Pedro Font journal 1854 Font, Pedro journal

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Pedro Font journal 1854 Font, Pedro journal

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This journal is an 1854 English translation of Father Pedro Font's account of his travels from San Miguel de Horcasitas, Mexico, to San Francisco, California, and back between September 29, 1775, and June 2, 1776. Font traveled with a party under Juan Bautista de Anza, which included settlers bound for Monterey, Spanish soldiers, and other religious figures.

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William L. Clements Library

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Anza, Juan Bautista de, 1735-1788

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Juan Bautista de Anza was born in 1735 in Fronteras, Sonora. He was a Novo-Spanish explorer and Governor of New Mexico for the Spanish Empire. From the description of Diario de Rutta de Senora, 1774, January-May. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 752619147 ...

Font, Pedro, 1737-1781

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Franciscan missionary; chaplain of the Anza Expedition which left Horcasitas, Sonora, Sept. 29, 1775, and resulted in the founding of San Francisco the following March. From the description of Marriage records, 1775. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31416885 Pedro Font, a Franciscan clergyman, emigrated from Catalonia, Spain, to Mexico, before the 1770s. He ran the Native American mission at San José de los Pimas, Mexico, before 1775, when he accompanied Juan Bau...