'Reclamos de Extranjeros' — the US frigate 'St

Departmental Records, tomo IX–XIV · BANC MSS C-A 49, document 763

'Reclamos de Extranjeros' — the US frigate 'St. Louis' arrived 22 days after the deportation ship sailed, demanding an accounting; the commander tried to name a US Consular Agent for California (leaving an officer), which Casarín refused to recognize without central authorization but gave a passport; defends the prisoners' humane treatment; suspects indemnity-claim motives *(re-transcribe faint scan before quoting)*

Date1840-12-12 (exact)
FromCasarín
ToMinistro del Interior (México)
PlaceMonterey
SeriesDepartmental Records
TomoIX–XIV (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pageXI·235–240
Savage copy pageXI·73–74
Scan leafn278–n279
Document typetranscription
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentCasarín to Ministro del Interior (México), Monterey, 1840-12-12, Departmental Records, IX–XIV, XI·235–240, 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-d763.html
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