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Spanish manuscript leaves

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Description: These 15 random leaves of manuscripts are in Spanish. Several are dated 1844 and the name Antonio José Martínez can be found on several of the leaves. With note about transfer.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1844.
Call number: mssHM 83195
Provenance: Transferred from Rare Books Department to Manuscripts, May 1934. Leaves were found in the Huntington Library's copy of Terminos de facilitar espedicion para el deletreo y pronuncio, Taos, New Mexico (206356).
Associated people: Martínez, Antonio José, (1793-1867.)
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Spanish documents concerning Florida and the West Indies

Manuscripts

This collection contains official documents related to the 1783 Treaty of Versailles, particularly in relation to Spanish possession in West Indies. Included are original notifications about the cessation of hostilities directed to the Spanish overseas governors, the Minister of Marine and officers commanding the armed forces from the royal administration and Council of Indies; the acknowledgements and correspondence thereon; the text of two of the Articles of the Peace Treaty, and official proclamations, including a text that had been published without the consent of the King and was later withdrawn and destroyed. Prominent authors include: Juan Antonio Enriquez, Pedro Castejón, José Moffino, and Francisco Xavier Morales. Some notable items include: Enriquez, Juan Antonio. Proclamation of the Peace between Spain and England (1783, Feb. 5). Note: This document was printed and posted in Seville by Enriquez, Minister of Marine at Seville, but was withdrawn and destroyed by the command of the king. Castejón, Pedro, marqués de, 1719-1783. To Don Juan Antonio Enriquez. Draft of a letter from the king's secretary reprimanding Enriquez for exceeding the limits of his authority in publishing the news of the peace (1783, Feb. 11). Enriquez to Castejón. Letter vindicating his action, and begging intercession in his behalf (1783, Feb. 19).

mssHM 9471-9548

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War of the Spanish Succession manuscripts

Manuscripts

Bound manuscripts dealing with the Spanish War of Succession. Includes manuscripts by: Queen Anne, King Felipe, Emperor Charles VI, Empress Elisabeth Christine, John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, Philip Stanhope, and Sir Cloudesley Shovell.

mssHM 21521-21549

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Baptismal record

Manuscripts

This manuscript is a single-page, double-sided leaf taken from the Baptismal Record of the San Luis Obispo Mission. It contains entries for September 29 through December 19, 1783, and has been signed by José Cavaller, Junípero Serra, and Antonio Paterna. In Spanish.

mssHM 31548

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1844 August 6-1846 August 6

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters and documents (in Spanish and English) of Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. The bulk dates from 1844 to 1846, and there are approximately forty drafts of letters by Vallejo in the collection. Subject matter includes the defense of the northern frontier, relations with the missions, and the treatment of Native Americans by Father Jesús María Vásquez del Mercado. Correspondents include Juan Bautista Alvarado, Jacob P. Leese, Manuel Micheltorena, Antonio María Osio, John Augustus Sutter, and José de Jesus Vallejo. In addition, the collection contains one letter signed from James Buchanan to Thomas O. Larkin, 1847 January 13 (VA 150b).

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1833 November 20-1844 August 4

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1847 February 14-1888

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