Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Administrative Information
Scope and Content
Partial List of Correspondents and/or Signers of Documents
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Manuel de Jesús Castro Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1836-1863
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 483
Creator: Castro, Manuel de Jesús, 1821-
Extent:
Number of containers: 3 boxes
Repository: The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please
consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: 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.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in Spanish
Information for Researchers
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Collection is open for research.
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Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or
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publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Manuel de Jesús Castro papers, BANC MSS C-B 483, The Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Related Collections
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Forms part of the Robert Ernest Cowan Collection.
Scope and Content
This collection of documents supplements the collection of Castro papers obtained by H. H. Bancroft. It
contains materials relating to family and business matters, especially transactions involving cattle and
land. Also included are papers relating to the estate of Josi Simesn Juan Nepomuceno Castro and
documents concerning Manuel Castro's military command in Baja California. The provenance of the papers
is uncertain; they may have been part of the Cowan Collection. The documents, housed in three boxes, are
arranged chronologically, with the exception of some accounts and land papers in Box 3 which have been
placed in related groups. A calendar of the documents and an index of correspondents and/or signers of
documents follow.
Partial List of Correspondents and/or Signers of Documents
Abadie, Carlos
Folder no. 60
Abrego, José, 1813-1878
Folder no. 261
Adams & Co.
Folder no. 332
Aguilar, Gabino, 1816-
Folder no. 73
Aguirre, José Antonio, 1793-1854
Folder no. 325
Alirre, Agustín
Folder no. 310
Almonte, Juan Nepomuceno, 1803-1869
Folder no. 15
Alvarado, Juan
Folder no. 127
Alvarado, Juan Bautista, 1809-1882
Folders no. 9,
188,
230,
250
Alvarado, Tomása (Pico)
Folders no. 66,
69,
226
Alvarez, Santa María
Folder no. 314
Alzina, F.
Folder no. 104
Amador, Loreto
Folder no. 118
Ames, John Judson, 1821-1861
Folder no. 111
Arana, Francisco
Folder no. 145
Arce, Francisco Casimiro, 1821-1878
Folder no. 196,
206,
211,
273,
342
Arce, José Ignacio
Folder no. 88
Arce, Ventura
Folders no. 45,
47,
65
Argüello, Luis Antonio
Folder no. 133
Argüello, Santiago, 1791-1862
Folders 97,
128
Argüello, Santiago E., 1813-1857
Folders 28,
46,
89
Avila, Miguel, 1796-1874
Folders 229,
252,
267
Ayala, Juan Nepomuceno, 1814-
Folder no. 25
Bandini, Juan, 1800-1859
Folder no. 85
Berreyesa, José de los Santos
Folder no. 208
Berreyesa, María Zacarías (Bernal) (Mrs. José de los Reyes
Berreyesa)
Folder no. 155,
256
Bona, Tomás
Folder no. 59,
113,
117,
119,
122-123,
132,
174
Botiller, María de la Luz (Morales) (Mrs. José Antonio Botiller)
Folder no. 49
Buelna, María Joséfa
Folder no. 184
Cantua, Juan Ignacio
Folder no. 183
Carrera, Rodolfo
Folder no. 157
Castillo, Loreto
Folder no. 162
Castillo Negrete, Francisco Javier del
Folder no. 110,
139
Castro, Francisco, 1832-
Folder no. 237,
278
Castro, José, 1810-1860
Folder no. 107,
338
Castro, José Antonio, 1830
Folder no. 102,
167,
232,
340
Castro, José Francisco
Folder no, 340
Castro, Juan Bautista, 1835-
Folder no. 340
Castro, Manuel, 1824-1853
Folder no. 328
Castro, Manuel de Jesús, 1821-
Folder no. 10-12,
42,
51-52,
55,
64,
78,
80-81,
148-149,
235,
253,
257,
262,
279,
294,
296 -298,
301,
303,
316,
317,
319-321,
323,
335,
337,
339-341,
343-344
Castro, Manuel R.
Folder no. 114
Castro, María Antonia (Pico), d. 1884 (Mrs. José Simeón Juan
Nepomuceno Castro)
Folder no. 116,
152,
337
Cervantes, A. León
Folder no. 182
Chabolla, Antonio, 1804-
Folder no. 299
Cháves, José Antonio
Folders no. 29,
125,
175-176,
178,
212
Clarke, J.
Folder no. 284
Cleveland, W. W.
Folder no. 331
Coronel, Antonio Francisco, 1817-1893
Folder no. 58
Cory & Spencer
Folder no. 332
Cuevas, Joséfa
Folder no. 50
Cuevas, Laureana
Folder no. 50
Dean, E. S.
Folder no. 332
Díaz, Benito
Folder no. 295
Díaz, Manuel, 1810-
Folder no. 40,
54,
59,
117,
210
Domínguez, Santiago
Folder no. 56
Dutra de Vargas, Manuel, 1822-
Folder no. 266,
330
Dye, Job Francis, 1805-1883
Folder no. 326
Escamilla, Blas A.
Folder no. 217
Espinosa, Carlos
Folder no. 82,
90
Espinosa, José Luciano
Folder no. 41,
43
Espinosa, Rafael
Folder no. 19
Estrada, José Ramón, 1811-1845[?]
Folder no. 1-2
Ezquer, Ignacio, 1818-
Folder no. 334
Fisher, George
Folder no. 218,
222
Fisher, L.
Folder no. 333
Flores, José María, d. 1866[?]
Folder no. 322
Flores, Rosalía
Folder no. 30
Fourcade, Jean
Folder no. 105
Franklin, Lewis A.
Folder no. 144
Fuentes, Jesús
Folder no. 117
Gailhard, Frères
Folder no. 332
Gallagher, Edward
Folder no. 187,
189
García, Francisco
Folder no. 183,
259
Garner, William Robert, 1803-1849
Folder no. 3-4,
6,
325-326
Garwood, George M.
Folder no. 79
Gastelum, Francisco Xavier
Folder no. 86,
91,
134,
140
Gliddon, George Robins, 1809-1857
Folder no. 199
Gómez, Vicente Perfecto, 1824-1884
Folder no. 16,
165,
168,
185,
202,
264,
318
González, José Rafael
Folder no. 31,
326
González, Luis
Folder no. 104
González, Teodoro, 1806-1880[?]
Folder no. 7,
288
Graham, Isaac, d. 1863
Folder no. 344
Gregory, D. S.
Folder no. 154
Hamilton, James, d. 1858
Folder no. 32
Hepburn, H. P.
Folder no. 317
Hidalgo, Manuel S.
Folder no. 101
Honsemberger, Peter
Folder no. 92,
115,
117,
172
Howard, William Davis Merry, 1819-1856
Folder no. 330
Howard & Kemp
Folder no. 332
Hugues, Maríano
Folder no. 240
Huse, Charles E.
Folder no. 160
Islas, Jesús
Folder no. 239
Jofré, Javier
Folder no. 333
Johnson, U. S.
Folder no. 331
Jouan, Auguste
Folder no. 76
Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858
Folder no. 325,
327,
329-330
Lataillade, Cesáreo, 1819-1849
Folder no. 325
Laurent, Victorine
Folder no. 263,
280,
293
Lawton, Charles W.
Folder no. 61
Leguizamont, M.
Folder no. 270
Lerega, C.
Folder no. 115,
124
López, Francisco
Folder no. 286
Losa, Carlos
Folder no. 59,
75,
120-121
Lucero, Dolores
Folder no. 59
Luco, José L.
Folder no. 311
McFarland, J. P.
Folder no. 331
Machado, Juan
Folder no. 63
McKinlay, Garrioch & Co.
Folder no. 331
Magruder, John Bankhead, 1810-1871
Folder no. 130
Maldonado, José María, 1798-
Folder no. 1
Maldonado, Juan
Folder no. 53
Mansilla y Gamboa, Agustín
Folder no. 93
Marriott & Wheeler, San Francisco
Folder no. 307
Marrón, Juan María d. 1856
Folder no. 74
Martínez, Máximo, 1790-
Folder no. 99
Mayer, J.
Folder no. 331
Mayoralgo, Potenciano
Folder no. 24
Mendivil, Ramón
Folder no. 312,
340
Mendoza, Juan Bautista
Folder no. 61,
126
Merritt, Josiah
Folder no. 26,
106,
136,
141,
161,
340,
344
Micheltorena, Manuel, d. 1853
Folder no. 341
Moerenhout, Jacques Antoine, 1796-1879
Folder no. 304
Montenegro, Eugenio
Folder no. 243,
325
Monterey Co., Calif. Sheriff
Folder no. 100
Monza, Joaquín
Folder no. 166
Moreno, José Matías, 1817-1869
Folder no. 58,
70,
219
Morillo, Basilia
Folder no. 22
Muñoz, Petra
Folder no. 238
Neilson, José R.
Folder no. 223
Nieto, Juan de Dios
Folder no. 33
Osuna, Julio
Folder no. 84
Pacific Express Company
Folder no. 333
Packard, Albert
Folder no. 170,
181,
186,
200,
233
Paredes, Eugenio
Folder no. 36
Perdiguel, Francisco
Folder no. 38
Pérez Vidal, Andrés
Folder no. 245
Pico, Adrés, 1810-1876
Folder no. 203,
275
Pico, Antonio María, 1808-1869
Folder no. 159,
163,
169,
173,
177,
179,
192,
194,
197-198,
201,
204-205,
207,
209,
213-214,
220-221,
224,
228,
231,
248,
251,
265,
268,
271,
274,
282-283,
285,
289-290,
302,
306,
309,
343
Pico, Francisco
Folder no. 292,
300,
305
Pico, José de Jesús, 1807-
Folder no. 129,
242
Ramírez, Anastasio
Folder no. 131
Ramírez, Juan, 1807-
Folder no. 83
Rico, Francisco, 1820[?]-
Folder no. 215,
236,
241,
247-247,
340-341
Ríos, Santiago
Folder no. 58
Roach, William, d. 1866
Folder no. 331
Rodríguez, Gerónima
Folder no. 23
Rodríguez, Manuel
Folder no. 281
Rodríguez, Sebastián;, 1786-ca. 1854
Folder no. 18
Roldán, Joséfa (Castro)
Folder no. 20-21
Romero, José E.
Folder no. 104
Romero, Maríano
Folder no. 161
Rosa Villavicencio, José
Folder no. 72
Ruiz, María Salvadora
Folder no. 62
Ruiz Escajadillo, J.
Folder no. 138
Ryan, Francisco E.
Folder no. 135
St. Francis Hotel
Folder no. 332-333
St. Francis Restaurant
Folder no. 333
Saiz, José Domingo
Folder no. 87,
96,
112
Salinas, María Lorenza
Folder no. 39
San Diego Herald
Folder no. 111
San Francisco Herald
Folder no. 333
Sánchez, Antonia M.
Folder no. 225
Sánchez, Rafael
Folder no. 48,
67,
71,
142,
216,
249,
254,
258,
260,
269,
272,
291,
344
Sasuete, Domingo
Folder no. 13-14
Sawyer, Frederic A.
Folder no. 277
Sepúlveda, José, 1802-1875
Folder no. 227
Sepúlveda, José Dolores
Folder no. 255
Serrano, José Antonio
Folder no. 137
Shaw, Thomas, d. ca. 1866
Folder no. 325
Soberanes, Francisco
Folder no. 336
Soberanes, Maríano G.
Folder no. 340
Soberanes, Tomás Antonio
Folder no. 57
Soto, Francisco
Folder no. 5
Soto, Manuel
Folder no. 150
Sotomayor, Vicente
Folder no. 44
Spence, David, 1798-1875
Folder no. 8,
326,
329
Spooner, Samuel B.
Folder no. 94,
95,
98
Stokes, James
Folder no. 325
Tehama House
Folder no. 331-332
Thompson, Alpheus Basil, 1795-1869
Folder no. 325
Tomásevich, Pedro
Folder no. 190
Townsend, Narcissa
Folder no. 151
Tracy, Peter
Folder no. 344
U. S. Commission for Ascertaining and Settling Private Land Claims in California
Folder no. 218,
222
Urquidez, Tomás
Folder no. 244
Valdés, Juan
Folder no. 276
Vallejo, Maríano Guadalupe, 1807-1890
Folder no. 287
Vargas, Anastasio
Folder no. 328
Vázquez, Bernardino
Folder no. 327
Vázquez, Pedro
Folder no. 328
Vera, Braulio
Folder no. 180
Vidal, J. P.
Folder no. 68
Villavicencio, Rudesindo
Folder no. 77
Wall, Isaac B.
Folder no. 327
Watson, James, 1803-1863
Folder no. 325,
329-330
Watson, John H.
Folder no. 195
Wierzbicki, Felix Paul, 1815-1860
Folder no. 398
Wilkins, Henry
Folder no. 317
Zaldo, Ramón de
Folder no. 108-109,
146,
153,
156,
158,
164,
171,
234
Zúñiga, Tomás
Folder no. 17