Larkin (Thomas O.) Papers, 1839-1856

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Summary

Title:
Thomas O. Larkin papers
Dates:
1839-1856
Creators:
Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858
Abstract:
The bulk of the collection consists of Larkin's correspondence concerning business, politics, consular affairs, and issues relating to the U.S. conquest of California.
Extent:
Number of containers: 17 boxes; 1 oversize folder Photocopies: 9 volumes in 28 parts Linear feet: 7.1
Language:
Collection materials are in English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Thomas O. Larkin papers, BANC MSS C-B 37-45, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Background

Scope and content:

The bulk of the collection consists of Larkin's correspondence concerning business, politics, consular affairs, and issues relating to the U.S. conquest of California. Also included are government and business documents. Correspondents include Juan Bautista Alvarado, Faxon Dean Atherton, Juan Bandini, Josiah Belden, James Gordon Bennett, John Bidwell, Samuel C. Bruce, James Buchanan, John C. Calhoun, José Castro, other members of the Castro family, Ebenezer Larkin Childs (a large volume of letters), Henry Clay (letter of 1850 regarding the admission of California), John Bautista Rogers Cooper, William Heath Davis, Job Francis Dye, William J. Eames, Henry Delano Fitch, James Alexander Forbes, Talbot H. Green (a large volume of letters), William Edward Petty Hartnell, William Davis Merry Howard, John Coffin Jones, members of the Larkin family, Jacob Primer Leese, William Alexander Leidesdorff, Manuel Micheltorena, Pío Pico, Stephen W. Reynolds, Alfred Robinson, Robert Baylor Semple, John Drake Sloat, Nathan Spear, Abel Stearns, John Augustus Sutter, Alpheus Basil Thompson, and Mariano Gualdalupe Vallejo.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by The Bancroft Library staff
Date Prepared:
© 1996
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: July 2010

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. RESTRICTED ORIGINALS. USE PHOTOCOPIES ONLY: Use of originals only by permission of the Head of the Manuscripts Division.

Terms of access:

Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Thomas O. Larkin papers, BANC MSS C-B 37-45, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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