THE ULTIMATUM LETTER (the dossier's opening move — bound after it)

Departmental State Papers, Los Angeles, tomo Official Correspondence (Vol. XIV/XI + Tomo XII) · BANC MSS C-A 37, document 160

THE ULTIMATUM LETTER (the dossier's opening move — bound after it): answering LA's 4-Jan refusal — 'los Californios quieren hacer su felicidad; desde Sta Barbª á Sn Franco está pr el Gbno'; will smooth difficulties 'con las facultades extraordinarias con qe me hallo investido'; 'No es un despropósito pretender erigirnos en Estado Soberano, cuando así lo exige imperiosamte la enorme distancia'; claims Mexico's own chambers acknowledge the pretension; 'mas lejos de valerse de los medios de la violencia, ha tratado los de la persuasión y así es como ha logrado generalizar la opinión'; demands the terms for receiving 'el Supmo Gbno del Estado'

Date1837-01-07 (exact)
FromGob. Alvarado
ToAyuntº
PlaceSta Bárbara
SeriesDepartmental State Papers, Los Angeles
TomoOfficial Correspondence (Vol. XIV/XI + Tomo XII) (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo page357–360
Savage copy page65–67
Scan leafn66–n68
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentGob. Alvarado to Ayuntº, Sta Bárbara, 1837-01-07, Departmental State Papers, Los Angeles, Official Correspondence (Vol. XIV/XI + Tomo XII), 357–360, Archives of California, C-A 37, 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 Official Correspondence (Vol. XIV/XI + Tomo XII)]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/ca37/ca37-d160.html
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