[= published record #4] Landing orders to the American squadron (in English), bound into the Californio archive: *'We are now about to land on the territory of Mexico, with whom the U.S. are at war… our duty to take California but to preserve it afterwards as a part of the U.S. at all hazards… cultivate the good opinion of the inhabitants, whom we must reconcile'*; boats to stay near shore ready to repel attack; *'No man is to quit the ranks or to enter any house… avoid that eternal disgrace… by indignity offered to a single female'*; *'Plunder of every kind is strictly forbidden'*; *'before God and our country.'* ⚠ orig page is VII:261–262 (the published record #4 gave 281–2 — corrected here)
| Date | 1846-07-07 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | John D. Sloat (comdr. U.S. naval forces, Pacific) |
| Place | *aboard the Savannah* |
| Series | Departmental State Papers |
| Tomo | VII |
| Original tomo page | VII:261–262 |
| Savage copy page | 70–71 |
| Scan leaf | n73–n75 |
| Document type | verbatim |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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John D. Sloat (comdr. U.S. naval forces, Pacific), *aboard the Savannah*, 1846-07-07, Departmental State Papers, VII:261–262, Archives of California, C-A 31, 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/ca31/ca31-d109.html