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Bound ledger with marbled paper facing (sold by Oliver Holman & Co. (124 State Street, Boston)). An index card tucked inside reads: "Account book of the ship Sterling, which plied the California coast in 1844. The names of many San Joseans and other residents of the Santa Clara Valley appear in this book. Courtesy of Paul R. Teilh, Santa Clara County Clerk." (The Sterling sank in Sacramento - for more information, see https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23523) On each left-facing page is a name and a list of what appear to be purchases; on the facing pages towards the beginning of the ledger are credits (as the ledger progresses, these facing pages are blank). The first two pages of the ledger appear to be an index of names, listed by town, and associated page number. The ledger is blank after page 100. Page 31 is labeled "Customs." Towns: Monterey, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, and San Pedro. Names: William Hinckly, Pablo de la Guerra, Antonio Maria Osio, Rafael Gonzales, W. E. P. Hartnell, Salvador Munras, J. B. R. Cooper, Charles Walters, Thomas O. Larkin, Rafael Estrada, John C. Davis, Henry Mellus, James Watson, Manuel Dias, Rafael Pinto, Marselino Escobar, James Stokes, Francisco Pacheco, Joaquin Esquis, Julian Estrada, Den, Teodoro Gonzales, Jose Maria Castanares, Joaquin Gomes, Francisco Arce, Mary Kenlock, David Spense, Jose Abrigo, Jose Ameste, Antonio Sunol, John Temple, Manuel Micheltorena, Jose Antonio Pico, W. D. M. Howard, Eugenio Montenegro, Pedro Navaes, Florenciano Serrano, Guadalupe Loberanas (or Soberanas), Manuel Jemeno, Thomas P. Park, Job Dye, Romia, Miguel de Pedrorena, Marquis, Manuel Dominquez, Juan Avilla, Tisna (?), Mariano Estrada, Pedro Richards, Cortez, Don Quixote, Jose Yguera, Eulogio de Celis, William Dana, Luis Burton, S. S. Sparks, Juan Padillo, W. G. Rae, Vicente Martines, Timothy Murphy, Francisco Guerrero, Charles Webber, Benito Dias, William Richardson, Francisco Ramires, Samuel Johnson, Juan P. Mesa, Gabriel Castro, Nathan Spear, Carmen Cibrian, Peter Shenebeck, Juana Briones, Jose Antonio Alviso, Manuel de Marante, Juan Bernal, Domingo Peralta, Joaquin Castro, Jose A. Estrada, Victor Castro, Miguel Muro (?), John Marsh, Jose Jesus Vallejo, Ygnacio Alviso, James Forbes, Guillermo Castro, Jose Felis, William Gulnac, Domingo Alviso, Jose Pena, Guadalupe Vasales, Ygnacio Vasales, Padre Mercado, Jose Antonio Navaes, Crisostimo Galindo, Antonio Maria Pico, Francisco Sanches, Salvador Vallejo, David Flores, Jacob L. Peese.
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