Citations from September 1958
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Articles in this issue:
New Light on California's First Jury Trial
William Curtis, Pioneer Merchant (part 3)
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Rev. T. J. and Mrs. Barkle
Name: Rev. T. J. and Mrs. Barkle
Years: 1957
Notes: owner, "museum on Polk Street" (58Sep, 7)
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Rev. Walter Colton, alcade
Name: Rev. Walter Colton
alcade
Illustration: 80Apr, 1
Notes: published travel books 1835-36, author of Three Years in California (81Jun, 7; 00Apr, 2); served as alcade and sole magistrate from June 28, 1846, with appointment confirmed by popular election Sep. 15 (94Mar, 2), to October 1848 (59Sep, 2); chaplain in Navy (61Jun, 4; "appointed 1831" 94Mar, 2); on ship Congress of Commodore Robert Stockton in Pacific 1845 (94Mar, 2), on ship of Commodore Sloat (64Jun, 3; 70Jun, 10); co-owner of "Californian" newspaper with Semple (64Jun, 3); role in first Monterey public library (75Jun, 9); "the Colton Adobe Jail" (94Mar, 2); b. VT 1797, d. Philadelphia 1851, ordained Congregational church 1825 after seminary (94Mar, 2)
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Robert F. Stockton, commodore
Name: Robert F. Stockton
commodore
Notes: and U.S. senator from California; replaced by Commodore Sloat July 23, 1846 (59Sep, 2)
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Robert Hasty Thomes, juror
Name: Robert Hasty Thomes
juror
Years: 1846
Notes: mention (85Mar, 7) in errata from Part I of "Saint Catherine's Convent of Monterey" article; and juror Graham-Rosillion trial
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Rodriquez & Osio Store (sic? or Rodriguez & Osio?)
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Rodriquez & Osio Store (sic? or Rodriguez & Osio?)
Illustration: 58Sep, 6
Notes: orig. Curtis & Conover Store, first brick store (74Mar, 1); and Smith & Bardin Store; and "Rodriguez-Osio adobe on Alvarado Street where California's first constitution was actually signed by many delegates" (62Dec, 8l; mention of adobe 74Mar, 1); and Urban Renewal Agency to preserve (66Sep, 7; 73Mar, 6)
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rustling, horse and cattle
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Notes: rustler; "old reward sign" with signatures and pictures of cattlemen's brands 1890s (63Sep, 3)
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S. B. Gordon bondsman
Name: S. B. Gordon
bondsman
Notes: of Wm. Curtis; home next to Colton Hall (73Mar, 2)
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Salinas
Place Name: Salinas
Notes: the "Queen City of Monterey County" (96Mar, 2); "Salinas City" (Stevenson; 86Dec, 7); Salinas High School (84Jun, 4); "Plains of Salinas" (57Sep, 3) and "Salinas plains" (58Sep, 5; 66Dec, 3) and "the great Salinas plain" (90Jun, 9); and 1906 earthquake (79Jun, 4); aka "Saloonas" ca. 1913 (93Sum, 3); and Civic Club (93Sum, 3); county jail, 1911-1968 (94Mar, 10)
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San Miguel de Allende (Mexico)
Place Name: San Miguel de Allende (Mexico)
Notes: and Mary Greene
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San Simeon
Place Name: San Simeon
Notes: and port (57Sep, 6); and bay (57Dec, 2); tours (58Sep, 8; see also "Hearst"); 90-page booklet "Fabulous San Simeon" from California Historical Society (59Mar, 4)
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Santa Cruz, CA
Place Name: Santa Cruz, CA
Notes: city; Sta Cruz in Meadows story (61Sep, 5); Bayview Elementary School, and Mission Hill Junior High School Gymnasium, Santa Cruz, and Stanton (94Jun, 5)
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Simpson Conover - owner first brick building, Monterey
Name: Simpson Conover
businessman, postmaster
Edifice:
owner first brick building, Monterey
Years: 1857
Illustration: 58Sep, 6
Notes: partners Curtis & Conover (w/ "Wm. Curtis" 60Sep, 3); fourth U.S. postmaster, succeeding Curtis 1861
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Smith & Bardin Store
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Smith & Bardin Store
Illustration: 58Sep, 6
Notes: orig. Curtis & Conover Store; later Rodriquez & Osio Store (sic? or Rodriguez & Osio?); "Wm. Bardin's store on lower Alvarado" (73Mar, 5)
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Society of California Pioneers
Entity: Society of California Pioneers
Years: 1896
Notes: also "California Pioneer Society" (59Dec, 8)
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Spain
Place Name: Spain
Notes: country; also "Spanish destroyers" warships 1957, S.N.S. Almirante Ferandez and S.N.S. Lepanto (57Jun, 6; 57Sep, 8); "original Monterey, a castle in old Spain" (60Mar, 7); Spanish-American War 1898 (64Sep, 1-7); and map 1746 (65Dec, 4); music of 13th-century Spain (75Sep, 17)
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stage coach, stagecoach, stage stop
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Notes: "write to him by Tuesday's stage" 1911 (77Mar, 5); "old stagecoach road [Jolon]" (82Dec; 94Dec, 5)
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supercargo
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Notes: of ship (owners' representative, business agent); at Graham-Rosillion jury trial (58Sep, 3); on Paty's ship 1842, William Davis (91Jun, 8, 10; 91Sep, 4)
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Talbot Green, juror
Name: Talbot Green
juror
Years: 1846
Notes: juror Graham-Rosillion trial
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Ted Durein, president and honorary lifetime director
Name: Ted Durein
MHAA president and honorary lifetime director
Years: 1969
Notes: purchase of St. James Mission Church for $1.00; "Mr. Red Durein"? (85Mar, 8); to MHAA Garden Committee 1962; first Vice President 1967; president 1971-73 (71Dec, 31; 72Mar, 8); honorary lifetime director (75Dec, 31)
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The Californian, newspaper
Work Title: The Californian, newspaper
Years: 1846
Illustration: 81Jun, 1
Notes: California's first paper, from Aug. 15, 1846 (02Feb, 21), to May 6, 1847 in Monterey, then to SF; merged w/ California Star (re: Semple); "Monterey Californian in December 1879" (66Sep, 3)
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Thomas O. Larkin, consul
Name: Thomas O. Larkin
consul
Notes: "merchant and real estate investor"; first and only U.S. consul to Mexico (Apr. 2, 1844, to June 23, 18546; 64Jun, 3); "Thomas D. Larkin" (87Jun, 5); "Mrs. Larkin and children" (81Mar, 5); half brother Capt. John B. R. Cooper (63Mar, 6); nominated to first legislature 1847 (60Sep, 5); correspondent to New York Sun (81Jun, 6); mistakenly referred to as "Oliver O. Larkin" (90Mar, 8-11) and referred to as "Oliver Larkin" (91Mar, 12) and "Thos. O'Larkin" (02Feb, 12)
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Three Years in California
Work Title: Three Years in California
Notes: book, by Colton; SUP edition 1949; edition ed. Davis and Judy Dutton, Ballantine, 1974 (91Mar, 12; 91Dec, 12)
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Upper California
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Years: 1834, 1869
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Vincent Bonnete, witness
Name: Vincent Bonnete
witness
Years: 1846
Notes: at Graham-Rosillion first jury trial
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Watsonville
Place Name: Watsonville
Notes: and Curtis family (58Sep, 6); mention of "railroad between Salinas and Watsonville" 1892 (75Dec, 29)
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William
Name: Rumsey
judge
Notes: mention of Florence Rumsey, "daughter of Judge Rumsey" (58Sep, 7); district judge (99Oct?) and county judge (75Jun, 10)
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William Buckle, supercargo of ship
Name: William Buckle
supercargo of ship
Years: 1846
Notes: at Graham-Rosillion jury trial
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William Curtis, pioneer, county treasurer, postmaster
Name: William Curtis
pioneer, deputy collector, county treasurer, postmaster
Notes: b. 1824, Kentucky; came west 1846 (75Jun, 10); living in hotel managed by Richards 1850 (60Sep, 2); m. unknown (Spanish, d. 1853 in childbirth, daughter Mary); m. Lydia Jane Rucker 1854, ten children; d. 1875; first term as county treasurer from 1854 ["in the mid 1860s" incorrect; 75Jun, 10], second term 1864-66; third U.S. postmaster of Monterey, 1855-1861; also member of first tax-supported school board 1853-54; deputy collector ca. 1853; responsible for all federal buildings in Monterey and vicinity, including Cuartel, ca. 1858; after business failure, family remained in Watsonville; "official agent of the Quartermaster's Department of the U.S. Army" and as such "had charge of the Military Reserve (present Presidio) all building thereon, and of the Cartel, etc." (75Jun, 10)
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William G. Marcy postmaster, Monterey
Name: William G. Marcy
postmaster, Monterey
Notes: first U.S. postmaster in Monterey, succeeded by Randall
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William H. "Owl" Russell, collector
Name: William H. "Owl" Russell
collector
Years: 1853
Notes: of Kentucky; preceded Isaac Wall; friend of Henry Clay, appointee of Fremont; "Col." (58Jun, 7); and deputy collector Curtis (58Sep, 5); "Col." "emigrant train leader, crony of Fremont's, politician, port collector" (63Jun, 3)
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William R. Garner, clerk, writer - Journal of Commerce
Name: William R. Garner
clerk, writer
Work Title: Journal of Commerce
Years: 1847
Notes: "expatriate Englishman" and "whaler, lumberman, rancher, miner, long-time Monterey resident, participant in revolutions, sheriff of Monterey, and secretary to Colton," m. Mariá [sic] Francisca Butron (83Dec, 2); Rancho Natividad (83Dec, 2); d. 1849 in Sierra Nevada "by an Indian arrow" (81Jun, 7); became Mexican citizen and spoke Spanish (59Sep, 2); secretary to pursar [purser?] of Cyane, Rodman Price (81Jun, 7); clerk (? 58Sep, 1) or secretary and interpreter (58Dec, 3; 59Jun, 1; 66Jun, 2) to alcade Colton; aka "W.R.G." and "W.G." (81Jun, 6-7); nickname "Patas Largas" or "Long Shanks" and "that convict Garner" (59Jun, 1); "William Robert Garner's Letters from California 1846-47" (UC Press w/ help of MHAA; 70Sep, 23; 02Win, 29); and contributor to Californian, "Los Pastores" article 1847 (81Jun, 7); contract with Thomas O. Larkin (83Dec, 2)
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William, Don Guillermo (W. E. P., W.E.P.) Hartnell
Name: William, Don Guillermo (W. E. P., W.E.P.) Hartnell
Notes: "duties as translator" 1830s (68Mar, 33); and juror Graham-Rosillion trial; "Englishman, with neither wealth nor fame, founded the first English speaking school of higher education" in California (64Jun, 4); "William Hartnell"; "William Edward Petty Hartnell" (68Mar, 37); wife Maria Teresa de la Guerra y Noriega, twenty-five children (67Mar, 2; 82Jun, 7); and first library (68Mar, 33); "their lovely Monterey home" (82Jun, 6)
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Winston family
Name: Winston
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Years: 1912
Notes: remodeled, 1912, orig. Curtis & Conover first brick building
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