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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
1833 November 20-1844 August 4
- Description
- 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).
- Production date
- 1833-1888.
- Call number
- mssVA
