THE MARSH–GANTT CONTRACT (complete, 6 articles): 'Contrato… pª persecución de los indios ladrones del interior qe continuamte atacan las propiedades de los ranchos' — the raiders strike 'desde esta ciudad inclusive hasta Sonoma'; 1º Marsh & Gantt raise their own expedition; 2º under Comandancia instructions; 3º pay = 'QUINIENTAS RESES' when the country is freed 'á satisfacción del Gtno.' + 'LA MITAD DE LA CABALLADA QE QUITEN'; 4º volunteers keep 'el dominio esclusivo' of their own recovered property; 5º the division at the RANCHO DE LOS POCITOS (between Marsh's and José Mª Amador's ranchos), w/ four impartial umpire-judges; 6º duplicate originals. Signed 'Pico = Juan Bandini, Srío. = Juan Marsh = Juan Gault'; certified by Bandini 'Marzo (quizá pretendió decir Abril) 7 de 1845' [Savage's note] — anti-raiding warfare privatized to Anglo-American contractors, paid in cattle and plunder shares
| Date | 1845-03-27 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Gob. PICO + Srío BANDINI ↔ JUAN MARSH + JUAN GANTT ['Gault'] |
| Place | Ciudad de los Ángeles |
| Series | Departmental State Papers, Los Angeles |
| Tomo | Official Correspondence (Vol. XIV/XI + Tomo XII) (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | 707–708 |
| Savage copy page | 140–142 |
| Scan leaf | n141–n143 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Gob. PICO + Srío BANDINI ↔ JUAN MARSH + JUAN GANTT ['Gault'], Ciudad de los Ángeles, 1845-03-27, Departmental State Papers, Los Angeles, Official Correspondence (Vol. XIV/XI + Tomo XII), 707–708, 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-d314.html