Diario hecho de correo por Joseph Velazquez soldado de cuera del Real Presidio delas Californias. [ca. 1770]

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Diario hecho de correo por Joseph Velazquez soldado de cuera del Real Presidio delas Californias. [ca. 1770]

Photostatic reproduction of a copy of brief excerpts from a journal of Joseph Velázquez, probably from around 1770, describing the overland mail route from Monterey to San Diego, and from San Diego to San Fernando de Velicatá.

[3] leaves ; 34 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7351326

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

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Velázquez, Joseph.

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