Collection of notes on the family of William Shakespeare (1564-1616); also lists of clergy, sheriffs, nobles and members of Parliament; accounts in Spanish for 1715-1719; copies of wills and preambles of patents; lists of books and of the members of the Society of Antiquaries; English verse, etc.
The diaries describe an 1849 expedition by way of St. Joseph, Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, South Pass, Sublette's Cut-off, Bear River, Cantonment Loring, Raft River, the Humboldt, Lassen's Route to Deer Creek, and Bruff's camp. They contain maps and sketches from the journey and notes on life in California. The journals were written from the diaries. The notebooks contain more sketches from the trip and of equipment. There are memoranda of supplies and equipment, routes, and remedies.
Subject (Geographic):
California --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Description and travel, West (U.S.) --Maps, and West (U.S.) --Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889 and Washington City and California Mining Association
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining --California --History --19th century --Personal narratives, Gold mines and mining --North America --History --19th century, Gold mines and mining --Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.), Gold mines and mining --United States --History, and Gold mines and mining --West (U.S.) --History --19th century
Letter from Viceroy Bucareli y Ursúa to Father Rafael Bergér naming Father Pablo Font, Father Juan Riobo, and Father Matias Noriega as chaplains for the impending voyage of exploration along the California coast, and discussing the finances available for the voyage.
Description:
GIft of Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke. and In Spanish.
Subject (Geographic):
California--Discovery and exploration--Spanish, Pacific Coast--Discovery and exploration, and Spain--Exploring expeditions
Subject (Name):
Bergér, Rafael, Font, Pablo, New Spain. Viceroy (1771-1779 : Bucareli y Ursúa), Noriega, Mathias, and Riobo, Juan
Andrew Ross (1773-1812), Army officer who suppressed the 1802 mutiny of several regiments at Gibraltar; probably appointed Governor of Essequibo and Demerara in 1807 or 1808. He retired to Madeira for his health in 1809, but returned to service in the Peninsular War and died at the siege of Carthagena on September 26, 1812.
Subject (Geographic):
Caribbean Area--History, Cartagena (Spain)--History, Great Britain--Colonies--Administration, Great Britain--Foreign relations--Spain, and Spain--Foreign relations--Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833, Inciarte, José Felipe, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, and Ross, Andrew,--1773-1812
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Caribbean Area, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Spain, and Peninsular War, 1807-1814--Campaigns--Spain
Andrew Ross (1773-1812), Army officer who suppressed the 1802 mutiny of several regiments at Gibraltar; probably appointed Governor of Essequibo and Demerara in 1807 or 1808. He retired to Madeira for his health in 1809, but returned to service in the Peninsular War and died at the siege of Carthagena on September 26, 1812.
Subject (Geographic):
Caribbean Area--History, Puerto Rico--History--19th century--Sources, and Saint Croix (United States Virgin Islands)--History--Sources
Subject (Name):
Montes, Toribio de and Ross, Andrew,--1773-1812
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Caribbean Area, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Spain, and Peninsular War, 1807-1814--Campaigns--Spain
Letters to the Ministro de Estado y de Relaciones 1828 Apr 14, May 19, by José Mariá Viesca.
Image Count:
5
Abstract:
Letters concerning proposals by Reuben Ross to establish a colony in Texas. Governor Viesca reports to the Ministro de Estado y de Relaciones that Ross' original petition in 1826 had been refused due to the disturbances in the frontier region. The area has now been pacified, and Ross is offering to bring two-thirds of the families to Texas at his own expense. Governor Viesca concludes that the project could be carried out without cost to Mexico.
Description:
Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke. and In Spanish.
Subject (Geographic):
Coahuila and Texas (Mexico), Coahuila and Texas (Mexico) Colonization, and Texas--Emigration and immigration
Subject (Name):
Coahuila and Texas (Mexico). Governor (1827-1830 : Viesca and Ross, Reuben, d. 1828