Includes indexes.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- Chapter I: Baja California -- A. Commentary -- B. Letters and Documents: Baja and Family Background -- 1. MARB's biography of Don Jos6 Manuel Ruiz, written for the Bancroft Project -- 2. MARB's transcription of Don Jos6 Manuel's Letter -- 3. Last Will and Testament of Ysabel Ruiz de Maitorena -- 4. H. S. Burton's 1848 Letter to H. M. Naglee -- 5. Family Trees for Ruiz, Carrillo, and Burton Families -- Chapter II: From Baja to Monterey -- A. Commentary -- B. Letters and Documents (1848-1852) -- Chapter III: Early San Diego and La Frontera -- A. Commentary -- B. Letters and Documents (1851-1859) -- 1. MARB's Letters -- 2. Jos6 Matias Moreno's Letters on La Frontera -- Chapter IV: (Shifting) Frames of Reference: Southwest by East -- A. Commentary -- B. Letters and Documents (1859-1870) -- Chapter V: Illustrations -- Chapter VI: Later San Diego: 1871-1895 -- A. Commentary -- B. Letters and Documents (1870-1895) -- Chapter VII: Narratives of Negative Identification -- A. Commentary -- B. Documents: -- 1. Book Reviews -- 2. Articles -- 3. Lower California Mining Company Brochure -- 4. Obituaries -- 5. MARB's petition as heir of H. S. Burton, -- her pension request, and other documents -- 6. Pio Pico's Deed to Jamul Ranch -- 7. Isabel Ruiz de Maytorena's suit against MARB -- 8. New York Times article on Ensenada -- Unpublished References -- Index to Letters -- by Date -- by Chapter -- by Addressee/Sender.

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