Walker, Juan Pedro, Diary of expeditions from Monterey into Texas

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Jean Louis Berlandier papers (WA MSS S-300) > Series I: Henry R. Wagner Berlandier Papers > Walker, Juan Pedro, Diary of expeditions from Monterey into Texas


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Description

Title
Walker, Juan Pedro, Diary of expeditions from Monterey into Texas
Creator
From the Collection: Berlandier, Jean Louis, -1851
Published / Created
1815-1816
Description
Manuscript diary of Pedro Walker made in accordance with the commands of Joaquin de Arredondo. Walker traveled from Monterey to Laredo, Carrizo, the Nueces River, Bexar, Revilla (where he fought Indians), and Soto la Marina.
Spanish
Provenance
Purchased from Henry R. Wagner, 1919; H. P. Kraus, Inc., 1986; and gift of William Reese (Yale 1977), 1993., The bulk of the material in the papers was originally part of a larger collection purchased in 1853 by Darius Nash Couch in Matamoros, Mexico, later acquired by the English firm of Bernard Quaritch and the collector Sir Thomas Phillipps. Karl Hiersemann of Leipzig purchased most of the Berlandier papers at the Phillipps auctions in 1913 and 1919, Henry R. Wagner purchased them from him, and the library purchased the papers from Wagner in 1919.
Language
Spanish

Item Location

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
WA MSS S-300
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Container / Volume
Box 17

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Citation
Jean Louis Berlandier Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

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Object ID (OID)
2065184

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