Certificate for Capt. Jedediah S. Smith: at his request they attest there is no doubt he was forced into Alta California by want of provisions & water (his horses perished, the barren country lat. 33–42 N); they examined his passports — granted by the U.S. Superintendent of Indian Affairs — and deem them legal & conforming to U.S. law; he intends to leave toward the head of the Columbia
| Date | 1826-12-20 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | William G. Dana, William H. Cunningham, William Henderson, James (Diego) Scott, Thomas M. Robbins, Thomas Shaw |
| Place | San Diego |
| Series | Departmental State Papers |
| Tomo | II |
| Original tomo page | p.35–37 |
| Savage copy page | II:19 |
| Scan leaf | n181–n182 |
| Document type | verbatim |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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How to cite this document
William G. Dana, William H. Cunningham, William Henderson, James (Diego) Scott, Thomas M. Robbins, Thomas Shaw, San Diego, 1826-12-20, Departmental State Papers, II, p.35–37, Archives of California, C-A 27, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca27/ca27-d195.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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