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Finding Aid to the Official documents relating to early San Francisco,
1835-1857
BANC MSS C-A 370
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Collection Title: Official Documents Relating to Early San Francisco,
Date (inclusive): 1835-1857
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-A 370
Extent:
Number of containers: 240 folders in 2 boxes and 1 oversize folder
Repository: The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please
consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Includes official correspondence of various alcaldes and justices of the peace;
proclamations and documents relating to criminal and court proceedings, land grants, etc.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English and Spanish
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
reader.
[Identification of item], Official documents relating to early San Francisco, BANC MSS C-A 370, The
Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
This collection was assembled from various sources, some from the Cowan Collection, some from the T. W.
Norris and Honeyman Collections. The sources have been noted on the folders.
Included are official correspondence of various alcaldes and justices of the peace, proclamations,
documents relating to criminal and court proceedings, land grants and other matters.
The documents have been arranged chronologically. A calendar and a partial list of authors follow.
Águila, Ramón
Folder 124
Alvarado, Juan Bautista, 1809-1882
Folders 4,
12,
19,
20,
21,
22,
55
Andrews, Augustus A., 1818-ca. 1847
Folder 124
Angelino, Blas
Folders 14,
50,
54
Austin, Julius C.
Folder 208
Bale, Edward A.
Folder 27
Bandini, Juan, 1800-1859
Folders 127,
128
Bartlett, Washington Allon, 1820-1871
Folders 161,
162,
163,
164,
165,
166,
167,
170,
171,
174,
175,
183,
185,
205
Benham, Calhoun
Folder 227
Bennett, Vardamon, 1804-1849
Folder 208
Bernal, Antonio
Folder 167
Bernal, José Cornelio, 1796-
Folders 24,
27,
53,
54
Berreyesa, José de los Santos
Folder 152
Berreyesa, José Ignacio
Folder 54
Berreyesa, Nasario
Folder 152
Billings, Frederick, 1823-1890
Folders 227,
229
Bojorques, Angel, 181l-
Folder 151
Botts, Charles T., 1809-1884
Folder 227
Brannan, Samuel, 1819-
Folder 208
Briones, Desiderio
Folder 53
Briones, Gregorio, 1797-
Folder 151
Briones, Juana
Folders 54,
136
Bryant, Edwin, 1805-1869
Folders 183,
186,
188,
220
Buchanan, John C.
Folder 188
Buckelew, Benjamin R., 1822-1859
Folders 206,
207
Buelna, Antonio, 1791-1842
Folder 49
Buelna, Félix, 1814-
Folders 92,
96,
102,
118
Buelna, Juan
Folder 168
Burr, Charles C.
Folder 208
Cacho, Rafael
Folder 138
Carrillo, José
Folder 8
Carrillo, Julio, 1825-
Folder 152
Castro, Guillermo, 1810-
Folder 168
Castro, José, 1810-1860
Folder 2
Castro, José Tiburcio
Folder 28
Cibrián, Blas
Folder 53
Clark, William Squire, 1807-
Folders 197,
209,
213
Colton, Walter, 1797-1851
Folder 170
Connell, John
Folder 208
Cooper, John Bautista Rogers, 1792-1872
Folder 32
Crittenden, Alexander Parker, 1816-1870
Folder 227
Davis, John Calvert, 1810-1848?
Folders 141,
207
Davis, William Heath, 1822-1909
Folders 29,
32,
54,
166
Deck, Augustus
Folder 192
Denecke, George
Folder 207
Díaz, Benito
Folders 62,
63,
66,
67,
74,
82,
97
Díaz, Manuel, 1810-
Folders 132,
155
Dockrill, Joseph
Folder 206
Dodge, Henry Lee, 1825-
Folders 218,
219,
223
Duarte, José
Folder 151
Dunleavy, James G.
Folder 175
Dwinelle, John Whipple, 1816-1881
Folder 227
Eagar, John
Folder 208
Ellis, Alfred J.
Folders 192,
198,
207
Emmet, C. Temple
Folder 227
Estudillo, José Joaquín, 1798-1852
Folders 3,
5,
168
Evans, George M.
Folder 208
Everhart, Lazarus
Folder 207
Ezquer, Ignacio, 1818-
Folder 159
Ferguson, George A.
Folder 54
Ferguson, James
Folder 208
Flores, Teodosio, 1789-
Folder 25
Folsom, Joseph Libby, 1817-1855
Folder 229
Forbes, James Alexander, 1804-1881
Folder 134
Fowler, John S., 1818-1860
Folder 203
Galindo, Juan Crisóstomo, 1774-
Folders 144,
145,
146
Galindo, Leandro, 1787-
Folder 54
Geary, John White, 1819-1873
Folders 219,
220,
221,
226
Gilbert, Edward, 1819-1852
Folder 199
Glein, Carlos F.
Folder 207
Glover, Aquilla
Folder 198
Glover, William
Folders 193,
208
Gordon, Robert
Folder 215
Grayson, Andrew Jackson, 1819-1869
Folder 193
Guerrero y Palomares, Francisco, 1811-1851
Folders 8,
11,
14,
23,
24,
25,
26,
27,
30,
31,
32,
33,
34,
37,
42,
51,
52,
53,
54,
124,
138,
153,
160,
166,
222
Gulnac, William, 1801-1851
Folder 26
Haight, Henry Huntley, 1825-1878
Folders 193,
227
Halleck, Henry Wager, 1816-1872
Folder 227
Ham, Hiram
Folder 174
Harms, Heinrich
Folder 187
Haro, Francisco de, 1792-1848
Folders 1,
11,
18,
27,
53,
54,
124,
126,
166
Harrison, Edward H.
Folder 198
Hawes, Horace, 1813-1871
Folders 222,
225,
227
Hernández, Santiago
Folder 124
Hilgers, Gerard
Folder 207
Hinckley, William Sturgis, 1807-1846
Folders 30,
99,
100,
105,
111,
116,
120,
124,
125
Hoen, Francis
Folders 198,
211
Hood, William
Folder 207
Hoppe, Jacob D., 1813?-1853
Folder 207
Hull, Joseph Bartine, 1802-1890
Folder 184
Hyde, George, 1819-1890
Folders 179,
191,
192,
193,
204,
206,
209
Illig, Johannes
Folder 171
Jewett, Enoch P.
Folder 208
Jimeno Casarín, Manuel, d. 1853
Folders 35,
36,
59,
61,
68,
69,
76,
87,
94,
98,
113,
114,
119
Jones, Elbert P., 1814?-1852
Folders 182,
197
Kemble, Edward Cleveland, 1828-1886
Folder 208
Kirbey, Henry
Folder 54
Kirbey, Richard C.
Folder 201
Kittleman, Thomas
Folder 175
Knowles, Richard
Folder 208
Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858
Folder 169
Leahy, Daniel, d. 1875
Folder 203
Leavenworth, Thaddeus Minor
Folders 194,
211,
212,
213,
215
Leese, Jacob Primer, 1809-1892
Folder 32
Leidesdorff, William Alexander, 1810-1848
Folders 135,
143,
148,
157,
158,
177,
197
Lewis, Samuel
Folder 203
Lick, James, 1796-1876
Folder 207
Light, James, d. 1881
Folder 203
Lincoln, Seth S.
Folders 198,
208,
212
Lippincott, Benjamin S., 1815-1870
Folder 206
Lockwood, Rufus A.
Folder 227
Lord, Joseph M.
Folders 198,
203,
208
Low, James C.
Folder 235
McAllister, Matthew Hall, 1800-1865
Folder 227
McDougal, George, d. 1872
Folders 206,
208
Malarín, Juan, ca. 1789-1849?
Folders 79,
85,
117
Martínez, Ignacio, 1774-ca. 1852
Folders 6,
7,
9,
15,
16
Mathurin, Jean, 1799-
Folder 53
Merrill, Annis, 1810-1905
Folder 227
Mesa, José Ramón
Folder 27
Meyer, Charles
Folder 189
Micheltorena, Manuel, d. 1853
Folders 77,
78,
86,
88,
105,
109
Miramontes, Vicente, 1810-
Folders 26,
27,
32,
53,
124
Miranda, Apolinario, 1795-
Folders 54,
65
Miranda, Teodoro, 1822-
Folder 151
Montenegro, Eugenio
Folder 160
Montgomery, John Berrien, 1794-1873
Folders 162,
164
Moraga, Francisco, 1814-
Folder 53
Mowry, Barton
Folder 208
Narvaez, Blas
Folder 124
Narvaez, Pedro
Folder 133
Noé, José de Jesús, 1805-
Folders 54,
101,
121,
124,
138,
151,
152,
153,
181
Olney, James N.
Folder 235
Orbell, James, 1813-
Folder 163
Oreña, Gaspar M.
Folder 115
Pacheco, Antonio, 1809-
Folder 53
Pacheco, Dolores, 1798-ca. 1858
Folder 39
Pacheco, Ignacio, 1808-1864
Folder 151
Padilla, Juan Nepomuceno, 1824-
Folder 124,
126
Parker, Robert A., 1820-1865
Folders 197,
198
Peachy, Archibald C., 1820-1883
Folder 227
Pedrorena, Miguel de, d. 1850
Folder 17
Peralta, Francisco
Folder 168
Peralta, Ignacio, 1791-
Folder 168
Petch, Robert
Folder 208
Pettet, William
Folders 193,
207
Pico, Antonio María, 1808-1869
Folders 57,
70,
71,
72,
73,
75,
81,
84,
93,
95,
123,
129
Pool, Peter
Folder 208
Powell, William John, d. 1848
Folder 183
Prado Mesa, Juan, d. 1845
Folders 26,
44,
45,
46,
47,
48,
54,
64,
80,
99,
104,
110
Prudon, Victor, 1809?-
Folder 54
Rae, William Glen, 1814-1845
Folders 60,
83
Rainsford, John, 1806-1846
Folder 27
Ramírez, Francisco, 1805-
Folders 58,
189
Richardson, William Antonio, 1796-1856
Folder 106
Ridley, Robert T., 1819-1851
Folders 131,
147,
149,
150,
156,
171,
196
Robbins, Isaac R.
Folder 208
Robbins, John R.
Folder 208
Rolfe, Tallman H., d. 1872
Folder 208
Sánchez, Francisco, 1807-
Folders 5,
10,
11,
40,
124
Sánchez, Isidro, 1819-
Folder 101
Sánchez, Isidro José
Folder 54
Sánchez, José de la Cruz, 1802-1878
Folders 124,
130
Sánchez, Manuel, 1812-
Folders 54,
124
Sherrebeck, Peter
Folders 112,
140,
175,
188
Silva, Mariano
Folders 122,
124
Sinclair, John, d. 1849
Folders 172,
173
Sirrine, John J.
Folder 208
Skinner, Horace A.
Folder 208
Smith, Henry
Folder 200
Smith, Robert, d. ca. 1849
Folder 208
Smith, Thomas
Folder 178
Soto, Antonio, 1799-
Folder 154
Soulé, Frank, 1810-1882
Folder 235
Spear, Nathan, 1802-1847
Folders 29,
30,
32,
54
Stark, Daniel
Folder 208
Stevens, Asa
Folder 208
Stewart, William M.
Folder 226
Stivers, Simeon
Folder 208
Suñol, Antonio María, 1800-1865
Folders 38,
41,
43
Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880
Folder 139
Toler, William P.
Folders 216,
217
Townsend, John, d. 1850
Folders 207,
210
Turk, Frank
Folders 226,
227
Vallejo, José Manuel Salvador, 1814-1876
Folder 8
Vásquez, Tiburcio, 1793-
Folders 54,
101
Watmough, James Horatio, 1822-
Folder 176
Webb, S. P.
Folders 235,
236
Weber, Charles María, 1814-1881
Folders 211,
219
Weed, Joseph
Folders 224,
230
Weller, John B., 1812-1875
Folder 227
Yale, Gregory, 1816-1871
Folder 227