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1.
Calculo del costo que por razon de [daños] y transporte tiene un negro comprado en Montevideo

Published / Created:
[17--].
Call Number:
GEN MSS FILE 25
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Unsigned autograph manuscript calculation of the cost of transporting a slave from Montevideo, Uruguay to Lima, Peru through Chile. Lists expenses including food, clothing, hire of mules, sea passage, totalling 113 pesos.
Description:
Phillipps MS 16220. Purchased from Alan G. Thomas on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 1980.
Subject (Name):
Phillipps, Thomas,--Sir,--1792-1872--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Slave trade--South America.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Calculo del costo que por razon de [daños] y transporte tiene un negro comprado en Montevideo : con destino para venderse en la Ciudad de Lima, conduciendolo por la via de Chile.

2.
Depositions

Creator:
Ross, Reuben, d. 1828
Published / Created:
1826
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1184 R7344
Image Count:
10
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
The depositions are probably part of an expediente in relation to Reuben Ross's petition for a land grant. Included are statements by Horatio J. Offutt and Bernardo Amado y Outon.
Subject (Name):
Amado y Outon, Bernardo , Offutt, Horatio J., and Ross, Reuben, d. 1828
Subject (Topic):
Gutierrez-Magee Expedition, 1812-1813
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Depositions

3.
Diario que escrivio el P.P. Fr. Juan Riobó missionero apostolico de este colegio de San Fernando

Creator:
Riobó, Juan
Call Number:
WA MSS S-837 R4761
Image Count:
12
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Juan Riobó's diary describes his 1779 expedition from San Blas, Mexico up the west coast of Baja California to discover a Northwest passage. The diary describes local Indians (without identifying them) and the terrain. This item appears to be a conte...
Description:
Fray Juan Riobó was chaplain of the frigates la Princesa and la Favorita on a voyage under the command of Ignacio Arteaga to discover a Northwest passage north of San Francisco.
Subject (Geographic):
Mendocino, Cape (Calif.), Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration, San Blas (Mexico), and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Riobo, Juan
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--California and Voyages and travels--History--19th century
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diario que escrivio el P.P. Fr. Juan Riobó missionero apostolico de este colegio de San Fernando de Mejico en el viage que hizo desde San Blas para el descubrimento del Paso del Norte, año de 1779.

4.
Four documents concerning the efforts of Reuben Ross to establish a colony in Texas.

Published / Created:
1826-1828
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1543 F825
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Four documents concerning the efforts of Reuben Ross to establish a colony on the Red River in Texas. The first, dated May 11, 1826, is by Juan Antonio Padilla, Secretary of the government of Coahuila and Texas, and advises the President of the Republ...
Description:
Purchased from Peter Decker on the William Robertson Coe Fund for Western Americana, 1968.
Subject (Geographic):
Red River (Tex.-La.) and Texas--Colonization
Subject (Name):
Cameron, John, fl. 1847, Coahuila and Texas (Mexico)--Governor (1826-1827 : Arizpe), Coahuila and Texas (Mexico)--Governor (1827-1830 : Viesca), Padilla, Juan Antonio -1839, Ross, Reuben, d. 1828, and Wavell, Arthur Goodall, 1785-1860
Subject (Topic):
Land grants--Texas
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Four documents concerning the efforts of Reuben Ross to establish a colony in Texas.

5.
Joseph Valliere Spanish land grant papers

Published / Created:
[ca. 1840-1841]
Call Number:
WA MSS S-2050 J774
Image Count:
15
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript copy in Spanish of a 1793 Spanish land grant by Louisiana Governor Francisco Louis Hector Carondelet to Don Joseph Valliere, and signed by Carlos Trudeau, Royal and Private Surveyor of the Province of Louisiana. The grant contains a map sh...
Description:
Joseph Valliere was a Captain in the Spanish Army and served in Louisiana; he died in 1799.
Subject (Name):
Bradley, W. A, Bringier, Louis, Louisiana.--Governor (1791-1797 : Carondelet), Louisiana.--Surveyor General's Office, Trudeau, Charles, Valliere, Joseph,---approximately 1799, Williams, H. H., and Wilson, John,--active 1841
Subject (Topic):
Land grants--Arkansas. and Land grants--Missouri.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Joseph Valliere Spanish land grant papers

6.
Letter to Juan de Palacios

Creator:
Ugarte, Juan de, 1662-1730
Published / Created:
1696 Aug 10
Call Number:
WA MSS S-846 Ug1
Image Count:
16
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
A letter written by the Jesuit Father Ugarte, a member of the College of Mexico, to Padre Provincial Palacios containing a detailed history on the early California missions. Ugarte claims the preceding padre provincials did not provide enough money an...
Description:
Gift of Frederick W. and Carrie S.Beinecke.
Subject (Name):
Jesuits--California and Ugarte, Juan de, 1662-1730
Subject (Topic):
Missions--California
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letter to Juan de Palacios

7.
Memoria sobre la provincia de Tejas, y sus misiones, su situacion infeliz, y medios que pueden

Creator:
Frejes, Francisco, 1784-1845
Published / Created:
1821 November 16
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1614:4
Collection Title:
Documents relating to Texas and Mexico
Image Count:
28
Abstract:
Manuscript, probably a copy, signed twice by Frejes, to Anastasio Bustamante, Captain General of the Provincias Internas. Frejes summarizes events of the last few years in Texas, especially the Indian wars. He criticizes the Spanish government for not...
Description:
Bound in a volume titled Documents relating to Texas and Mexico. For a full description of the volume, search by call number: WA MSS S-1614.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico--Government--Administration, Mexico--Politics and government--1821-1861, and Texas--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Frejes, Francisco,--1784-1845
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Missions--Texas and Indians of North America--Wars--Texas
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Memoria sobre la provincia de Tejas, y sus misiones, su situacion infeliz, y medios que pueden adoptarse para su prosperidad : Zacatecas, : manuscript, 1821 Nov 16.

8.
Noticias de Nutca, por Don José Moziño, botanico de la expedicion de N.E. y la delimites al norte

Creator:
Moziño, José Mariano, 1757-1820?
Published / Created:
1793
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1514
Image Count:
90
Abstract:
Manuscript, possibly autograph, of Moziño's account of the Nootka expedition, later published as Noticias de Nutka. In twelve chapters, the work describes the discovery and locations of the Nootka and details their social life and customs, government...
Alternative Title:
Noticias de Nutka.
Description:
Don José Mariano Moziño Suárez de Figueroa, botanist appointed as naturalist to the 1792 Expedición de Limites al Norte de California by Viceroy Revilla-Gigedo. He later collaborated with Martin de Sessé on his Plantae Novae Hispaniae and Flora M...
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest Coast of North America--Discovery and exploration--American
Subject (Name):
Gray, Robert,--1755-1806
Subject (Topic):
Nootka Indians
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Noticias de Nutca, por Don José Moziño, botanico de la expedicion de N.E. y la delimites al norte de Californias. año de 1793.

9.
Noticias de la exploracion del Norte de Californias, executado en este presente año del 1788, 1789

Published / Created:
1789 June 28
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1541 N843
Image Count:
3
Abstract:
Description of a voyage by the ships Princesa and San Carlos, commanded by Esteban José Martínez and Gonzalo Lopez de Maro, along theCalifornia coast to the Russian settlements. The report notes that the ships called at Santiago, Trinidad, and Unala...
Description:
Typewritten English translation also available.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska--Discovery and exploration, California--Description and travel, Northwest Coast of North America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish, and Unalaska (Alaska)
Subject (Name):
Lopez de Haro, Gonzalo, Martínez, Esteban José,--1742-1798, Princesa (Ship), and San Carlos (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Russians--California
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Noticias de la exploracion del Norte de Californias, executado en este presente año del 1788, 1789 Jun 28.

10.
Presidio reports

Creator:
California Governor (1782-1790 : Fages)
Published / Created:
1788
Call Number:
WA MSS S-673 C128
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Detailed reports on the presidios at Santa Barbara (WA MSS S-673;C128) and San Diego (WA MSS S-674;C128) noting supplies and personnel, and commenting on horsemanship, discipline, and the performance of the officers. Both items completely digitized.
Subject (Geographic):
San Diego (Calif.)--History
Subject (Name):
California Governor (1782-1790 : Fages) and Soler, Nicolas
Subject (Topic):
Missions--California--Santa Barbara
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Presidio reports

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