Guide to the Peter H. Burnett Papers, No online items

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1 No online items Processed by The Bancroft Library staff The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, Phone: (510) Fax: (510) URL: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Note History --History, California --GeneralSocial Sciences --Political Science --State Government BANC MSS C-B 345 1

2 Collection number: BANC MSS C-B 345 The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Contact Information: The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, Phone: (510) Fax: (510) URL: Processed by: The Bancroft Library staff Date Completed: April 3, 1962; revised March 2000 Encoded by: Padma Rubiales 1996 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Collection Summary Collection Title: Peter H. Burnett papers, Date (inclusive): Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 345 Creator: Burnett, Peter H. (Peter Hardeman), Extent: Number of containers: 1 box and 1 oversize folder Repository: The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Languages Represented: English Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. BANC MSS C-B 345 2

3 Preferred Citation [Identifcation of item], Peter H. Burnett papers, BANC MSS C-B 345, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley Acquisition Information These papers, mainly reflecting Burnett's governorship, were assembled from various sources. In Part I there are items from the T. W. Norris Collection, purchased from John Howell, and from other sources noted on the folders. Items in Part II were from the Boutwell Dunlap Collection, purchased from W. Wreden in Biography Trader and lawyer in Missouri and Tennessee, Peter Hardeman Burnett came to Oregon in In 1848 he joined the miners in California where he acted as agent for Sutter. He was active in urging California to form a state government and was elected first constitutional governor of California in He resigned his governorship in 1851 to return to law practice, becoming supreme judge in From 1863 until 1880 he was president of the Pacific Bank of San Francisco. Scope and Content Mainly documents and letters to and from Burnett as Governor of California, regarding sale of municipal lands in San Francisco and appointments. Contains many petitions, some relating to Collectors of licences to foreign miners, with signatures of members of the Constitutional Convention 1849, and of the first California Legislature. Also includes legal papers, concerning property in Santa Clara County, chiefly in the city of Alviso, :44 Ambris, Doroteo May 4, 1850 Relating to illegal occupation of four rooms formerly belonging to the Padres. 1:40 Bidwell, John, Apr. 13, 1850 Recommending Elam Covington as Collector of Taxes from Foreign Miners in Yuba Co. 1:41 Broderick, David Colbreth, Apr. 13, 1850 Requesting appointment of a Mr. Olds as Tax Collector for Sutter County. 1:57 item 1., 1:1 Burgoyne & Co. Dec 28, 1850 Burnett, Peter Hardeman, Feb. 8, 1850 Draft of order prohibiting further grant or sale of municipal lands of San Francisco. To Horace Hawes, Prefect of the District of San Francisco, item 2., 1:2 Mar. 4, 1850 To the Commandant of military forces of the United States at Sonoma. Re Indian disturbances. item 3., 1:3 Mar. 4, 1850 To Edward John Cage Kewen, , concerning sale of municipal lands in San Francisco. BANC MSS C-B 345 3

4 item 4., 1:4 Mar. 6, 1850 To Prefect of district of Monterey. Photocopy only. Concerning provision for the general election and acts for the organization of the state. item 5., 1:5 Apr. 24, 1850 No addressee. Concerning appointment of Captain W. Richardson to post of County Collector. item 6., 1:6 July 8, 1850 To William Van Voorhies, , requesting commission to be sent to Charles Findley of Baltimore, Maryland. item 7., 1:8 Aug. 7, 1850 To Samuel Royal Thurston, , re formation of the constitutional convention. Typed transcript only. item 8., 1:9 Aug, 13, 1850 To Robert Anderson Wilson re property in Alviso. item 9., 1:10 Nov. 4, 1850 To Charles Lewis Denman, concerning Denman's offer of services in case of Indian difficulties. item 10., 1:11 Nov. 9, 1850 To Charles Gilman. item 11., 1:12 Sept. 6, 1852 To Lewis Jacob Cist. Prophecy of California's greatness. item 12., 1:13 Mar. 2-10, 1885 To Edward Worthington Burnett, 1842-?, giving genealogical information for his branch of the Burnett family. Also notes on E. W Burnett. item 13., 1:18 Dec. 20, 1849 Oath of office as Governor of California. Facsimile. item 14., 1:59 Nov. 9, 1849 Deed to Dwight Jay Burnett for property in Alviso. item 15., 1:60 Feb. 18, 1850 Power of attorney to Thomas L. Burnett to sell property in Alviso. BANC MSS C-B 345 4

5 item 16., 1:61 Sept. 25, 1850 Quitclaim deed to D. J. Burnett item 16a., oversize Oversize folder 1A Nov. 17, 1850 Certificate of appointment for Frederick P. Tracy. item 17., 1:62 Dec. 21, 1857 Power of attorney to D. J. Burnett to lease property in Santa Clara Co. 1:16, 19, 23-24, 51 California. Citizens Petitions for various appointments, Include signatures of some members of the constitutional convention and first Legislature. 1:30-39 California. Citizens Petitions for appointments of "Collectors of licenses to foreign miners", Include petitions on behalf of Horace W. Carpentier, William A. Richardson and others. Signed by many citizens. 1:26 1:42 Colton, Gardner Quincey, Feb. 13, 1850 Dodge, Henry Lee See: New England Society of San Francisco Geary, John White, Apr. 14, 1850 Recommending Dr. Horace W. Carpentier as tax collector for the mining districts. 1:55 Gómez, José Miguel Nov. 25, 1850 Asking for exemption from state taxes. item 1., 1:21 Gwin, William McKendree, Dec. 30, 1849 Recommending Richard N. Berry as Aid. item 2., 1:56 Nov. 28, 1850 Requesting appointment as Commissioner of Deeds for California in Louisiana, for Benjamin Tappan. Halleck, Henry Wager, BANC MSS C-B 345 5

6 1:20 Dec. 22, 1849 Introducing Captains Simpton and Wright who are to urge passage of a bill for Pilots in San Francisco. 1:28 item 1., 1:43 Hawes, Horace, Mar. 20, 1850 Hayes, Benjamin Ignatius, Apr. 20, 1850 Re organizing of Los Angeles government. With typed transcript. item 2., 1:54 Nov. 12, 1850 Recommending George T. Burrill as Justice of the Peace. 1:46 Jones, Thomas Ap Catesby, June 26, 1850 Written from Flagship Savannah, concerning mutineers from English schooner Helen. 1:47 Letcher, Robert Perkins, July 1, 1850 Written as U.S. minister to Mexico, introducing the Abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg, Apostolic Missionary coming to California to look after church property. 1:17 McAllister, Hall, Dec. 17, 1849 Tendering resignation fron District Attorneyship of San Francisco and suggesting Alexander Campbell as replacement. 1:53 New England Society of San Francisco Oct. 21, 1850 Resolution to request the Governor for a day of public thanksgiving in California. In writing and signed by Henry Lee Dodge, :15 Norton, Myron, d. ca Nov. 20, 1849 Requesting appointment as secretary of state. 1:14 Ramirez, José María Nov. 17, 1849 Petition to Antonio María Pico, Prefect of the district of San Jose, to renew Mexican citizenship. Referred to Burnett by H. W. Halleck on behalf of Bennett Riley. Petition acknowledged on verso, initialed by Burnett. Rough and Ready, Calif. Standing Committee. BANC MSS C-B 345 6

7 1:52 Sept. 2, 1850 Requesting reward be given for arrest of William Ewing, murderer. With note of Governor Burnett's reply by C. T. Ryland on verso. Ryland, Caius Tacitus, :7 July 19, 1850 To Thomas Oliver Larkin, Written as secretary to Burnett. With typed transcript. 1:49 1:45 Semple, Robert Baylor, July 16, 1850 Smith, William Lyncoya, May 25, 1850 Reporting of finding a block of gold-bearing quartz from the Mariposa Mines for the Washington Monument. 1:48 Stevenson, Jonathan Drake, July 14, 1850 Recommending James H. Brady for position of Port Warden of San Francisco. 1:29 Townsend, Alfred A. Apr. 9, 1850 Defending his actions in court case. BANC MSS C-B 345 7