the 1845 US-war scare & militia mobilization — the Comandante General's note (6 Aug) reports that, per an official dispatch received via a warship that arrived at Monterey, war had probably been declared by Mexico on the United States 'á virtud de la agregación de Texas'; laid before the Assembly in extraordinary session, which approved (consultative) the articles of 13 Aug: Art. 1 the Governor to 'arreglar y poner sobre las armas las milicias auxiliares,' 'excitar á los Ciudadanos á la defensa de la patria… hasta el grado de poner á cubierto el país de toda clase de enemigos' (see the acta of 13 Aug); + (23 Aug) approval of the committee report on a note of José Antº Carrillo (1er Ministro) [✓scan-verified(n490,2026-07-09):'declarada la guerra pr Méx. á los E.U. á virtud de la agregación de Tejas'+Herrera-3–2-vote same leaf]
| Date | 1845-08-02 / 08-13 / 08-19 / 08-23 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Pico & Olvera (Asamblea) |
| To | Govt |
| Place | Los Angeles |
| Series | Departmental Records |
| Tomo | IX–XIV (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | XIV·154–156 |
| Savage copy page | XIV·45–46 |
| Scan leaf | n490 |
| Document type | draft |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Pico & Olvera (Asamblea) to Govt, Los Angeles, 1845-08-02 / 08-13 / 08-19 / 08-23, Departmental Records, IX–XIV, XIV·154–156, Archives of California, C-A 49, 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 IX–XIV]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/ca49/ca49-d1216.html