{Categories: Books & Articles – Manuscripts – Published Primary Sources}

 

1. Bagard, Samuel John A Sketch of the life of Com. Robert F. Stockton New York: Derby & Jackson, 1856
2. Bancroft, Hubert Howe California Pioneer Register and Index 1542-1848 Baltimore: Regional Publishing Co. 1964
3. History of California Vol. V San Francisco: The History Company, 1886
4. Bean, Walton California An Interpretive History New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968
5. Bemis, Samual F. The American Secretaries of State and their Diplomacy Vol. VI New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1963
6. Bigelow, John Memoir of the Life and Public Service of John Charles Fremont New York: Derby & Jackson, 1856
7. Bill, Alfred Hoylt A House Called Morven Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1954
8. Bonsal, Stephen Edward Fitzgerald Beale New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1912
9. Brackett, Albert G. History of the United States Cavalry New York: Argonaut Press, 1965
10. Brandes, Ray “Mangas Coloradas”: King Philip of the Apache Nation” Troopers West(Ed.) by Ray BrandesSan Diego: Frontier Heritage Press, 1970
11. Brooks, N.C. A Complete History of the Mexican War Baltimore: Hutchinson & Seebold, 1849
12. Camp, Charles L. “Kit Carson in California” California Historical Society Quarterly I (June, 1922),
13. Carter, Harvey Lewis Dear Old Kit, The Historical Christopher Carson Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968
14. Caughey, John Walton California Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1940
15. Clarke, Dwight L. Stephen Watts Kearny Soldier of the West Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1961
16. Clarke, Dwight L. and George Ruhlen “The Final Roster of the Army of the West, 1846-1847” California Historical Society Quarterly XVIII (March, 1964),
17. Cleland, Robert Glass A History of California: The American Period New York: MacMillan Company, 1927
18. From Wilderness to Empire New York: Alfred Knopf, 1959
19. Chambers, William Nisbet Old Bullion Benton Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1956
20. Coy, Owen C. The Battle of San Pasqual Sacramento: California State Printing Office, 1921
21. Cullum, George W. Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. 3 Vols. New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1868
22. Curtis, George Ticknor Life of James Buchanan New York: Harper & Brothers, 1883
23. Cutts, James Madison The Conquest of California and New Mexico Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1847
24. Devoto, Bernard The Year of Decision: 1846 Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1943
25. Dyer, BrainerdZachary Taylor Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1946
26. Ellison, William H. “San Juan to Cahuenga: The Experiences of Fremont’s Battalion” Pacific Historical Review XXVII (August, 1958)
27. Englehardt, Zephyrin San Diego Mission San Francisco: James H. Barry Company, 1920
28. San Fernando Rey Chicago: Franciscan Herald Press, 1927
29. San Juan Capistrano Mission Los Angeles: Privately Printed, 1922
30. San Luis Rey MissionSan Francisco: James H. Barry Company, 1921
31. Gillingham, Robert Cameron The Rancho San Pedro Los Angeles: Dominguez Estate Co., 1961
32. Grivas, Theodore Military Governments in California 1846-1850 Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1963
33. Gudde, Erwin G. Sutter’s Own Story New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1936
34. Hamersly, Thomas H. S. General Register of the United States Navy and Marine Corps Washington D.C.: Thomas Hamersly, 1882
35. Hamilton, Holman Zachary Taylor, Soldier of the Republic Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1941
36. Heitman, Francis B. Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army 2 Vols. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1903
37. Hill, Joseph J. The History of Warner’s Ranch and its Environs Los Angeles: Privately Printed, 1927
38. History of Sonoma County San Francisco: Alley, Bowen & Co., 1880
39. Hittell, Theodore History of California 4 Vols. San Francisco: Pacific Press Publishing House and Occidental Publishing Co., 1885
40. Jenkins, John S. History of the War between the United States and Mexico Auburn: Derby & Miller, 1850
41. Johnson, Kenneth M. The Fremont Court Martial Los Angles: Dawson’s Book Shop, 1968
42. Klein, Philip Schriver President James Buchanan University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1962
43. Knox, William H. Naval Sketches of the War in California New York: Random House, 1939
44. Koller, Larry The Fireside Book of Guns New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959
45. Kroeber, A. L.Handbook of the Indians of California Berkley: California Book Company, Ltd., 1953
46. Lavender, David Bent’s Fort New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954
47. McCormac, Eugene I.James K. Polk: A Political Biography Berkley: University of California Press, 1922
48. McGrew, Clarence Alan City of San Diego and San Diego County 2 Vols. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1922
49. Maclay, Edgar Stanton A History of the United States Navy 4 Vols.New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1901
50. Marti, Werner H. Messenger of Destiny San Francisco: J. Howell-Books, 1960
51. Merk, Fredrick Manifest Destiny and Mission in American History New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963
52. Merrill, James M. Spurs to GloryChicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1966
53. Miller, Ronald Lee “Henry Delano Fitch”: A Yankee Trader in California: 1826-1849 Unpublished PhD. Dissertation, University of Southern California, 1972
54. Moore, M. J. “Sketch of Captain Benjamin Daviess Moore” Historical Society of Southern California VI (1903)
55. Nevins, Allan Fremont: Pathmaker of the West New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1955
56. Peet, Mary Rockwood San Pasqual – A Crack In The Hills Culver City: The Highland Press, 1949
57. Peters, Dewitt C. Kit Carson’s Life and Adventures from Facts Narrated by Himself Harford: Dustin, Gilman & Co., 1874
58. Pourade, Richard F. The Silver Dons San Diego: The Union-Tribune Publishing Company, 1963
59. Price, Glenn W. Origins of the War with Mexico Austin: University of Texas Press, 1967
60. Rice, Evelyn “Pio Pico, Last Mexican Governor of California” Unpublished M.A. thesis, University of California, Berkley, 1932
61. Richman, Irving B. California Under Spain and Mexico Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1911
62. Ripley, R.S. The War with Mexico 2 Vols. New York: Burt Franklin, 1849
63. Roberts, Elizabeth J. Indian Stories of the Southwest San Francisco: Harr Wagner Publishing Co., 1917
64. Rolle, Andrew F. California A History New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1969
65. Roosevelt, Theodore Life of Thomas Hart Benton Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1887
66. Royce, Josiah California from the Conquest in 1846 to the Second Vigilante Committee in San Francisco Foreword by Robert Glass Cleland New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948
67. Ruiz, Ramon E. (ed.) The Mexican War: Was it Manifest Destiny? New York: Rinehart and Winston, 1963
68. Rustvold, Marjorie M. “San Pasqual Valley: Rancheria to Greenbelt” Unpublished M.A. Thesis, San Diego State College, 1968
69. Sabin, Edwin L. Kit Carson Days 2 Vols. New York: Press of the Pioneers, Inc., 1935
70. San Diego Progress Battle of San Pasqual Crosthwaite’s trip to San Pasqual Battlefield and Mule Hill Dixon: 1951 Notes San Diego Historical Society, 1897
71. San Diego Tribune Ghost of Hill 80 Complicates Question of Burial Ground Spot By Richard Mansfield San Diego Public Library, (ed.), 1945
72. San Diego Tribune Remains of Battle Victims in Old Town Plot, Hint “Bones, Buttons Turned Up By Workmen; Erratic Burials Recalled” San Diego Historical Society, 1940
73. San Diego Tribune San Pasqual Class of 1886 Holds Annual Reunion San Diego Historical Society, 1946
74. San Diego Tribune San Pasqual Expects 2000 at July Picnic San Diego Historical Society, 1949
75. San Diego Union Are Buried at Fort Rosecrans San Diego Historical Society, 1946
76. San Diego Union City Sets Aside Land For Park San Diego Historical Society, 1977
77. San Diego Union Stull wins San Pasqual ‘battle’ San Diego Historical Society, 1978
78. San Diego Union The Man Who Outlived a River By Judy Van der Veer, San Diego Historical Society, 1963
79. San Diego Union Tales of the Old By Winifred Davidson, San Diego Historical Society, 1939
80. San Diego Union Plow Overturns Hand Grenade on Battlefield San Diego Historical Society, 1932
81. San Diego Union Some Details By Bill Wright Sword Hilt Found at Battlefield San Diego Historical Society, 1934
82. San Diego Union Heroes of Battle of San Pasqual To Be Treated with Proper Respect San Diego Historical Society, 1915
83. San Diego Union San Pasqual’s Unknown Dead By Joseph Kelly San Diego Historical Society, 1949
84. San Diego Union Battlefield Relics of Mexican War of 1846 Shown at Union Office San Diego Historical Society, 1916
85. “The Sandwich Island News, January 13, 1847” From the Seat of War The Huntington Library, 1847
86. Scott, Douglas D. and Fox, Richard A. Jr. Archaeological Insights into The Custer Battle An Assessment of the 1984 Field Season Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, Norman and London, 1987
87. Scott, Douglas D. Papers on Little Bighorn Battlefield Archeology: The Equipment Dump, Marker 7, and the Reno Crossing Reprints in Anthropology Vo. 42 Nebraska: J&L Reprint Company, 1991
88. Sherman, Edwin A. Life of the Late Rear-Admiral John Drake Sloat Oakland: Carruth & Carruth, 1902
89. Schreier, Konrad F. Archaeological Dig at Mule Hill The Journal of San Diego History – Spring 1975 San Diego Historical Society, 1975
90. Smith, Elbert B. Magnificent Missourian Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1958
91. Smith, Justin H. The War with Mexico 2 Vols. New York: MacMillan Company, 1919
92. Smythe, William E. History of San Diego 2 Vols.San Diego: The History Company, 1908
93. Sorensen, Cloyd Jr. “The Battle of San Pasqual A Patch of Thunder” Unpublished Book, 1990
94. Stone, Irving Men to Watch my Mountains Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1956
95. Turner, Fredrick Jackson The United States, 1830-1850 Gloucester: Peter Smith, 1948
96. Underhill, Rueben L. From Cowhides to Golden Fleece Stanford University: Stanford University Press, 1946
97. Willson, Beckles John Slidell New York: Milton, Balch & Company, 1932
98. Wiltse, Earnest A. “The British Vice-Consul in California and Events of 1846” California Historical Quarterly X (June, 1931), 90-128
99. Wood, Joseph S. “Isaac Williams” The Mountain Men Edited by LeRoy Hafen Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1969
100. Woodward, Arthur Lances at San Pasqual San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1948
101. Young, Charles L. “Battle of San Pasqual and Mule Hill – December 6 & 7, 1846” Unpublished Book, 1994
102. Aerial Fotobank Inc. Infrared Aerial Photograph of San Pasqual Battlefield Area Aerial Fotobank, Inc. San Diego, 1993

MANUSCRIPTS

1. Bandini, Juan “Documentos para la Historia de California” University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, 1874
2. Bibb, Leland E. Hand Sketches, Diagrams, Notes, and Topographical depicting the Battle of San Paqual, 1992
3. Bowen, Asa M. “Statements” University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, 1878
4. Cox, Sergeant John Reenlistment Paper National Archive, 1845, Microcopy
5. Cox, Sergeant John Descriptive and Historical Register of Enlisted Soldiers of the Army National Archive, 1846, Microcopy
6. Davidson, Lieutenant J. W. Letter to Colonel Mason National Archives, 1848, Microcopy
7. Davidson, Director John Letter to Colonel George Ruhlen re: 5 muster rolls of Kearny’s dragoons from battle San Diego Historical Society, 1949
8. Davidson, Winifred Letter to Arthur Woodward on Burial Remains of San Pasqual Battle Victims San Diego Historical Society, 1934
9. Davidson, Winifred Letter to Arthur Woodward re: adobe structures at San Pasqual San Diego Historical Society, 1935
10. Davidson, Winifred Letter to United States Military Academy – West Point San Diego Historical Society, 1936
11. Davidson, Winifred Notes re: Placement of San Pasqual Dead – Transfer of Bodies Moore and Hammond, Notes from 1885 San Diego Historical Society, 1933
12. Davidson, Winifred Letter to Colonel D. E. Hughes San Diego Historical Society, 1934
13. Davidson, Winifred Notes – Names of Dead Listed on Boulder San Diego Historical Society, 1936
14. Davidson, Winifred Notes – Interview of Edward Lavin San Diego Historical Society, 1933
15. Davis, John W. “Statement on the Battle of San Pasqual” University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, 1891
16. Deed Book “B” San Diego County Recorder’s Office San Diego, California
17. Dixon, NFD List of Killed and Wounded at Battle of San Pasqual San Diego History Handbook San Diego Historical Society, 1956
18. Dunne, William H. “Notes on San Pasqual” University of California, Berkley, Bancroft Library, 1878
19. Estudillo, Jose Maria “Documentos para la Historicos sobre le Alta California” University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, 1878
20. Fitch, Enrique D. “Dodumentos para la Historia de California” University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, 1874
21. French, E.D. “Battle of San Pasqual” University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, 1887
22. Hayes, Benjamin “Battle of San Pasqual” University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, no date
23. “Battle of San Pasqual – Further Notes” University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, no date
24. “Notes on Californian Affairs” University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, no date
25. “Statement of Philip Crosthwaite” University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, no date
26. Hilton, William H. Letter to Major E. A. Sherman re: Recollections of travels including San Pasqual circa: 1852 Braun Research Library, Los Angeles, 1906
27. Hughes, Lieutenant Colonel T. Headquarters, United States Military Academy, West Point Letter to Winifred Davidson re: Records on Lt. Thomas Hammond San Diego Historical Society, 1936
28. Jarrett, Christopher Letter to John W. Davis University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, 1891
29. Kearny, Stephen Watts Letter to General R. Jones, Adjutant General’s Office National Archives, 1846, Microcopy
30. Koeppen, R. C. United States Department of Agriculture – Forest Service Letter to Cloyd Sorensen re: tree specimen from Mule Hill Cloyd Sorenson, 1970
31. Lancy, Thomas C. “Cruise of the Dale” Scrapbook of the San Jose Pioneer University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, 1879
32. Lind, William E. Letter to Robert Murray Reply to: NNRM89-5711-WEL re: Pvt. Hugh McCaffrey, National Archives, 1989, Microcopy
33. MacMullen, G. F. Letter to T. J. Krec re: Bronze Tablet Naming Dead of San Pasqual San Diego Historical Society, 1955
34. Morena, Juan B. “Vida Militar” University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, 1878
35. Murphy, Colonel G. D. Letter to George Ruhlen San Diego Historical Society, Serra Museum and Library, San Diego, California, 1948
36. Murray, Robert A. Letter to Cloyd Sorenson re: Pvt. Hugh McCaffrey Cloyd Sorenson, 1989
37. Muster Roll for Companies “C” and “K” of the first Dragoons, August 31 to October 31, 1846 Adjutant General’s Office, National Archives, Washington D.C.
38. Ord, Mrs. Angustias de la Guerra “Occurrencias en California” University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, 1878
39. Osuna, Ramon Interviewed by Edgar Hastings San Diego Historical Society, Serra Museum and Library, San Diego, California, 1958
40. Rogers, Malcolm J. “Site Report” Museum of Man, San Diego, California
41. Ruff, Captain C. F. Letter to General Jones Adjutant General’s Office, National Archives, 1846, Microcopy
42. Ruhlen, Colonel George Letter to Dr. George P. Hammond, Director of Bancroft Library re: Names on Plaque San Diego Historical Society, 1949
43. San Pasqual Band of Indians Record of Oral Histories Valley Center: Microcopy, 1910
44. Sherman, Lieutenant W. T. Letter to Colonel J. D. Stevenson National Archives, 1848, Microcopy
45. Temple, Francis Fish “Recollections” University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, 1877
46. United States Department of the Interior – National Park Service Letter to Winifred Davidson re: adobe structures on battlefield San Diego Historical Society, 1935
47. Vega, Victoriano “Vida California” University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, 1877
48. Vejar, Pablo “Recuerdos de un Viejo” University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library, 1877
49. Woodward, Arthur Letter to Winifred Davidson re: Adobe structures at Battlefield San Diego Historical Society, 1935
50. Woodward, Arthur Letter to Winifred Davidson re: Removal of Cox’s Body from Mule Hill San Diego Historical Society, 1933
51. Wright, Lieutenant Colonel H.G. Letter to Brigadier General M. C. Meigs Adjutant General’s Office, National Archives, 1878

Published Primary Sources

1. Ames, George, W. Jr. (ed.) A Doctor Comes To California: Diary of John S. Griffin San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1943
2. “Gillespie and the Conquest of Californa” California Historical Society Quarterly XVII (June, Spetember, December, 1938)
3. Bieber, Ralph P. (ed.) Marching with the Army of the West Glendale: The Arthur H. Clarke Company, 1936
4. Brandes, Raymond S. (ed.) “Times Gone by in Alta California” Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly XVI (January, 1959),
5. Bryant, Edwin What I Saw in California New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1848
6. Colton, Walter Three Years In California New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1854
7. Cooke, Philip St. George The Conquest of New Mexico and California New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1878
8. Davis, William Heath Sixty Years In California San Francisco: A. J. Leary, 1889
9. Downey, Joseph The Cruise of the Portsmouth (ed.) Howard Lamar New Haven: Yale University Library, 1958
10. Drake, Eugene B. Jimeno’s and Martnell’s Indexes of Land Concessions from 1830 to 1846 San Francisco: Kenny & Alexander, Booksellers, 1861
11. DuPont, Samual F. Extracts from the Private Journal-Letters of Captain S. F. DuPont Wilmington: Privately Printed, 1885
12. Duvall, Robert Carson “Extracts from the Log of the U.S. Frigate Savannah” California Historical Society Quarterly III (June, 1924)
13. Emory, Lieutenant Colonel W. H. “Notes of a Military Reconnaissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California” 30th Congress, 1st Session House Executive Document No. 41 Washington D.C.: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848
14. Fremont, John Charles Memoirs of My Life Chicago: Belford Clarke & Company, 1887
15. Garner, William Robert Letters from California 1846-1847 Edited by Donald Munro Craig Berkeley: University of California Press, 1970
16. Garrard, Lewis B. Wah-To-Yah & The Taos Trail Introduction by Carl I. Wheat Palo Alto: American West Publishing Company, 1968
17. Gibson, George Rutledge Journal of a Soldier under Kearny and Doniphan Edited by Ralph Bieber Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1935
18. Hollingsworth, John McHenry “Journal” California Historical Society Quarterly I (September, 1922)
19. Hughes, John T. Doniphan’s Expedition Reprinted in William Elsay Connelley’s “War with Mexico” Topeka: Published by the Author, 1907
20. Ide, William B. Who Conquered California? Reprinted by Simeon Ide Conquest of California by the Bear Flag Party Glorietta: Rio Grande Press, 1967
21. Janssens, Victor Eugene Agustin The Life and Adventures in California of Don Agustin Janssens 1834-1856 Edited by William Ellison and Francis Price San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1953
22. Johnston, Abraham “Journal of Captain Johnston” 30th Congress, 1st Session, House Executive Document No. 41 Washington D.C.: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848
23. Kemble, Edward Cleveland A Kemble Reader: Stories of California 1846-1848 Edited by Fred Blackburn Rogers San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1963
24. Larkin, Thomas Oliver The Larkin Papers Edited by George P. Hammond 10 Vols. Berkeley: University of California Press 1951-1964
25. Moore, John Bassett (ed.) The Works of James Buchanan Vol. VI Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1909
26. Nevin, Allan (ed.) Polk: The Diary of a President New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1929
27. Quaife, Milo Milton (ed.) Kit Carson’s Autobiography Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1966
28. Revere, Joseph Warren A Tour of Duty in California New York: C. S. Francis & Co., 1849
29. Richardson, James D. (ed.) Messages and Papers of the Presidents Vol. V New York: Bureau of National Literature Inc., 1897
30. Rogers, Fred Blackburn (ed.) Filings From An Old Saw San Francisco: John Howell, 1956
31. Smith, George Winston and Judah, Charles (ed.) Chronicles of the Gringos Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1968
32. Streeter, William A. “Recollections of Historical Events in California 1843-1878” California Historical Society Quarterly XVIII (June, 1939)
33. Swords, Major Thomas “Report to Major General T. S. Jessup, October 8, 1847” 30th Congress, 1st Session, House Executive Document No. 1
34. Tanner, John D. Jr. (ed.) “Don Juan Forster, Southern California Ranchero” Southern California Historical Quarterly LI (September, 1970)
35. Tays, George (ed.) “Pio Pico’s Correspondence with the Mexican Government” California Historical Society Quarterly XIII (June, 1934)
36. “The Proceedings of the Court Martial in the Trial of Lieutenant Colonel Fremont” 30th Congress, 1st Session Senate Executive Document No. 33
37. Turner, Henry Smith The Original Journals of Henry Smith Turner Edited by Dwight L. Clarke Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1966
38. Walcott, Marjories T. (ed.) Pioneer Notes from the Diaries of Judge Benjamin Hayes Los Angeles: Privately Printed, 1929
39. Warren, Viola Lockhart (ed.) “Dr. John S. Griffin’s Mail 1846-1853” California Historical Society Quarterly XXXIII (June, 1954), 97-122