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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf8v19p0cw No online items Finding Aid to the Documentos para la historia de California, 1821-1872 Processed by The Bancroft Library staff The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu © 1997 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid to the Documentos BANC MSS C-B 75 1 para la historia de California, 1821-1872 Finding Aid to the Documentos para la historia de California, 1821-1872 Collection number: BANC MSS C-B 75 The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Contact Information: The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, 94720-6000 Phone: (510) 642-6481 Fax: (510) 642-7589 Email: [email protected] URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu Processed by: The Bancroft Library staff Encoded by: Gabriela A. Montoya © 1997 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Collection Summary Collection Title: Documentos para la historia de California, Date (inclusive): 1821-1872 Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 75 Creator: Coronel, Antonio Franco, 1817-1894 Extent: Number of containers: 1 v., 1 portfolio 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: Documents relating to the history of California, particularly to the Los Angeles area, including an 1839 census for that area. Languages Represented: Collection materials are in Spanish Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights 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. Finding Aid to the Documentos BANC MSS C-B 75 2 para la historia de California, 1821-1872 Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Documentos para la historia de California, BANC MSS C-B 75, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Biography Coronel, born in Mexico City in 1817, came to California with his father, Ignacio Coronel in 1834, as a member of the Hijar-Padres colony. The family settled in Los Angeles. where Coronel soon became prominent in local affairs, holding many public offices, including those of Juez de Paz, inspector of missions and peace commissioner. He took part in the defense of California against the American invasion in 1846 and 1847, but later became a citizen of the United States. In 1853 he was elected mayor, and for many years afterwards was a member of the city council. He was state treasurer of California from 1867 to 1871. He died in 1894. Scope and Content These papers-originals, copies and extracts of documents-collected by H. H. Bancroft for his History of California, relate particularly to the Los Angeles region, and include an 1839 census for that area. The original collection is not to be used without permission of the Director. A bound volume of photocopy is available for consultation. The documents, which were bound in a volume by H. H. Bancroft, have been unbound and placed in folders. Some repaired items, now oversize, have been placed in a separate portfolio. This has been noted in the report and in the first portfolio. The arrangement, roughly chronological, and the numbering are those of H. H. Bancroft. A calendar of the documents and a partial list of correspondents follow. folder 1-2. Payeras, Mariano, 1769-1822 Additional Note Cordillera sobre suministración de viveres, La Purísima Mission, July 16, 1821. Chain letter concerning the administration of provisions. folder 3-6. Argüello, Luis Antonio, 1784-1830 Additional Note Orders concerning horse thieves, Monterey, Nov. 22, 1824. With note by Noriega, Dec. 16, 1824 at Santa Barbara. folder 7-10. Echeandía, José María de, d. 1852 Additional Note Letter to the alcalde, San Diego, June 11, 1829, transmitting copy of letter of Santiago Argüello concerning a fine to be imposed on José Antonio Carrillo for travelling without a passport. folder 11-12. García Diego, Francisco, d. 1846 Additional Note Cordillera, Santa Clara, June 12, 1833. folder 13-22. Figueroa, José, 1792-1835 Additional Note Extract, concerning militias, Monterey, Jan. 24, 1835. folder 23-34. Figueroa, José, 1792-1835 Additional Note Letter to the Ayuntamiento de los Angeles, from San Juan Bautista, Mar. 13, 1835, re activities of Francisco Torres and Antonio Apalategui. Document 23-28 is a transcript. Finding Aid to the Documentos BANC MSS C-B 75 3 para la historia de California, 1821-1872 Calendar folder 35-50. Castillo Negrete, Luis del, d. 1843 Additional Note His exposition of the revolution at Monterey, written from the Bay of San Diego, to the alcalde of Los Angeles, Dec. 1836. folder 51-64. Padrón, or census report on inhabitants of Los Angeles for the purpose of elections, 1839, signed by José Pérez. folder 65-66. Alvarado, Juan Bautista, 1809-1882 Additional Note Proclamation, Santa Barbara, Jan. 25, 1839, containing copy of directive from Pesado concerning the law of amnesty. Also signed by Manuel Jimeno Casarín. In oversize portfolio. folder 67-68. Palomares, Ignacio, ca. 1812-1882 Additional Note Proclamation, Los Angeles, Mar. 7, [1841]. Signed also by Ignacio María Alvarado. In oversize portfolio. folder 69-75. Frías, Angel: Additional Note Regulations concerning the treatment of smallpox epidemic, Chihuahua. Apr. 1, 1841. folder 76-79, Pico, Pío, 1801- 311-314. Additional Note Statement, made as president of the departmental assembly, Feb. 15, 1845. folder 80-83. Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1795-1876 Additional Note Proclamation, Mar. 5, 1843. Printed. This has been removed and cataloged separately as a printed item. See book catalog. folder 84-85. Valdés, FéIix Additional Note Statement re accounts of Mission San Luis Rey, LosAngeles, July 8, 1843. folder 86-87. Malarín, Juan, d. ca. 1849 Additional Note Letter to the Justice of the first instance, Monterey. Mar. 28, 1844, transmitting copy of decree of Santa Anna. folder 88-89. Blank paper, discarded. folder 90-110. Copy, made by Ignacio Coronel, of documents relating to the cemetery of Los Angeles, 1844. folder 111-114. Pico, Pío, 1801- Additional Note Proclamation, Los Angeles, Feb. 14, 1845. Copy, signed by Juan Sepúlveda and Ignacio Coronel. 113-114 is a transcript. In oversize portfolio. folder 115-118. California. Asamblea. Electores Additional Note Minutes, Los Angeles, Sept. 28, 1845. Finding Aid to the Documentos BANC MSS C-B 75 4 para la historia de California, 1821-1872 Calendar folder 119-122. California. Asamblea. Electores Additional Note Minutes, Sept. 28-30, 1845, with signatures of Narciso Botello, A. F. Coronel and Pedro C. Carrillo. folder 123-131. Pico, Pío, 1801- Additional Note Decree, Los Angeles, May 13, 1846, a copy signed by José L. Sepúlveda. folder 132-134. Number gap. folder 135-142. Stearns, Abel, 1798-1871 Additional Note Letter to the alcaldes, Los Angeles, June 25, 1846. transmitting copy of governmental dispatch. Document 139-142 is a transcript. folder 143-146. Pico, Pío, 1801- Additional Note Decree containing orders to be observed in struggle against the U.S., Santa Barbara, July 16, 1846. Copy by Abel Stearns. folder 147-148. Stearns, Abel, 1798-1871 Additional Note Decree, Los Angeles, Jan. 10, 1850. Signed also by Stephen C. Foster. In oversize portfolio. folder 149-172. Number gap. folder 173-174. Los Angeles Southern Californian, July 18, 1855 Additional Note Newspaper. This has been removed and cataloged separately as a printed item. See book catalog. folder 175-259. Savage, Thomas, 1823- Additional Note Biographical information about Coronel and copies and extracts of documents, many of which relate to Coronel's military service record in Mexico, 1814-1823. Savage made these copies in November 1877. The many missing numbers are blank pages. The copied documents are as follows: folder 185. Passport issued by Mariano G. Vallejo, March 12, 1835. folder 187. Letter of Pablo de la Portilla, June 30, 1837, requesting Coronel to take charge of San Gabriel. folder 189. Juan José Rocha's statement about Coronel, Feb. 1, 1837. folder 189. Order of Mariano Chico to take charge of Mission San Miguel, July 14, 1836. folder 189-191. David E. Spence's passport for Coronel, Apr. 7, 1835. folder 191. Agustín V. Zamorano's statement re Coronel, Nov. 28, 1836. folder 193-195. Luis del Castillo Negrete's statement on the conduct of Ignacio Coronel, Nov. 18, 1836. folder 195. Abel Stearns letter to Coronel, July 17, 1846 on the seizure of Monterey. folder 195. Letter of José de la Guerra y Noriega, July 21, 1846, acknowledging receipt of letter of Ignacio Coronel, making references to Pablo de la Guerra, custom's official at Monterey . folder 197. Agreement concerning work at Rancho del Palo Colorado, Mar. 15, 1835. folder 199. José Figueroa appointing Coronel to teach in the school to be established in the town of San Francisco Solano, Nov. 7, 1834 . folder 201. Statement by Manuel Requena and W. G. Dryden concerning election of Ignacio Coronel to the Common Council of Los Angeles, May 4, 1852. Finding Aid to the Documentos BANC MSS C-B 75 5 para la historia de California, 1821-1872 Calendar folder 201. Statement by Wilson W. Jones, Los Angeles County clerk, of election of Ignacio Coronel as justice of the peace of Los Angeles and commissioner of schools of the town of Santa Ana, Nov.
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