Letter of Jose Romero, 1824

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Letter of Jose Romero, 1824

AZ 223


Collection Summary
Creator:	Romero, José, active 1822-1826.
Collection Name:	Letter of Jose Romero,
Inclusive Dates:	1824
Physical Description:	1 item (7 leaves)
Abstract:	Jose Romero was a Lieutenant Colonel, Sonora, Mexico; leader of 1823-1826 expeditions to establish an inland route between Sonora, Mex. and California. Collection contains a letter (photocopy) to Mariana de Urrea, Commandante General de Sonora, from Romero in San Gabriel, Calif., recounting his experiences in attempting unsuccessfully to return to Sonora in the winter of 1823-1824 through the Palm Springs area, and describing the mail route between Tucson and San Gabriel which was conducted by Jose Cocomaricopa, the bearer of this letter, via the Colorado River route.
Collection Number:	AZ 223
Language:	Materials are in Spanish.
Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu

Biographical Note

Lieutenant Colonel, Sonora, Mexico; leader of 1823-1826 expeditions to establish an inland route between Sonora, Mex. and California.

Scope and Content Note

Letter (photocopy) to Mariana de Urrea, Commandante General de Sonora, from Romero in San Gabriel, Calif., recounting his experiences in attempting unsuccessfully to return to Sonora in the winter of 1823-1824 through the Palm Springs area, and describing the mail route between Tucson and San Gabriel which was conducted by Jose Cocomaricopa, the bearer of this letter, via the Colorado River route.

Restrictions

There are no restrictions on this collection.

Copyright

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Related Material

Related material published in The Romero Expeditions 1823- 1826, by Lowell John Bean and William Marvin Mason, Ward Ritchie Press, 1962.

Original in possession of Carl S. Dentzel.

Access Terms

Personal Name(s)

Urrea, Mariano de.

Geographic Name(s)

Arizona -- History -- Sources.

Southwest, New -- Description and travel -- Sources.

Southwest, New -- Discovery and exploration.

Subject(s)

Postal service -- Southwest, New -- History -- Sources.

Administrative Information

Credit Line

Letter of Jose Romero (AZ 223). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Acquired as gift, 1955.

Processing History

Processed by Staff.