Responds to the Governor's note on 'los acontecimientos ocurridos en Sonoma' (Bear Flag): the seizure was by 'aventureros Norteamericanos'; since war may not be declared, they are an 'atentado' outside their nation's protection — and having hoisted 'otro [pabellón] distinto' (a different, unknown flag) they are to be deemed pirates; urges the Govt to 'sofocar' them 'con energía' — a Californio legal-diplomatic reading of the Revolt (see Expanded Entry 21)
| Date | 1846-07-02 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | S. Argüello |
| To | Gobernador |
| 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.ii.402–404 |
| Savage copy page | 129–130 |
| Scan leaf | n128–n129 |
| Document type | verbatim |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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S. Argüello to Gobernador, Angeles, 1846-07-02, Departmental State Papers, Benicia, p.ii.402–404, 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-d345.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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