Castañeda's answer to Castro's surrender summons, verbatim in full: «Tengo órn. de guarnecer este punto con la tropa q.e se halla á mis órns. y en caso de evacuarlo, ha de ser con todos los honores de la gra.» — the honors-of-war condition Bancroft III narrates from the San Buenaventura siege. Recovered 2026-09-02 from inside d228's span.
| Date | 1838-03-27 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | J. de Castañeda |
| To | José Castro |
| Place | San Buenaventura |
| Series | Departmental State Papers |
| Tomo | IV |
| Original tomo page | p.423 |
| Savage copy page | 190 (ms 189) |
| Scan leaf | n187 |
| Document type | verbatim transcription |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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J. de Castañeda to José Castro, San Buenaventura, 1838-03-27, Departmental State Papers, IV, p.423, 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-d362.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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