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The John Drew Collection of Early California History of Monterey & San Jose continued...

Monterey - Early Documents & Letters continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
826   image(Monterey) 1847 (Nov. 22) Monterey Cal, U.S. Military Agreement with Toulomne Indians. Letter reading "Know all men by those present. That by and with the approval of the Governor. I do hereby authorize and direct Cornelius and Carlos, Chiefs of the Tawallame Tribe of Indians, to apprehend all Indians that they may find in the act of stealing and securing horses. And to take them the horses and to bring the Indians & Horses to this place. An that further, I will protect them and their property from any intrusion or trespass from any persons what so ever. And that by my direction, they are permitted and advised to build adobe houses- and to plow and cultivate the lands upon and between the rivers Tawallame, San Joaquin & Rio Merced. Given under my hand & seal this 22nd day of Nove. 1847, at Monterey, Upper California, Henry M. Neglee, Capt., First Dragoons, U.S. Army".
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

A REMARKABLE DOCUMENT THAT GIVES THE INDIANS USE OF A LARGE SWATH OF LAND INCLUDING PART OF YOSEMITE. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $2,400.00
Will close during Public Auction
827   image(Monterey) 1848 (Feb. 9) Monterey Cal, Governor's Appointment of Alcalde of San Jose. Blue Autograph Letter Signed reading "Know all men by these Present, That I, Richard B. Mason, Colonel 1st Regiment of Dragoons United States Army and Governor of California, by virtue of authority in me vested, do hereby appoint Dolores Pacheco 2nd Alcalde for and in the jurisdiction of the Pueblo de San Jose Upper California. Done at Monterey the Capital of California, this 9th day of February A.D. 1848 and the 72nd year of the Independence of the United States, R.B. Mason, Col. 1st Dragoons, Gov of California", red wax seal of Headquarters, First Dragoons, Very Fine.
Estimate; $500 - 750. (Image1)		 Est. $500-750
SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
828       image(Monterey) "Monterey, Cal., Sept 15. 1849". Dateline on folded letter from R.S. Garnett addressed to Captain W.G. Dana, Nepoma, N. Cal., carried by private messenger to San Luis Obispo, some interesting political content concerning the convention, "Dr. Semple of Benecia is the President of the Convention and Capt. Marcy of this place has been elected Secretary. They have acted so far with much harmony and good spirit…I think our friend stands about the best chance for the Governorship if he will accept it. There is much log-rolling for Gov. Senators and Representative in Congress; and there probably be a caucus for the purpose of nominating and settling these offices…I have been unable so far to learn what measures Com. Jones has taken to relieve my friends at the wreck, though I understand an express left this place on the 8th inst. with some communications from him for Capt. McCormick. The Com. will be here himself on Monday (the 17th) in the Savannah…Col. Fremont, who is now here, has been appointed, I understand, Commissioner to run the boundary line between us and Mexico in the place of Col. Weller. I regret this very much. It shows that they are probably not quite as well acquainted at Washington with the unwritten history of his operations out here as those who were here at the time…", the wreck referred to in this letter was the U.S. propeller Edith sent to San Pedro by Halleck to carry the delegates from So. California to the Convention; minor tape stains and address panel soiling, Fine.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

A WONDERFUL LETTER WRITTEN BY A DELEGATE TO THE 1849 CALIFORNIA CONVENTION.

The USS "Edith" was the second steamship to arrive in San Francisco, after the California and her arrival brought with it the news that the Congress had adjourned without organizing a territorial government in California. All that the Congress had done was to pass laws for distributing mail and collecting revenue taxes in California.
With this late but disappointing news, the Army decided on June 3, 1849 to convene a constitutional convention in Monterey for the purpose of forming a government in California. Election of delegates took place on August 1, 1849. Delegates were to assemble at Monterey on September 1, 1849. The Edith was dispatched in mid-August to San Diego to pick up the delegates between there and Monterey. The Fremont reference is in regards to: During the Mexican-American War, Frémont, a major in the U.S. Army, took control of California from the California Republic in 1846. Frémont then proclaimed himself military Governor of California; however, for that he was convicted in court martial for mutiny and insubordination. The writer, Robert S. Garnette designed the Great Seal of the State of California that was accepted at the Convention. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
829   image(Monterey) 1850 (Mar. 2) Monterey Cal., Recorded Deed for Land Parcel. 4 pg. land document headed "Municipality of Monterey, State of California" with intaglio "Alcaldis Office, Monterey" circular handstamp, signed by "Philip A. Roach" Alcalde of Monterey, Very Fine and rare handstamp.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)		 Est. $300-400
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
Monterey - Postal Usages
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
830       image(Monterey) "Monterey 7 Feb. 1828". Dateline on folded letter from Pioneer David Spence to William G. Dana at Santa Barbara, bold strike of Mexican "2" reales due handstamp for delivery charge, letter was between two thirty year old unmarried sailors in the trading business, reading in part "I have heard that you at last been able to settle every thing respecting your [future] marrage; which I am very glad of…The D-d schooner sailed about two weeks ago for San Francisco in persuit of rigging or some bloody thing. I am fully in the believe that Reeves wants to pass the winter in some port at your expense for the exactions is not as they ought to be in my openion…If ever you freight your Schooner again, try and get a supercargo of some kind and sense and consideration to burn him…I am half thinking to ask a girl here myself. What would you advise me to do? Whether is better to turn Christian or seduce her, the latter in my openion is best…Mulligan is attempting to die this last month, but is like to get over it…", signed "David Spence"; cover tear, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate; $3,000 - 4,000.

THE EARLIEST CALIFORNIA LETTER WRITTEN IN ENGLISH WITH A POSTMARK.

Monterey was the Capitol and principal port of Spanish California. Sailors from many nations deserted when their ships anchored at Monterey. The economy in 1828 was centered around cattle. The "Hide and Tallow trade" flourished during the 1820s and 1830s, and is portrayed in Richard Henry Dana's "Two Years Before the Mast".

Captain William G. Dana of Boston (1797-1859) arrived at Santa Barbara in 1825 where he met and wed Maria Josepa Carillo on August 20, 1828. They had 22 children. In 1837, he was granted a 38,000 acre ranch by the governor of Mexico. The Dana adobe on El Camino Real was a longtime stage stop and evolved into the exchange center for California's first mail service. General S.W. Kearney established his military mail service April 19, 1847 between San Francisco and Los Angeles with the exchange of mail at Dana's adobe.

David Spence was born in Scotland October 24, 1798, jumped ship in Monterey October 11, 1824. He worked for William Hartnell in the hide and tallow trade, and later opened his own shop in Monterey. In 1828, he was baptized at the Mission in Santa Cruz. He married Adelaide, daughter of Marino Estrada in 1829. He became Alcalde of Monterey, and a member of the State Legislature.

John Mulligan was an Irish sailor. He taught the art of weaving to the Indians at the various missions. He had an interest in Coopers Ranchero in the Salinas valley and was a hard drinker who died in 1834. (Image1)		 Est. $3,000-4,000
SOLD for $4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
831       image(Monterey) "Monterey California Octo. 6th 1843". Dateline on folded letter endorsed "pr Bark 'North America' " at top left to Boston Mass., entered mails with red "New London Conn Apr 4" cds and matching "Ship" handstamp with manuscript "14½" cent rating for 12½¢ inland postage plus 2¢ ship fee, very interesting letter about conditions in Hawaii and California from Samuel A. Reynolds reading in part "You will perhaps be somewhat surprised to learn that I am in this wild & uncivilized portion of the Universe… In my letter to you from Oahu by the W Gray I wrote a discouraging recount of my prospects, but very soon after they began to brighten. As business was then very dull at the Islands…my uncle advised my visiting California with a view of seeing what could be done in case the English kept possession of the Islands; and he thought the time would not be lost for if they were given up again, the knowledge I should gain of the business of the Coast would be valuable to and in business at Oahu, as they are so much connect - consequently on the 9th May I sailed in the Brig Bolivar bound to this port, me arrived on the 13th of June and after remaining here 20 days I left in the Schr Inlia Aim of N York for San Francisco, which place I have made my headquarters. while there I travelled all over the Country around the Bay, and made a trop to the north and was once in a few miles of the US boundary line…", Very Fine and interesting early letter from Monterey describing conditions in Hawaii and California.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

Illustrated: "Letters of Gold" on page 50. (Image1)		 Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
832       image(Monterey) "Monterey June 24 1844". Dateline on folded letter from Thomas Larkin to Charleston Mass., sent under cover via Mazatlan and then by private courier to Vera Cruz, where U.S. Consul Francis M. Dimond endorses on reverse "Red Vera Cruz Aug 3d 1844 and forwarded by Your Ob Sv Frn Dimond Consul", placed on the Mexican Schooner Rosetta that departed Aug. 4th to New Orleans arriving Aug. 20th, entered mails with blue "New Orleans La. Aug 21" cds and matching "Ship" handstamp and blue manuscript "27" rating for 25¢ inland postage plus 2¢ ship fee, Larkin notes direct return mail to Monterey "care of John Parrot, Esq. - Mazatlan via Vera Cruz, Mexico", Very Fine.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

Illustrated: "Mails of the Westward Expansion, 1803 to 1861" by Walske and Frajola as fig. 4-17 on page 65, and "Letters of Gold" on page 10. (Image1)		 Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
833       image(Monterey) "Harbor of Monterey, California, January 27, 1847". Dateline on folded letter signed by Capt. Christopher Quarles Tompkins, 3rd Artillery to Genl. Roger Jones Adj. Genl. U.S. Army, Washington D.C., entered mails with red "New-York 'Ship 7cts' Apr 22" cds with due rating crossed out as this was endorsed official mail, the report states "…shall report to Brig. Genl. Kearney who is reported to be at the Pueblo de Los Angeles" and remarks "Left New-York July 14th 1846 - arrvd Monterey 27 Jany. - voyage of 6 mos 13 days - extraordinary length" which refers to his voyage on the USS Lexington that included some famous passengers Lt. Henry Hallack, Lt. Edward Ord and William Tecumseh Sherman, prior to arriving in Monterey, January 12th 1847, she landed a party at San Blas, Nayarit, and captured several enemy guns, and during the war operated along the West Coast transporting troops and assisting in the blockade, F.-V.F., ex-J. David Baker.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.

AN EARLY MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR MILITARY LETTER FROM THE HARBOR OF MONTEREY.

The letter left Monterey on January 28 aboard the sloop-of-war USS Dale, which was taking its captain, Commander McKean, to Panama so that he could return to the United States because of ill health. It arrived at Panama City on March 15, where McKean joined forces with Lt. Gray and Major Emory, who were carrying dispatches to the United States from Commodore Stockton and General Kearny, respectively. The three crossed the Isthmus to Chagres on the east coast, carrying this letter. The HMS Clyde then carried them from Chagres (departed March 28) to Jamaica on April 1, where they transferred to the HMS Dee (departed Jamaica on April 3 and arrived in Havana on April 10). The ship Globe then took the letter to New York, where it arrived on April 21, 1847 and was rated for seven cents postage due including a two cents ship fee. Upon arrival at Washington it was recognized that the recipient was entitled to receive mail free of postage and the seven cents postage due was crossed out.

Illustrated: "Mails of the Westward Expansion, 1803 to 1861" by Walske and Frajola as fig. 4-22 on page 70. (Image1)		 Est. $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $2,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
834       image(Monterey) "Monterey, California, Apl 17. 1849". Manuscript postmark (MOT-1610) and matching "40" cent rating on orange buff cover to New York N.Y., accompanied by blue enclosed letter datelined "Monterey, California April 13 1849" from a member of the U.S. Military to his sister describing the influence of the discovery of gold to the military way of life, being transferred to San Francisco, mail ships Oregon and California etc., Very Fine.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000.

THE EARLIEST RECORDED MONTEREY POSTMARKED COVER, SENT DURING THE PRE-STATEHOOD PERIOD.

This is a rare version of the Monterey manuscript postmark with California spelled out, we have not seen another. (Image1)		 Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $2,300.00
Will close during Public Auction
835       image(Monterey) "Monterey Jan 5". Manuscript postmark (MOT-1610) and matching "12½" cent rating on folded letter datelined "Santa Barbara Dec 9. 1849" from Alpheus B. Thompson to Sonoma concerning trading matters.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

Alpheus B. Thompson settles in Santa Barbara in 1834. He traded and sailed to the Hawaiian Islands 1836 to 1848. Lewis Adler arrived in California in 1846. A cooper and trader who settled in Sonoma in 1848. Letter was addressed care of Wm. H. Davis, San Francisco on flap, who was a merchant in the bay from 1838 to 1869. (Image1)		 Est. $200-300
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
836       image(Monterey) "Monterey, Calfa., 16 Nov". Manuscript postmark (MOT-1610) with matching "40" cent rating to Channingville N.Y., long letter describes conditions in the Monterey area, about meeting Col. Fremont, hunting and game in the area, Spanish Fandango, etc.; couple stain spots, otherwise Very Fine and scarce "40" cent use.
Estimate; $400 - 600. (Image1)		 Est. $400-600
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
837       image(Monterey) Monterey Cal, Apr 2. Red cds (MOT-1620) and matching "12½" rating handstamp of the West Coast rate on 1851 folded letter from brother to a soldier "Ben. P. Kooser, Company F 3rd Artilery, care of the Commanding officer of the escort to the Indian commissioners via Stockton California", mostly news from home including "monterey is duller than ever…", Fine and rare 12½¢ rate handstamp.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)		 Est. $300-400
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
838       image(Monterey) Monterey Cal, Apr 2. Red cds (MOT-1610) and matching crude "25" rating handstamp on 1851 folded letter to County Clerk, Santa Cruz at double the 12½¢ rate, 1851 docketing across face, otherwise Very Fine and rare 25¢ rate marker.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)		 Est. $200-300
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction
839       image(Monterey) Monterey Cal, Nov 29. Cds (MOT-1610) on light buff cover with Flag and Eagle patriotic design and "Our Union Forever" slogan to Hollowell Me. bearing combination franking of 1¢ blue (24) and 3¢ rose (65) strip of three, tied by manuscript cancel; cover restored at top with tear affecting left two stamps, attractive and Very Fine appearance.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)		 Est. $300-400
SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
840       image(Monterey) Monterey Cal, Jul 6. Cds on orange cover bearing 1¢ blue (63) strip of three with top selvage, cancelled by light circular grids, to San Francisco Cal., Very Fine.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)		 Est. $150-200
SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction
841       image(Monterey) Semi Centennial Celebration of the American Occupation of California, Monterey, Cal. July 4 to 7, 1896. Multicolored illustrated design showing Bear with Flags on cover to San Juan Cal. bearing with 2¢ bureau issue tied by quartered cork cancel duplexed with "Monterey Cal. Apr 21 1896" cds; accompanied by matching multicolor illustrated letterhead enclosure, Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
Monterey - Express Usages & Balance
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
842       image(Monterey) Adams & Cos. Express, Monterey. Red double-oval handstamp and matching oval "PAID" handstamp on blue folded 1854 letter datelined "Monterey 30th Dec. 1854" to San Francisco Cal., blue "Adams & Co., San Jose, Jan 3" oval datestamp; light fold wear, Very Fine and attractive.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)		 Est. $300-400
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction
843       image(Monterey) "Bedford & Cos. Express". Manuscript endorsement on folded letter datelined "Monterey 25th Apr 1850" to Josiah Belden, Puebla de San Jose, letter concerns collecting of accounts receivables; fold toning, Fine and scarce early express use.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

Josiah Belden was a member of the first planned overland immigration to California in 1841. Belden became San Jose's first elected mayor in April 1850. Bedford and Co. was one of the first expresses in San Jose. Berford ran an express stage from San Francisco to San Jose while it was the Capitol of California. A listing in the S.F. Alta newspaper: "…Berford and Co's express stage came through from San Jose on Monday, in the incredible short space of five hours and forty minutes…" Jun 5, 1850. Berford sold out to Wells Fargo & Co. in 1854. (Image1)		 Est. $200-300
SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction
844     34LU7 image(Monterey) California Penny Post Co., 1855-59, 7¢ vermilion. Impressed on 3¢ red (U10) buff Nesbitt entire addressed to San Francisco Cal., bold strike of blue "Monterey, Cal., Nov 10" cds, explanatory ad text at left listing eight cities and towns where service was offered; edge tear into imprint, stain at to left, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. 34LU7; Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. (Image1)		 Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction
845       image(Monterey) Wells Fargo & Co. Express, Hotel Del Monte, Monterey, Cal., Dec 30 1885. Bold strike of purple oval handstamp cancels 2¢ brown entire to San Francisco Cal., printed Wells Fargo company frank; some glue on reverse from possible paste-up, some wrinkling, otherwise Very Fine and exceedingly rare Wells Fargo Co. Hotel Del Monte oval.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)		 Est. $300-400
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
846       image(Monterey) Wells Fargo & Co. Express, Monterey, Cal. Purple oval cancels 2¢ green entire to San Francisco Cal., printed Wells Fargo company frank, entered mails with 2¢ Bureau tied by "San Francisco, Cal. Dec 25 '95" duplex; some extra gum around stamp, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)		 Est. $150-200
SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction
847       image(Monterey) Monterey - Wells Fargo, 1850s-1890s. Group of 8 covers from Monterey including one Pacific Union Express, and 4 faulty inbound Wells Fargo uses from the Jacks correspondence; some faults, F.-V.F. and scarce group.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)		 Est. $300-400
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
848       image(Monterey) Monterey Collection, 1851-1900s. Collection of over 100 covers and additional letters, letterheads and other ephemera, wide variety of stampless with rate handstamps and markings, frankings and advertising, noted includes 1850 with crude "12½" rate handstamp and Reynolds Express handstamp, Monterey large crude "12½" rate handstamp, 1851 unpaid "5" and "paid 3" handstamps, 1850s collect ms. "15" rating and another with "Paid" handstamp with ms. "12" quadruple rating, 1851 3¢ orange brown use, #11 forwarded "due 3" to San Francisco, red cds with 1¢ #24 strip of three, #35 to Maine, three #65s on 3¢ #U34 entire to Hallowell Me., #114 blue target cancel to San Juan, Pacific Division of Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Co. cover, two different Monterey and Salinas R.R. corner card covers, six different Hotel del Monte illustrated covers showing hotel, five 1898-1900 Monterey fancy flag cancels, etc.; some faults, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction
San Jose - Early Documents & Letters
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
849   image(San Jose) 1837 (Jan. 24) General Mariano G. Vallejo Ordenes. This is the second of six documents which are called collectively "Communicaciones" from Jan. 7th 1837 to Jun. 10th 1839, this relates to the military defense of the Northern Frontier, reorganization of the Presidual Companies, specifically those responsible for protection of Santa Clara and San Jose, this was printed by the Zamorano Press - Monterey or Sonoma 1837, Very Fine.
Estimate; $400 - 600. (Image1)		 Est. $400-600
SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
850       image(San Jose) "Pueblo de S. Jose Julio 22 Jul 1838". Datelined on 2+ page folded letter written in Spanish to Antonio Peralta, Rancho San Antonio, Very Fine and rare early San Jose letter.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.

Pacheco's Ranch was 18,000 acres in Contra Costa County. Rancho San Antonio, also known as the Peralta Grant, was a 44,800-acre land grant by Governor Pablo Vicente de Solá, the last Spanish governor of California, to Don Luís María Peralta, a sergeant in the Spanish Army and later, commissioner of the Pueblo of San José, in recognition of his forty years of service. The grant, issued on August 3, 1820, embraced the sites of the cities of San Leandro, Oakland, Alameda, Emeryville, Piedmont, Berkeley, and Albany. (Image1)		 Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $675.00
Will close during Public Auction

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