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- Published / Created:
- n.d.
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-1323
- Collection Title:
- W. W. H. Davis papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 8 | Folder 97
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Collection Created:
- William Watts Hart Davis, attorney, editor, military officer, and historian, was born on July 28, 1820 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He served in the Mexican War and Civil War and as a government official in the Territory of New Mexico (1853-1857)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Student notebook in Spanish
33.
- Creator:
- Baltasar, Juan Antonio, 1697-1763
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1740
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-31 B217
- Image Count:
- 7
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- A plea for the continuance of Jesuit control over the mission garrisons in Lower California.
- Subject (Name):
- Baltasar, Juan Antonio, 1697-1763 and Jesuits--Missions--Baja California (Mexico)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Súplica
- Creator:
- Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889
- Published / Created:
- 1850 August
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 50
- Collection Title:
- Diaries, journals, and notebooks
- Container / Volume:
- Box 9
- Image Count:
- 24
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Diary of J. G. Bruff]
- Published / Created:
- 1778 Dec 16
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-1506
- Collection Title:
- Letter to Father Rafael Bergér
- Image Count:
- 2
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Letter to Father Rafael Bergér]
36.
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-1504
- Collection Title:
- 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
- Subject (Topic):
- Land grants Texas
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Letters to the Ministro de Estado y de Relaciones 1828 Apr 14, May 19, by José Mariá Viesca.]