Documentos para la historia de California, 1828-1875

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Documentos para la historia de California, 1828-1875

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Primarily official letters and documents sent to Castro while prefect at Monterey, concerning military events, elections, mission matters, land transactions, Russians in California, quicksilver mining, the Bear Flag Revolt, claims of American citizens against the government, military events in Baja California, etc.

Number of containers: 2 boxes and 5 oversize folders

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Bancroft Library

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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...