Letters from Belden:
1842-1845: to his sister, Eliza. (Mrs. Otis) Bowers. Photostats of: address leaf of letter, Mar. 21, 1842 (now in Coe Collection, Yale University Library), letter, Dec. 19.1843 (source unknown); June 15, 1845 (now in Coe Collection).
1848, Jan. 28: to John G. Christie (concerning Santa Clara Mining Company)
1850, Aug. 24: to John Bigler (concerning emigrant relief) with Bigler's receipt for contribution from the San Jose Emigrant Relief Committee, of which Belden was treasurer.
1854, May 15: to Wainwright, Randall & Company (concerning sale of San Francisco property)
1854-1858: to Samuel C. Bigelow (6 letters and telegrams concerning business affairs)
ca. 1855: to Thomas White (concerning property in San Jose, surveyed by White)
1857, May 7: to J. B. Laing, Recorder, Colusa County (concerning Jimeno grant)
1863, Apr. 27: to his wife
1887, Sept-Oct.: 3 letters to his son, Charles.
Correspondence : See Partial List of Correspondence
Miscellaneous papers:
1832, Apr. 7: Belden's contract as apprentice to Luke F. Newland, jeweler, Albany, N. Y.
1840, Nov.: Recommendation for Belden from M. L. Rauney, Vicksburg' Miss.
1840, Nov. 24: Belden's certificates of membership, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
1841, Nov. 17: Provisional California passport for Belden issued by M. G. Vallejo, Comandante General ... y Director de Colonization de la Frontera del Norte
1844, Mar. 4: Naturalization document, signed by Manuel Micheltorena, as Governor of California
1845, Oct. 1: Register of cattle brand marks for Belden's use. Monterey
1848-1850: Notes of brand marks on animals transferred to Josiah Belden and William R. Bassham
1849, Feb 1: Certificates of marriage of Josiah Belden and Sarah Margaret Jones, signed by Kimball H. Dimmick as 1st Alcalde, San Jose. (2 items)
1850, Oct 2: Summons issued to Francisco Tores. Mayor's Court, San Jose.
1852-1867: Inventory of Belden's property, 1852, with additions, 1859 and 1862
1853-1858: Society of California Pioneers. Receipts for dues of Josiah Belden and copy of receipt to Thomas O. Larkin, Apr.-July, 1854.
1854, Jan. 12: Belden's power of attorney to Frederick M. Stocking. Notarized by Thomas A. Lynch
1854, July 21: Belden's promise to appraise property for estate of William Gulnac. Also signed by Isaac Branhem[?]
1859, Apr. 3: Belden's certificate as an exempt fireman. San Jose Fire Department
1859, Apr. 16 : Belden's instructions to Salmon A. Clark, regarding settlement of his property in case of death, with additional instructions, 1867 and 1872.
1865, Jan 30: France. Consulate, San Francisco. Passport for Belden's travel to Mazatlan. (signed by Charles F. de Cazotte (see papers in box 3 re property in Mexico)
1865-1872: U. S. Patent documents to A. O. Gallup and F. A. Hewitt for an improved churn
1867, July 15: L. O. Calvin's assignment of patent for milking machine.
1872, Aug. 15: Freemasons. California. Grand Lodge. Certificate to Josiah Belden. With dues receipts, San Jose Lodge, 1872 &1889.
1872, Sept. 5: Belden's memorandum of property and business
1876, Apr. 29: Republican Party. California. Credentials for Belden as delegate to the National Convention, issued by the State Convention.
1878, Aug. 3: Santa Clara Valley Agricultural Society. Life membership notice.
ca. 1880: Belden genealogy notes
ca. 1890: Belden's recollections of the Bidwell-Bartleson Party, 1841 (incomplete)
1890, July 3-13: Belden's journal of voyage from Victoria, B. C. to Alaska and return.
1892, May 19: New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company. Board of Directors. Extract from minutes, in tribute to Josiah Belden.
1893: Probate documents for settlement of Belden's estate.
1903 May 9: Will of Sarah Margaret (Jones) Belden.
Accounts:
Miscellaneous bills and receipts, A-F, 1848-1851,
Ackley, P. G.
1849
Adelsdorfer & Neustadter (firm, San Francisco)
1849
Anderson, Alexander
1849
Arenas, Luis
1848-1850
Barrows, J. F.
1850
Bawden, (Joseph) & Company San Francisco
1849
Bolcoff, Jose, d. 1866
1847-1848
Borden, James N.
1848-1849
Branham, Isaac
1850
Bray, John W.
1849
Buelna, Jose Ramón & Jose Antonio Buelna
1848-1849
Burnett, Peter Hardeman
1849-1851
Byrne, William?
1848
Camera, Adolfo
1849
Carney, John
1848
Castro, Manuel de Jesus
1844
Castro, Salvadore M.
1849
Cecil (B.) & Company, San Francisco
1849
Chandler (David W.) & Company, San Jose
1849
Collins & Cronise (firm, San Francisco)
1849
Cooke, Baker & Company, San Francisco
1849
Cornwall, Pierre B.
1848
Cross, Hobson & Company, San Francisco
1849
Curl, James D. (and Robert Curl)
1849
Curtis, Jotham W.
1848
Dall & Austin (firm, San Francisco )
1849
Davis, William Heath
1849
Den, Nicholas Augustus, 1812-1362
1848-1849
De Witt & Harrison (firm, San Francisco)
1848-1849
Diaz, Manuel
1845
Dickson & Hay (firm, San Francisco)
1848-1849
Don Quixote (bark)
1846
Dring, David
1848-1849
Dye, Job Francis
1849
Eggleston (George W.) & Company, San Francisco
1848-1849
Finley, Johnson & Company, San Francisco
1848-1849
Fisher, William, d. 1850
1848-1849
Forbes, James Alexander
1849
Miscellaneous bills and receipts, G-O, 1848-1851,
Galindo Eusebio
1848
Gallardo, Felis
1848
Geary, Voorhees & Company (San Francisco)
1849
Gillespie, Charles V.
1848
Gilroy, John
1849
Grayson, Guild & Company
1849
Green, Talbot H.
1847-1850
Hawes, Horace
1849
Hoppe, Jacob D., ca. 1813-1853
1848
Huttmann, Miller & Company, San Francisco
1849-1852
Ide, William Brown
1847
Jones, Zachariah
1848-1876
McCoon, Perry, d. 1851
1849
McCutchen & Cordon (firm)
1849-1850
Magnent, Oliver
1848-1849
Marsh, John, 1799-1856
1848
Martin, Julius
1848-1845
May, R. M.
1849
Meek, Stephen Hall L.
1844
Mickle (E.) & Company
1849
Miramontes, Vicente
1849
Montgomery, John M.
1849
Moore & Yoell (firm)
ca. 1850
Naglee, Henry Morris
1849
Neal, Joshua A.
1849-1850
Norriega, Jose
1845
Osborn & Brannan
1849
Miscellaneous bills and receipts, P-Z, 1848-1850,
Pico, Jose de Jesus
1849
Pioche, Francois Louis Alfred, 1817?-1872
1849
Pitts, Henry F.
1849
Post, Gabriel B.
1849
Probst, Smith & Company (firm, San Francisco)
1849
Quivey, Peter
1849
Reading, Pierson Barton, 1816-1865
Certification of payment due James D. Savage for service in California Battalion. San Gabriel. Apr. 13, 1847. With signatures on verve of James D. Savage, J. G. Ferguson and Jeremiah Fallon.
Richardson, Henry P.
1848
Robinson, Alfred
1849
Ross, Fenton & Company, San Francisco
1849
Ross, Charles L.
1848-l854
Salmon & Ellis (firm, San Francisco)
1845-1849
Savage, James D.
see Reading, Pierson B.
Schwerin, Garber & Company, San Francisco
1849
Scott & Company, San Francisco
1849
Seseña, Francisco
1849
Sherman, Ruckel & Company, San Francisco
1848-1849
Simmons, Hutchinson & Company, San Francisco
1849
Simmons, Lilly & Company, San Francisco
1849
Snyder, Jacob R., ca. 1805-1878
1848
Starkey, Janion & Company, San Francisco
1849
Stokes, James
1848
Teschmacher, Henry Frederick
1848
Tyler, George
1849
Walkinshaw, Robert, d. 1859
1848-1849
Ward & Smith (firm, San Francisco)
1848-1849
Weber & Lightston (firm San Jose)
1848-1849
Wells (Robert) & Company
1849
West, F. T. & T. M. (firm, San Jose)
1848-1849
Wright & Owen (firm, San Francisco)
1848-1849
Bassham, William R.
Accounts and miscellaneous papers, 1848-1854.
Belden & Company
Accounts, 1848-1850.
Mellus & Howard (firm)
Accounts (including partnership agreements,) 1847 -1850.
Miscellaneous (mainly San Jose)
Accounts, 1849-1875.
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous shipping and freight accounts, 1849 -1875.
Miscellaneous accounts (mainly personal), 1850 -1875.
Receipts for lawyers' fees
Food and household supplies (one signed by Sherman O. Houghton, 1851)
Medical bills (from Peter Van Canegham and Benjamin Cory, San Jose, and George Morgan, San Francisco)
Hotel and lodging bills (some from San Francisco)
School and tuition bills (Young Ladies School, San Jose, and Pacific Female College and Mills Seminary, Oakland, included)
Newspaper, library and magazine subscriptions
Building and decorating costs and household furnishings (mainly in San Jose and New York)
Charitable subscriptions
Horses, carriages, etc
Clothing and jewelry
Subscriptions to San Jose & San Francisco and Pacific Railroads
Civil War taxes
Miscellaneous land papers and mining company records
1: Colusa County property (Jimeno grant) 1844-1859
Scope and Content Note
2: Guadalupe Mine papers 1845-1850
Scope and Content Note
3: San Francisco property 1847-1879
Scope and Content Note
4: Santa Clara County property 1847-1869
Scope and Content Note
5: Butte County property (Fernandez grant) 1850-1853
Scope and Content Note
6: Monterey County property 1850-1877
Scope and Content Note
7: Miscellaneous California property 1850-1855
Scope and Content Note
8: Property in Mexico 1862-1867
Scope and Content Note
9: Miscellaneous mining properties 1862-1881
Scope and Content Note
Miscellaneous property 1875-1884
Scope and Content Note
Marked: Blotter for Old Ac[coun]t (Miscellaneous accounts, 1848)
(label torn off - Miscellaneous accounts in Spanish, Oct.-Dec., 1848)
Marked: Cash sales ... (Apr. 10-Dec. 30, 1848)
Marked: Day Book no. 1 ... (Mar. 21-Dec. 31 1848)
Marked: Day Book no. 2 ... (Dec. 31, 1848-Oct. 16 1850)
(Ledger, with index 1848-1850)
(Invoices of merchandise, bought mainly from Mellus & Howard, 1843. Used also for accounts of Mayor's Court, San Jose, Apr. 1850)
Marked: Day Book for New Account (Jan. 1-May 30,1849
(Ledger, with index, 1849)
(Blotter or day bock, May 5-Oct. 8, 1849)
Journal (June 2, 1849-Mar. 1, 1851)
Ledger (with index, 1849-1851)
Notes and bills receivable & payable (1851-1852)
(Accounts for San Francisco property, 1851-1860)
Ledger (mainly accounts for San Francisco property, 1851-1859)
Marked: Inventory of property of Josiah Belden Real & Personal (1887-1891)
Scrapbook (miscellaneous clippings and pictures pasted in; some pages removed)
Belden's passport, May 27, 1859, signed by Lewis Cass as U. S. Secretary of State. With visas and other documents of foreign travel.
Belden's passport Oct. 5, 1872, signed by Hamilton Fish as U. S. Secretary of State. With validation for travel in Syria and Palestine, from U. S. Consulate, Alexandria.
Pocket Ledger (miscellaneous accounts, but mainly records for wages paid. 1853-1881)
(Belden's diary, June 4-Aug. 16, 1859, European trip)
(Belden's diary, Aug. 17-Nov. 20, 1859, European trip)
(Mrs. Belden's diary, Oct. 12, 1872-Apr. 12, 1873, European and Mediterranean tour)
(Mrs. Belden's diary, Apr. 13-Oct. 12, 1873, continuing European and Mediterranean tour; with a few additional entries. Small painting on celluloid in pocket)
Belden's tin locked box.
Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918
Letter, Jan. 11, 1872
Belden, George
Letter, July 13, 1878
Bidwell, John,
Letter, Feb. 15, 1856
Bigelow, Samuel C.
Letters (8) 1855-1859
Bowers, Eliza M. (Belden)
Letters (2) 1855 &1862
Bowman, Arthur W.
Letters (3) 1859-1884
Brooks, Eliza (Smith)
Letter, Jan. 25, 1853
Christie, John G.
Letter, Mar. 7, 1848 (to John Ricord)
Cooper, John Bautista Rogers
Letter, Nov. 25, 1848?
Dye, Job Francis
Letter, Jan. 19, 1855
Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1802-1858
Letters (6) 1848-1855 (to Belden & others)
Larkin, Thomas Oliver, 1834-1898
Letter, Nov. 11, 1857 (to S. C. Bigelow)
Laveaga, J. D. de
Letter, Feb. 26, 1867
Leva, Francisco
Letters (2) Nov.-Dec., 1866
Lytle, John J.
Letters (3) Aug.-Nov., 1866
McKee, J. W.
Letters (2) 1849 & 1855
McKee, Russell W.
Letters (7) 1854 & 1879
McKee, William A.
Letter & power of attorney, 1853 & 1858
Mills, Darius Ogden
Letter, Mar. 9, 1889
Packard, Alpheus
Letter, Apr. 20, 1864
Palmer, E. T. H.
Letter, July 16, 1857(for El Dorado Water Company)
Patee, Solon
Letter, Jan. 15, 1862(concerning Wide West Mining Company)
Reed, James Frazier, 1800-1874
Letter, Jan. 22, 1857 (to E P Reed)
Semple, Charles D.
Letter, Nov. 8, 1859
Shillaber, Theodore
Letters (3), Oct. -Nov., 1849
Spence, David
Letter, July 25, 1857
Toomes, Albert G.
Letters (4), 1856-1868