Manuel de Jesús Castro Papers, 1836-1863

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Manuel de Jesús Castro Papers, 1836-1863

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Papers concerning family and business matters, especially transactions involving cattle and land. Also included: papers re his military command in Baja California, and the estate of his father, Jose Simeon Juan Nepomuceno Castro.

Number of containers: 3 boxes

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Castro, Manuel de Jesús, 1821-

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Biographical Sketch Manuel Castro, who presented this collection to H. H. Bancroft in 1875, was a member of a very well-known California family. He was born in 1821, the son of José Simeón Castro and María Antonia Pico Castro. Pío Pico was his uncle, José Castro his cousin. His career began about 1839, and for more than a dozen years he was very active in government and military affairs. After the revolt against Governor Micheltorena, in whic...