Brewing; California--History--1800-1845; Diversity; Liquors; Mexican Americans; Mission Period; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
1-page manuscript in Spanish concerning production of brandy. Paraphrased in English, the document reads: "To Sub-prefect, 2nd Division, San Jose. Acknowledges receipt of a complaint about widespread distillation of strong liquors from grain...
California--History--1800-1845; Diversity; License system--California; Liquors; Mexican Americans; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--Sheriff's Dept.; People;
1841 Annual Report on Liquor Licenses, Pueblo of San Jose.
California--History--1800-1850; Diversity; Indians of North America ; Mission Period; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
August 3, 1808 document from Jose Maria Estudillo in Monterey to the Commissioner of the town of San Jose. Estudillo urges kindness and fair treatment of the "heathen" Indians who are to be brought in to help with the current harvest,...
California--History--1800-1850; Diversity; Mexican Americans; Mission Period; Mission Santa Clara; Pacheco, Dolores; Palomares, Francisco; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Document dated October 14, 1841 from Jose R. Estrada, Monterey to the Sub-prefect in San Jose. The document acknowledges receipt of a petition from Dolores Pacheco and Francisco Palomares regarding living conditions for neophytes released from the...
College students; Drawings; Education; Mexican Americans; Newspapers; People; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life; University of Santa Clara
El Estudiante del Pueblo was published by the newspaper committee of the student organization, El Frente Estudiantil. El Frente, established in 1968, is the Chicano student organization at Santa Clara University.
Documents; Ordinances, Municipal--California--San Jose; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Handwritten, undated document marked "Ordinance No. 2 from No. 1 to 8, marked on the Journal as No.2." Ordinance describes several criminal activities, including galloping "his or their horses through the Streets of this Town";...
Diversity; Mexican Americans; People; Peralta, Luis; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Taxation; Tithes;
Itemized account, dated November 30, 1816, of tithes collected in kind and cash for the year. Items covered include wheat, corn, beans, other farm products, cattle, and sheep. Producers and amounts involved are listed. Signed by Luis Peralta, San...
Diversity; Imprisonment; Indians of North America; Mission Period; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
May 3, 1809 document from Jose Maria Estudillo in Monterey to the Commissioner of the town of San Jose, discussing the capture of a fugitive Native American named Secundino who has been charged with several thefts, and is a suspect in a rape case....
Land; Maps; San Jose (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Photograph of 1866 map of the Pueblo Lands of San Jose, "surveyed under the instructions of the U.S. Surveyor General." From Frederic Hall's 1871 History of San Jose.
Alcaldes; Elections; Dimmish, K. H.; Political conventions
Public notice and sample ballot, in both English and Spanish, for August election of five delegates for the convention at Monterey. Signed July 4, 1849 by K. H. Dimmish, Alcalde, Pueblo de San Jose.
Catalá, Magin; Domingo; Gertrudis; Juan Gualtero; Lucina; Maria Navidad; Martin; Ovidio; Prima; Quiteria; Viader, Jose; Viader, José; Zaqueo; [Espi], Jose de la Cruz
Records of baptisms performed at Mission Santa Clara between 1777 and 1850
Ambrosia; Catalá, Magin; Columba; Eleuterio; Josefa Antonia; Macrina; Magina; Maria Monsarrate; Maria de Jesus; Pedro Juan; Sanchez, Francisco Miguel; Viader, Jose; Viader, José; Vicente
Records of baptisms performed at Mission Santa Clara between 1777 and 1850