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Bull, John C. (John Clark),. John C. Bull letters : to Elizabeth S. Bull, Hanover, Mass., 1845-1847.

Title: John C. Bull letters : to Elizabeth S. Bull, Hanover, Mass., 1845-1847.

Four handwritten letters with integral address leaves from a 36-year old man working aboard a ship docking in California ports to his sister. The letters contain mostly personal expressions of affection for his siblings, wife, and children back home, along with some observations of conditons in California and the Mexican-American war. The address leaves contain some modern annotations in pencil such as added return addresses and significant comments gleaned from information in the letter itself . Dec. 9, 1845. Handwritten letter (3 p.) datelined "Barque Tasso, Sta. Pedro [i.e. San Pedro], California, Dec. 9th 1845" and endorsed on address leaf with "Per Ship Admittance." Written over a period of time from Dec. 9, 1845 to Jan. 18, 1846 while sailing from San Pedro to San Francisco. Containing mostly personal reflections and observations with a postcript explaining he is mailing the letter now because his ship will be sailing from San Francisco on Jan. 24, 1846. Oct. 21, 1846. Handwritten letter (3 p.) datelined "Barque Tasso, San Francisco, California, Oct. 21st, 1846" carried on the barque, Don Quixote which "sails in a day or two for the Sandwich Islands ...to be forwarded to the U.S. by the first vessel...." Bull writes that the effects of "the war [i.e. Mexican-American War]" is causing a delay of a year in his return home, and requests that a daguerrotype of his wife Mellisa be sent to him "as it is becoming quite fashionable for Husbands and Lovers to take them to sea...." Jan. 20, 1847. Handwritten letter (3 p.) datelined datelined "Sta. Diego [i.e. San Diego], California, January 20th, 1847. This will be forwarded by the U.S. Prize, Malek Adehl, which sails with government dispatched in a day or two." Entered the mails at New Orleans with partial strike of their large "10" rate handstamp. Expresses his hope of returning home to Massachusetts in the winter of 1848 but cautions, "before that time do not look for me,..." Mar. 5, 1847. Handwritten letter (3 p.) datelined "Bark [sic] Tasso, Monterey, California, March 5th, 1847." Carried by the barque "Don Quixotte" [sic] Bull observes that he has now been gone from home for two and a half years. Also contains news about General Kearny's Proclamation and other federal government and military actions being taken to form a territorial govenment in California. Includes typescript transcription of the letter.

ArchivalResource: 4 folders.

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Kearny (Stephen Watts) Family Collection, 1848-1922

Title: Kearny (Stephen Watts) Family Collection 1848-1922

ArchivalResource: 0.2 linear feet

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Bloom, Lansing Bartlett, b. 1880. Bloom-McFie collection, 1846-1938.

Title: Bloom-McFie collection, 1846-1938.

Summary: Collection consists primarily of various historical documents from New Mexico. Includes typed copies of Stephen Watts Kearny's proclamation of the United States' annexation of New Mexico and Governor Bautista Vigil y Alarid's response, both dated August 19, 1846; correspondence of Francisco Lucero de Godoy concerning his portion of the Martinez Land Grant in Taos County, New Mexico. Collection also contains materials relating to the careers of Lansing B. Bloom and John R. McFie, a district and Supreme Court judge in New Mexico; articles of incorporation, constitution, and by-laws of the New Mexico Society for the Friendless (1903); and the constitution and regulations of the Sociedad Benefica Hispano-Americana de Nuevo Mexico (undated).

ArchivalResource: .5 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37653095 View

Duvall, R. C. Journal (bound manuscript) and log book 1845 March 24-1847 January 10, of the U.S. Frigate Savannah, Flagship of Commodore John D. Sloat, Commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Squadron.

Title: Journal (bound manuscript) and log book 1845 March 24-1847 January 10, of the U.S. Frigate Savannah, Flagship of Commodore John D. Sloat, Commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Squadron.

Concerned with the landing of Capt. Mervine's forces at Monterey, under order of John D. Sloat, Commander in Chief of the U.S. Naval Forces in the Pacific Ocean, 7 July 1846, the Battle of Domingues Rancho, landings at San Diego, the arrival of Gen. Kearney, and the victory at Los Angeles, 10 January 1847. The Savannah begins its journey at Callao, Port of Lima, Peru, and concludes at the New York Navy Yard, 8 September 1847.

ArchivalResource: 350 p., plus blank pages, 32 x 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17320741 View

Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865. Papers, 1812-1865.

Title: Papers, 1812-1865.

The Samuel Francis Du Pont Papers include correspondence with more than 1,500 individuals. There is a good deal of official and semi-official correspondence describing naval practices and policies as well as Du Pont's career. Of particular interest are letters from British diplomats and naval officers during the 1840s and 50s describing the operations of the British Navy. Letters received from William B. Reed, American minister to China, document the negotiations leading up to the Treaty of Tientsin which opened up China to western trade. Letters from American missionaries Samuel Wells and William and Edward Syle describe the missionary movement in China and efforts to eradicate the opium trade. The files also contain correspondence reflecting Du Pont's role in the Naval Efficiency Board and the reform movement which sought to modernize the navy as it moved into the age of steam.

ArchivalResource: 50 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122503472 View

Maria G. Duran Collection, 1785-1846 (bulk 1843-1846)

Title: Maria G. Duran Collection, 1785-1846 (bulk 1843-1846)

ArchivalResource: .25 linear feet

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Ticknor, Benajah, 1788-1858. Benajah Ticknor papers, 1818-1852.

Title: Benajah Ticknor papers, 1818-1852.

Journals, letterbook, medical notes, correspondence, and essays of Benajah Ticknor, doctor and surgeon with the U.S. Navy. Of primary importance are the journals which describe journeys made by Ticknor with the Navy to South America, the Far East, and Europe.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85778254 View

Fynn, John. John Fynn papers, undated.

Title: John Fynn papers, undated.

Contains the following type of materials: memoirs, correspondence. Contains information pertaining to the following war: Mexican War. Contains information pertaining to the following military unit: 1st United States (U.S.) Dragoon Regiment. General description of the collection: The John Fynn papers include photocopies of a typescript copy of the memoirs of John Fynn, written some time after 1862, concerning his tour of duty with the 1st U.S. Dragoon Regiment, 1839-1844, plus his return from the Indian Territory to Missouri in 1845. During his service, he was based at Carlisle Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, and Fort Gibson. He frequently mentions his company commander, Captain Nathan Boone, and his regimental commander, Colonel Stephen Watts Kearny.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

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A short history of the Conquest of Alta California : ms., 1846-1848.

Title: A short history of the Conquest of Alta California : ms., 1846-1848.

A brief history of events leading up to the U.S. war with Mexico, with discussion of the roles of prominent individuals such as Stephen Watts Kearny, John C. Frémont, and Robert F. Stockton.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 538:7) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/215458191 View

Pettijohn, Isaac, 1814 - ca. 1866. Isaac Pettijohn diary, 1847-1848.

Title: Isaac Pettijohn diary, 1847-1848.

Record of overland journey from Caple's Landing, Mo., to Oregon via Fort Bridger and the Barlow Road; winter in Willamette Valley and return to Missouri via Applegate and Greenwood Cutoffs and Old Fort Kearny. Mentions Mormon pioneers, meeting Gen. Kearny (with Col. Fremont under guard), Whitman Massacre and Cayuse War, Mormon ferries at the Green and Platte Rivers, wagons met on return journey, and construction of New Fort Kearny. Miscellaneous later memoranda and accounts scattered through balance of volume (some in different handwritings) Volume ends with "List of letters to be carried to the states" by Pettijohn. Includes printed excerpts of the diary published in: Social Studies Bulletin, Jan. 1959, and biographical notes (housed in portfolio with call number BANC MSS P-A 336 B)

ArchivalResource: Original: 174 pages ; 21 cm.Transcription: 1 volume.Published excerpts: 1 volume.Microfilm copy : 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 106:14) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26657346 View

William G. Ritch Collection, 1539-1901, bulk 1845-1882

Title: William G. Ritch Collection, 1539-1901, bulk 1845-1882

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Forman, Mary A. Gray (Mary Agnes Gray), 1843-1918. Papers of Mary A. Forman, 1853-1908 (bulk 1904-1908).

Title: Papers of Mary A. Forman, 1853-1908 (bulk 1904-1908).

The collection consists mainly of letters and questionnaires written between 1904-1908 on the topic of mid-19th-century Los Angeles. Most of the questionnaires, composed by Mary A. Forman, include a correspondent's answers. The documents address Los Angeles history through a wide array of topics, including California state and local government, crime, medicine, architecture, education, land allotment, churches, agriculture, Indians, the Mexican War, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Significant persons represented or discussed in the collection include George W. Hazard, Andrew Jackson King, Tomás A. Sánchez, Washington Bartlett, J. M. Guinn, L. A. Ingersoll, Juan Caballeria, William Heath Davis, Oscar Macy, John C. Frémont, Stephen C. Foster, Robert F. Stockton, Stephen Watts Kearny, Jonathan D. Stevenson, Thomas Foster, George Hansen (Hanson), Eliza Poor Donner Houghton, William R. Rowland, J. Kuhrts, George Lehman, Laura E. King, and Mary E. Johnston. Photocopies of photographs and a brief biography of Mary A. and Charles Forman are available in the finding aid.

ArchivalResource: 158 pieces.2 boxes.

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Biography -- Kearny, Stephen Watts.

Title: Biography -- Kearny, Stephen Watts.

ArchivalResource: 1 file folder.

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Kearny, Thomas, 1878-1942. Papers, 1939-1940.

Title: Papers, 1939-1940.

Letters to Denver Public Library chiefly concerning his book on kinsmen Philip Kearny and Stephen Watts Kearny.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18510818 View

New Mexico postage stamp collection 1946-2006

Title: New Mexico postage stamp collection 1946-2006

Collection consists of U.S. postal stamps which feature New Mexico events, places and people.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301591987 View

Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848. Documents from the Spanish and Mexican periods in California, 1780-1849.

Title: Documents from the Spanish and Mexican periods in California, 1780-1849.

Negative microfilm of volumes I-XVI of the records in the County Clerk's Office, Salinas. Extracts from archives in Salinas, 1832-1844; including : 1. A criminal case against Americans poaching on Santa Catalina Island (1833) -- 2. Suit filed against Father Jesus Maria Vasques del Mercado (1833) -- 3. Notes on smuggling at Punta de Pinos, including an account of goods siezed (1844) -- 4. Letter from J.B. Alvarado to the Ayuntamiento of Monterey concerning the rebellion of Juan Jose Rocha (1837?) -- 5. Census of Monterey (1833) -- 6. Two letters from M.G. Vallejo (1838) -- 7. Petitions of the neophytes of Santa Clara for freedom (1839) -- 8. Letter from J.A. Sutter to D. Simeon Castro (1841) -- 9. Letter from Antonio Suñol to José Ramon Estrada (1843) -- 10. Typewritten transcript of Stephen W. Kearny, Proclamation! To the people of California ... (1847).

ArchivalResource: Part I: v. I-XVI of the records in the County Clerk's Office, Salinas: 16 microfilm reels : negative (Rich. 82:15-83:10) and positive.Part II: 1 portfolio (10 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26681218 View

Dorothy Woodward Papers

Title: Dorothy Woodward Papers

There are three folders of material in this collection. Folder 1 contains the meeting agenda for the Organization of American States, Inter-American Cultural Council and the studies to be discussed at their meeting in Lima, Peru, 1956. Most items are in Spanish, some in English, Portuguese and French. Folder 2 contains material for the Colegio Internacional de Estudios Luso-Brasileiros sponsored by the Library of Congress and Vanderbilt University, October 18-21, 1950. There are the opening remarks by Dr. Pedro Theotinio Pereira, President of the Portuguese Delegation, a list of participants, including Dr. Woodward, and English translations of papers presented in Portuguese at the colloquium. The third folder has Spanish and English material of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) Regional Conference on Free and Compulsory Education in Latin America. This folder also contains material from the Western Regional Conference of April 10, 1957 in San Francisco, California on the topic of adult education in the United States.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.35 cu. ft.)

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New Mexico. Governor (1846 : Kearny). Governor Stephen Watts Kearny papers, 1846.

Title: Governor Stephen Watts Kearny papers, 1846.

Summary: Collection consists of official papers of Governor Kearny: two proclamations from September, 1846 announcing Kearny's appointments of government officials (one in English and one in English and Spanish), and one photocopy of Kearny's proclamation in Spanish announcing the annexation of New Mexico by the United States.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37842213 View

Kearny, Philip, 1815-1862. Letter, 1845.

Title: Letter, 1845.

Handwritten and signed letter written on Sept. 23, 1845 at Fort Leavenworth and addressed to Lt. Col. George Tallcott. The note states that the accounts relating to supplies had been forwarded. The accounts were delayed due to Kearny's ill health. Kearny was on a military expedition to the South Pass area when this was written. He was in the command of his uncle Stephen Watts Kearny (1794-1848) at the time.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145435278 View

United States. Adjutant-General's Office. First Dragoons : [collection] : 1845.

Title: First Dragoons : [collection] : 1845.

Contains microfilmed documents from the National Archives.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft. (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29946546 View

Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848,. Lancaster P. Lupton : [collection] : 1833-1936 ;.

Title: Lancaster P. Lupton : [collection] : 1833-1936 ;.

Contains correspondence and journal.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft. (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28842177 View

Governor Stephen Watts Kearny Papers, 1846

Title: Governor Stephen Watts Kearny Papers, 1846

ArchivalResource: .25 linear feet

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Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848. Stephen Watts Kearny collection of papers, [ca. 1847-1848].

Title: Stephen Watts Kearny collection of papers, [ca. 1847-1848].

Contents: Letters, Jan. - May, 1847 (4) to W.L. Marcy, Secretary of War (describing the military situation in California and his plans), to W.A. Richardson (instructions as Collector and Harbor Master, San Francisco), to J.M. Bonilla (to continue as Alcalde, San Luis Obispo), to Theodorus Bailey (informing the latter of his departure for the East); Instructions from Captain James Biddle to W.A. Richardon, Mar. 29, 1847, endorsed and forwarded by Kearny; receipt for commutation of rations, July 14, 1848, by John Huntress, corporal, 2nd Dragoons, while on detached service from Vera Cruz by order of Brigadier General Kearny, certified by Captain H.H. Sibley and Brigadier General Persifor F. Smith.

ArchivalResource: 6 folders in portfolio.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26284259 View

Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848. Letters : Fort Leavenworth, [Kan.] and St. Louis, Mo., to E.A. Hitchcock, St. Louis, Mo., and Fort Jesup, La., 1837-1845.

Title: Letters : Fort Leavenworth, [Kan.] and St. Louis, Mo., to E.A. Hitchcock, St. Louis, Mo., and Fort Jesup, La., 1837-1845.

Three letters, Dec. 5, 1837 - Jan. 31, 1845, from Kearny to fellow army officer Ethan Allen Hitchcock, mainly regarding army affairs and national politics.

ArchivalResource: 3 items (1 folder) ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34916237 View

Kearny (Stephen Watts) Family collection, 1848-1922.

Title: Kearny (Stephen Watts) Family collection, 1848-1922.

Summary: Collection consists of material from the descendants of Stephen Watts Kearny, including newspaper clippings, handwritten notes on the Kearny family genealogy, letters, and legal documents.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64431768 View

Welsh, William Ernest, 1872-1932. California history, 1911 Mar 10.

Title: California history, 1911 Mar 10.

The history is divided into 7 chapters: occupation of California, annexation of Texas, Oregon boundary dispute; orders on military government, Frémont, Sloat, Slidell, Larkin, Kearny; end of Mexican rule, Frémont and the Bear Flag Revolt; efforts to organize a government; military government, Kearny's proclamation, Frémont's actions and trial; government during the war, gold discovery, rebellion in Lower California; government after the peace treaty; and, Gov. Riley, the end of military government.

ArchivalResource: 53 p.; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702128529 View

Wilkins, John Darragh, d. 1900. Memorandum and letters, 1846-1848.

Title: Memorandum and letters, 1846-1848.

"Army Chronicle," which Wilkins wrote about the Mexican war, contains pencil, pen and ink, and water color illustrations of army personnel,places, and a diagram of the army's route from Vera Cruz to Puebla, Mexico. Letters to his family describe the trip by land and sea from Pennsylvania to Mexico, military personnel, the country, the battles of Monterrey, Cerro Gordo, Churubusco, Chapultepec, the surrender of Vera Cruz, and the possible court-martial of William S. Harney.

ArchivalResource: 147 p. (in 2 folders): illus.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702126788 View