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1912 - The Missions And Missionaries Of California, Vol. Ii, Upper California, Part I, General History, Zephyrin Engelhardt
Franciscan Publications
Volume II was a general accounting of the missions and missionaries in Upper California. Section I addressed the establishment and administration of the missions by Fr. Junípero Serra. Section II covered the administration of Fr. Fermín Francisco de Lasuén and Fr. Estevan Tapis. The author posited that the real object of the conquest and occupation of Alta California was not the establishment of the Catholic faith in California but rather to fund expeditions and secure the land from the Russians and others who were making expeditions in the region. Engelhardt's evidence was the fact that the Spanish government seized and …
1913 - The Missions And Missionaries Of California, Vol. Iii, Upper California, Part Ii, General History, Zephyrin Engelhardt
Franciscan Publications
Volume III, Section I of Engelhardt's series on California missions covers largely the period of 1812 through 1830 addressing the challenges and difficulties facing the missionaries including the scarcity of resources and labor. He described the invasion of Monterey and other ports in Upper California by Hipólte Bouchard in 1818. Section II covers the period of 1830 through 1836 and the secularization of the missions by the Mexican government during which time the missionaries held their posts until either death or the government relieved them of the responsibility of protecting the neophytes against "white rapacity" and the destruction of the …
1904 - California And Its Missions - Their History To The Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Vol. Ii, Bryan J. Clinch
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
Clinch wrote a two-volume, extensive history on the early development of the lower and upper California missions. In Volume II, the author, a well-known San Francisco architect, described the principal events beginning with the founding of the California missions of Alta California.
1790 - An Historical Journal Of The Expeditions By Sea And Land To The North Of California In 1768, 1769 And 1770, Translated
Miscellaneous Publications – Spanish
An English translation published in 1790 of a Spanish journal of expeditions by sea and land to the north of California (Alta California) in 1768, 1769 and 1770. Also included is a description of the coast of California published in a Treatise of Navigation printed in Manila in 1734. A map of California by Don Miguel Costanso, the Engineer for the expedition was attached at the end of the translaton.
1885 - History Of California, Volume 1 Theodore Henry Hittell
1885 - History Of California, Volume 1 Theodore Henry Hittell
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
Volume I details the discovery of California, Coretes' expedition to California, including the voyage and discoveries of Francisco de Ulloa, expedition of Coronado to Cibola and Quivira, discovery of Alta California by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the Philippines trade, Francis Drake, New Albion, Thomas Cavendish, Woodes Rogers, Privateersman Captain George Shelvocke, governors of California; Mexican independence from Spain, Northwest-Coast fur trade, overland expeditions and explorations to the West, Indian religion and superstitions.
1885 - History Of California, Volume 2, Theodore Henry Hittell
1885 - History Of California, Volume 2, Theodore Henry Hittell
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
Hittell devotes the first portion of Volume 2 to the Mexican Governors of California including Pablo Vicente de Sola, Luis Antonio Arguello, Jose Maria de Echeandia, Manuel Victoria, Pio Pico, Jose Figueroa, Mariano Chico, Nicolas Gutierrez. Juan Bautista Alvarado, Jose Manuel Micheltorena, Hittell also describes the people and circumstances leading up to the war between the United States and Mexico: John C. Fremont, Bear Flag Revolution, Texas Revolution, and Florida Treaty. The final portion of Hittell's book addressed the social and cultural aspects of life in Alta California, missionaries, physical geography, geology, botany and zoology of Alta California, Americans in …
1889 - Sixty Years In California, William Heath Davis
1889 - Sixty Years In California, William Heath Davis
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
The author, who arrived in Alta California in 1831, wrote about his extended experience as it related to the manners and customs of the people, their methods of trade, of social and political history of the Mexican government and of its successor, the Territory and then State of California, The book covers 60 years of history of events and life in California; the personal, political and military, under the Mexican Regime, during the quasi-military government of the Territory by the United States, and after the Admission of California into the Union. While the 63 chapters cover a broad and detailed …
1901 - The Transition Period Of California From A Province Of Mexico In 1846 To A State Of The American Union In 1850
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
A detailed description of events that transpired from 1846 when to 1850 when California became a state of the United States of America. The author gives a brief account of peoples already living in California and events preceding the war with Mexico. He discusses efforts by other countries to get a foothold in California, the war with Mexico, the treaty, the conventions held to establish California first as a territory and then as a state.
1891 - Life In California During A Residence Of Several Years In That Territory, Alfred Robinson
1891 - Life In California During A Residence Of Several Years In That Territory, Alfred Robinson
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
The personal observations of Alfred Robinson of the Spanish rule and more detailed descriptions under Mexican rule of Alta California were originally published in 1846. The 1891 updated version Included is an appendix that describing the events that transpired after the period when California was an independent government, thought not yet recognized as such by Mexico. He also included an addition at the end of his book entitled, Reminisces of 1829.
1910 - A Mission Record Of The California Indians; Putnam, Kroeber
1910 - A Mission Record Of The California Indians; Putnam, Kroeber
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
The Mission Record of the California Indians was in response to a list of questions sent to Alta California in 1811 by the Spanish government of Mexico. The “interrogatorio” was answered at the various missions, the replies collected and prefaced by the president of the mission with a short general statement or abstract of the answers received to each question and then presumably forwarded to Mexico with a copy retained in the archives of the Santa Barbara Mission.
1910 - A Mission Record Of The California Indians; Putnam, Kroeber
1910 - A Mission Record Of The California Indians; Putnam, Kroeber
Miscellaneous Publications
The Mission Record of the California Indians was in response to a list of questions sent to Alta California in 1811 by the Spanish government of Mexico. The “interrogatorio” was answered at the various missions, the replies collected and prefaced by the president of the mission with a short general statement or abstract of the answers received to each question and then presumably forwarded to Mexico with a copy retained in the archives of the Santa Barbara Mission.