'Sobre movimientos de Frémont': the Gavilán (Hawk's) Peak standoff — Frémont, breaking January's…

Departmental State Papers, Benicia, tomo Prefecturas y Juzgados I–VI · BANC MSS C-A 42, document 363

'Sobre movimientos de Frémont': the Gavilán (Hawk's) Peak standoff — Frémont, breaking January's good-faith promise, introduced armed force near Monterey, fortified an eminence of the Sierra del Gavilán at 37° latitude & hoisted the US flag with 'insultos y desafíos'; Castro mustered the militia at San Juan [de Castro] as Cuartel Gral; Frémont fled north by night; cites his correspondence with US Consul Thomas O. Larkin — Expanded Entry 22

Date1846-03-14 (exact)
FromManuel Castro
ToGobernador
PlaceMonterey
SeriesDepartmental State Papers, Benicia
TomoPrefecturas y Juzgados I–VI (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagep.ii.441–443
Savage copy page139–141
Scan leafn138–n140
Document typeverbatim
Sourceverbatim transcription

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