José Marcos Mugarrieta papers / [ca. 1837-1886].

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José Marcos Mugarrieta papers / [ca. 1837-1886].

Correspondence, passports, army orders, accounts, certificates of appointments, fragments of diaries, mainly relating to his military career in Mexico and to his activities as Mexican consul in San Francisco, 1859-1863. Also included: ship manifests with related papers, copies of documents relating to Baja California, tracings of lands of the Santa Barbara mission, an espediente for Rincón de San Francisquito, and some papers pertaining to the American conquest of California.

Originals : 8 boxes, and 1 oversize folder.Copy of folder "Jose Marcos Mugarrieta: Materials relating to Mexican Patriotic Societies, 1861-1869" from Box 5 : 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 3220) and positive.

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Mexico. Consulado (San Francisco, Calif.)

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Mugarrieta, José Marcos 1822-1886

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Biographical Sketch José Marcos Mugarrieta, prior to his term as Mexican consul in San Francisco, 1857-1863, served in the Mexican army from 1837. He saw action in numerous battles and campaigns -Jamaica, under General Canalizo in 1841; Campeche, 1842-1843; Merida, 1843; Veracruz, 1845; Mexico City, 1846; Angostura and Cerro-gordo, 1847; Guanajuato, 1848, and Sierra-Gorda under Bustamante, 1848-1849; and Matamoros, 1849-1850. He directed the ...