Sends a report on the discovery of a gold placer (the 1842 San Fernando/Placerita placer, 6 yrs before…

Departmental State Papers, Benicia, tomo Prefecturas y Juzgados I–VI · BANC MSS C-A 42, document 689

Sends a report on the discovery of a gold placer (the 1842 San Fernando/Placerita placer, 6 yrs before Sutter's Mill) — Expanded Entry 24

Date1842-07-14 (exact)
FromSantiago Argüello
ToSrio de Gobierno
PlaceLos Angeles
SeriesDepartmental State Papers, Benicia
TomoPrefecturas y Juzgados I–VI (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagep.iii.140–141
Savage copy page15
Scan leafn245
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentSantiago Argüello to Srio de Gobierno, Los Angeles, 1842-07-14, Departmental State Papers, Benicia, p.iii.140–141, 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-d689.html
The 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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