THE GRAHAM AFFAIR — official resolution (Mexico-City side)

Superior Government State Papers, tomo Vols. I–XVIII · BANC MSS C-A 57, document 126

THE GRAHAM AFFAIR — official resolution (Mexico-City side): on the «sublevación intentada por varios extranjeros residentes» (comms of 22 Abr), the President rules on the prisoners taken to TEPIC by Capⁿ José CASTRO aboard the barca nacional 'Guipuzcoana' (May 1840): the ringleaders Isaac GRAHAM, Alberto (Albert) MORRIS, Guillermo (William) CHARD, Jorge J. (George) BOWLES stay jailed under Tepic's court; the non-naturalized / not-married-to-mexicana to be EXPELLED from the Republic + barred from returning to California; those married to mexicanas freed on bail; José Castro held in Mexico to answer the deportees' charges re his conduct as escort commander; warns the Gobⁿ to send full justificatory docs in future «para no dar lugar á reclamaciones» (the British/US diplomatic protests → release + compensation)

Date1840-09-23 (exact)
FromMarín
ToGobernador de A.C.
PlaceMéxico
SeriesSuperior Government State Papers
TomoVols. I–XVIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagep.112–114
Savage copy page141–143
Scan leafn140–n142
Document typems. (resolution)
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentMarín to Gobernador de A.C., México, 1840-09-23, Superior Government State Papers, Vols. I–XVIII, p.112–114, Archives of California, C-A 57, 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 Vols. I–XVIII]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/ca57/ca57-d126.html
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