Geil J. Norris family papers 1828-1969 1828-1899

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Geil J. Norris family papers 1828-1969 1828-1899

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Consists of correspondence, broadsides, baptismal certificates, land records, ephemera, and other materials created by and documenting the Pico, Castro, and Sanchez families—from which Geil J. Norris was descended—between the years 1828 to 1969, with the bulk of the materials dating from the nineteenth century. Collection materials document the military and political life of California in the Mexican era; the Mexican War; land tenure and transactions in Monterey County; and familial and social relationships between prominent Californios in the nineteenth century. Correspondents include: Agustin V. Zamorano, Thomas O. Larkin, Pío Pico, Manuel Castro, Juan B. Castro, Rafael Sanchez, Maria Antonia Castro de Sanchez, and Catalina Castro.

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Sanchez, Rafael, b. 1806

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Castro, Juan Bautista

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Norris, Geil J., collector.

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Family History Geil J. Norris of Salinas, California, was a descendent of the Cota, Pico, Castro, and Sanchez families, prominent Mexican American families who settled in California, mostly in the Monterey area, in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Members of these families, among them Pío Pico, Manuel Castro, Juan B. Castro, and Rafael Sanchez, were important figures in the military and political life of California in the S...

Zamorano, Agustin Juan Vicente, 1798-1842

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Zamorano is chiefly remembered as being the first printer in California. From the description of Agustin Juan Vicente Zamorano autograph : holograph (photocopy) / [before 1842]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 55691304 Statesman, soldier, craftsman, and California's first printer. From the description of Letter, 1832 Aug. 14, to the Alcade of San J'ose de Guadelupe. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500190 ...

Pico family.

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Sanchez family.

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Brannan, Sam, 1819-1889

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Sam Brannan (1819-1889) was born in Maine and moved to Ohio as a teenager. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in 1844 began printing The Prophet, a Mormon newspaper, in New York. In 1846 Brannan sailed aboard the Brooklyn with about 240 other Mormons to San Francisco, where he was made first president of the California mission and established the California Star as the first newspaper in San Francisco. In 1848 Brannan traveled to Sutter's Mill as a representative of th...

Castro, Manuel de Jesus, 1821-1891.

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Castro de Sanchez, Maria Antonia, d. 1890

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Pico, Pío, 1801-1894

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Pio Pico was the last Mexican governor of Alta California. From the description of Visiting cards. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122642274 Pio Pico was the last Mexican governor of California. From the description of Pacific coast diary for 1885 : containing useful memoranda and tables for reference. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122498954 From the description of Diary, 1874. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122642277 From the description of Dia...

Castro family.

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Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858

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Thomas O. Larkin (1802-1858) was a merchant who settled in Monterey, California, who later became U.S. consul (1844-48) and served as a delegate to the California Constitutional Convention in 1849. From the description of Letter from Thomas Oliver Larkin to Job Francis Dye and party, 1845 Aug. 10. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122499643 Thomas O. Larkin, early California pioneer, arrived in California in 1832. Became succe...

Castro, Catalina.

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