The 1838 smallpox epidemic warning (public-health / Russian-frontier): 'La epidemia horrorosa de las viruelas ha invadido esta frontera, causando los mayores estragos: nos fueron comunicados por los establecimientos ingleses y Rusos que se hallan en contacto con esta parte de la Alta California.' La vacuna y la dieta el único medio; 'ha hecho perecer en estos últimos meses á muchos centenares de personas, principalmente entre los indígenas'; orders civil & military authorities to take the most active preservative measures against the *plaga destructora*, warning against alcohol/irritant foods
| Date | 1838-05-23 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | M. G. Vallejo |
| To | Comte. Militar de San Diego |
| Place | Sonoma |
| Series | Departmental State Papers |
| Tomo | IV |
| Original tomo page | p.452–454 |
| Savage copy page | 206–207 |
| Scan leaf | n203–n204 |
| Document type | verbatim |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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How to cite this document
M. G. Vallejo to Comte. Militar de San Diego, Sonoma, 1838-05-23, Departmental State Papers, IV, p.452–454, Archives of California, C-A 29, 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/ca29/ca29-d232.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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