Conquest-eve intel: an American officer at Sacramento w/ 50 dragoons via 'un camino nuevo'

Departmental State Papers (Miscellaneous), tomo IX–XVI · BANC MSS C-A 32, document 4

Conquest-eve intel: an American officer at Sacramento w/ 50 dragoons via 'un camino nuevo'; the 'Mormonites' (communal property 'hasta las mujeres') hold California is their promised land & mean to send 10,000 in May 'á tomar California'; source named as Capt. Frémont, ~1,600-man commander 'Estepson [Stevenson?]'

Date1846 (year)
From[unsigned intelligence report]
Place[Monterey?]
SeriesDepartmental State Papers (Miscellaneous)
TomoIX–XVI (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pageIX:376–377
Savage copy page17–18
Scan leafn16–n17
Document typeverbatim
Sourceverbatim transcription

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How to cite this document[unsigned intelligence report], [Monterey?], 1846, Departmental State Papers (Miscellaneous), IX:376–377, Archives of California, C-A 32, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within IX–XVI]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/ca32/ca32-d4.html
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