Higuera's Adobe Home and the Beginning of Napa City [and] Higuera's Family and his Adobe Home

Archive

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Napa County Historical Society

Name/Title

Higuera's Adobe Home and the Beginning of Napa City [and] Higuera's Family and his Adobe Home

Entry/Object ID

MS0223

Scope and Content

Parts 3 and 4 of "Nicolas Higuera", by Floyd Stone. Part 3 includes an appendix on "Pioneer Surveyors of Napa City", viz., James Hudspeth, John Ely Brackett andJohn Evans Brown. (There is a blank section for Emile d'Hemmecourt.) Information is taken predominantly from county histories. Part 4 focuses on the Higuera family and on the settlement of lower Napa valley in the 1840s.

Collection

Manuscripts

Acquisition

Accession

1994.43

Source or Donor

Smith, Robert R.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Manuscript

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Surveyors -- Napa County, Napa -- History, Higuera Family

Archive Details

Creator

Stone, Floyd

Date(s) of Creation

1991

Archive Size/Extent

Part 3: [5], 25, [14], 11, [10], 7 [= 72] pages Part 4: [41] pages

Archive Notes

Publication Notes: 1991

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Brackett, John E. (John Ely), 1813-1855

Person or Organization

Brown, John E. (John Evans)

Person or Organization

Coombs, Nathan, 1826-1877

Person or Organization

Higuera, Nicolas Antonio, 1781-1852

Person or Organization

Hudspeth, James M.

Create Date

June 20, 2021

Update Date

July 9, 2026