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Description
Dictation recorded for H.H. Bancroft by Thomas Savage Arrival in California ca. 1840 as employee of Henry Virmond; description of trade, crime and criminals, and social life and customs in California; establishment of business with Jose Antonio Aguirre; revolt against Micheltorena; governorship of Pio Pico; lease and sale of mission lands; American occupation, including mention of the Flores revolt, the battle of Rancho del Chino, encounter with Fremont; difficulties with Col.Stevenson in regard to his title to San Buenaventura lands in 1848; friendship with Jose Maria Hijar
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text
Format
Copy of original dictation : partial microfilm reel (98 exposures) : negative (Rich. 92:14) and positive (Film P-K, reel 8) Original dictation : 95 leaves English translation by Jean Gibson Ordo~nez : 1 v
Criminals--California Crime--California Land tenure--California Mexican War, 1846-1848 Virmond, Henry Hijar, Jose Maria Micheltorena, Jose Manuel de, 1802-1853 Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890 Aguirre, Jose Antonia, ca. 1793- Savage, Thomas, b. 1823 Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918--Collection--CU-BANC
Place
California Commerce Social life and customs History To 1846
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