Manuscripts

1847 February 14-1888

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).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1833-1888.
Call number: mssVA
Creator: Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe (1808-1890)

1846 August 7-1847 January 22

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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1844 August 6-1846 August 6

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1833 November 20-1844 August 4

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Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo papers

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Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo letter to Edward Meyer Kern

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Señor Vallejo informs Mr. Kern that he has returned home from the prison at Fort Sutter, and is sending Mr. Kern the items he promised. In Spanish, with undated one-page typescript translation by H. Noya.

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Wilson, George Washington, 1847- to Charles Kohler, 1830-1888

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The collection, which contains 10,844 items, consists of correspondence, letter books, manuscripts, speeches, diaries, account books, published articles, legal papers, financial statements and business records. The 10,528 pieces of correspondence are chiefly addressed to James De Barth Shorb, James M. Tiernan and Maria de Jesus Wilson Shorb. The 17 letter books are related to the business and financial affairs of Shorb and Benjamin Davis Wilson. The 75 manuscripts consist of items chiefly written by Shorb and Wilson family members. The 224 items in the Business Papers include material related to Shorb's many companies including the San Gabriel Wine Company. The following subjects are covered in the Shorb collection: the Shorb, Wilson, and Patton families, David Jacks, Mariano Vallejo, Santa Catalina Island, the Mount Wilson Observatory, California government and politics, African Americans and the Chinese in California, agriculture, the citrus fruit industry, Indians of California, irrigation, lend tenure, mining, railroads, ranching, water rights, and the wine industry. The collection also documents the history and development of the following California cities: Alhambra, Elsinore, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Ramona, San Gabriel, San Marino, and Wilmington.

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1847 February 14-1888

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