Verbatim: 'Que el 11 del corriente tomó posesion de la Prefectura' [= that on the 11th of the current month he took possession of the Prefecture]. Dates Cosme Peña's assumption of the Los Angeles prefecture to 11 April 1839 - a fixed point for the prefecture system this tomo is named for.
| Date | 1839-04-13 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Cosme Peña al Govr |
| Place | Angeles |
| Series | Departmental State Papers, Benicia |
| Tomo | Prefecturas y Juzgados I–VI (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p. 979 |
| Savage copy page | stamp 495 / ink 79 |
| Scan leaf | n495 |
| Document type | aviso de posesión |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Cosme Peña al Govr, Angeles, 1839-04-13, Departmental State Papers, Benicia, Prefecturas y Juzgados I–VI, p. 979, Archives of California, C-A 42, 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 Prefecturas y Juzgados I–VI]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/ca42/ca42-d1452.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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