Previously uncatalogued — recovered by the 2026-08-27 coverage audit

Superior Government State Papers, Benicia, tomo XIX–XXI · BANC MSS C-A 58, document 113

Previously uncatalogued — recovered by the 2026-08-27 coverage audit: the document lay inside the declared span of a grouped entry covering n101-n116, which had passed every completeness check while concealing it. Heading verbatim: '+ 1838. Abril 24. Mej. / Pavon, director g.l de rentas al administrad.or de la Aduana de Mont. / Le remite documentos relativos al ultimatum del Baron de Diffaudis, p.a que se informe et. — p.p. 304-5.' [= 1838 - April 24 - Mexico. Pavon, director general of revenues, to the administrator of the Monterey Customs House. He forwards documents relating to the ultimatum of the Baron de Deffaudis, for his information etc.] Transmits to the Monterey customs house the documents on the French ultimatum delivered by Baron Deffaudis, the diplomatic trigger of the Pastry War. This is the French crisis reaching the California customs administration in its own paperwork.

Date1838-04-24 (exact)
FromPavon, director general de rentas, to the administrador of the Aduana de Monterey
PlaceMexico
SeriesSuperior Government State Papers, Benicia
TomoXIX–XXI (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagepp. 304-5
Savage copy page102 [stamp] / 24 [ink]
Scan leafn101
Document typeacta / abstract
SourceSavage abstract

Read this leaf on the Internet Archive ↗ · leaf n101

How to cite this documentPavon, director general de rentas, to the administrador of the Aduana de Monterey, Mexico, 1838-04-24, Superior Government State Papers, Benicia, XIX–XXI, pp. 304-5, Archives of California, C-A 58, 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 XIX–XXI]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/ca58/ca58-d113.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.
See something wrong? Corrections are reviewed against the leaf and published in the errata register on this very page, with credit.
← doc 112All 179 documents in C-A 58doc 114 →