the US-conquest transition — under the new American regime, Vallejo transmits to Kearny copies of the…

State Papers, Missions and Colonization, tomo II · BANC MSS C-A 53, document 192

the US-conquest transition — under the new American regime, Vallejo transmits to Kearny copies of the Figueroa instructions that authorized his colonization of the northern frontier & the founding of a *ciudad* in the Valley of Sonoma: he alone empowered to grant land there, charged (a 'Muy Reservado' note) to make 'la población Mexicana preponderar á la extranjera' against the risk from 'los vecinos del Norte,' mindful of 'la importancia del Puerto de Bodega y Cabo Mendocino… para la conservación de la integridad Nacional.' The irony: Vallejo hands this secret anti-foreign-encroachment charter to the conquering American general

Date1847-04-05 (exact)
FromM. G. Vallejo (Monterey)
ToGen. S. W. Kearny *(US military governor)*
SeriesState Papers, Missions and Colonization
TomoII
Original tomo pagep.405–408 (Sav. pp. 686–92)
Savage copy page324–327
Scan leafn323–326
Document typeabstract (corr. + enclosed instructions)
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentM. G. Vallejo (Monterey) to Gen. S. W. Kearny *(US military governor)*, 1847-04-05, State Papers, Missions and Colonization, II, p.405–408 (Sav. pp. 686–92), Archives of California, C-A 53, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.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/ca53/ca53-d192.html
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