from Bacon to Stearns, both of whom have signed the document. Also contains a copy (B) and draft (C) of the same document.

mssHM 27622 (A-C)

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Alpheus B. Thompson letters to Timothy Wolcott

Manuscripts

These three letters were written by Alpheus Thompson to Timothy Wolcott during 1856 and 1857. In HM 18997, written 1856, September 6, from Santa Barbara, Thompson thanks Wolcott for looking after his son, Francis. In HM 18998 (dated 1857, June 2), Thompson writes of the advantageous opportunities in San Francisco in the real estate market, and asks Wolcott to look after Francis "for a few months longer." He also includes business details regarding property and other assets. The final letter in this series was written in San José, California, on June 17, 1857 (HM 18999), and Thompson asks if Wolcott would take Francis under his charge, and to "provide him with suitable Clothing and Board."

mssHM 18997-18999

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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

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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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John Augustus Sutter letter to Alpheus Bard Thompson

Manuscripts

Mr. Sutter informs Mr. Thompson that he has bought "the whole Russian Establishment of Ross and Bodega," and offers Mr. Thompson a portion of property at Bodega Rancho "on reasonable terms", as Mr. Thompson has a farm nearby.

mssHM 48975

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John Coffin Jones letter to Alpheus Basil Thompson

Manuscripts

This manuscript is a receipt addressed to A.B. Thompson, listing goods received by Coffin and their worth in Spanish dollars.

mssHM 48976

Agreement between Abel Stearns and Alpheus B. Thompson relating to sea-otter hunting

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