spans n157-n158. Transcribes a communication showing his comandancia was deceived by Padre Sotomayor, who had assured the comandancias generales of Sonora and Sinaloa that he had 3 guerrillas ready for the defence of the Peninsula and would sacrifice his interests to keep them. Reports 'que el R. P. Soto Mayor ha servido de obstaculo a la defenza del Pais, dejandolo en desavenencias y llendose a Sonora tan solo por el terror que le han Causado los Yankes' [Sotomayor obstructed the defence and fled to Sonora out of terror of the Yankees], though his troops never took a single head of his cattle, 'por que las tropas se mantienen Con un pedazo de Carne cada 24 horas' [the troops live on one piece of meat every 24 hours].
| Date | 1848-03-09 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | [sender not named; Manuel Pineda] |
| To | Comandte gral de Sonora |
| Place | S. Antº Cuartel General |
| Series | Archives of California, Miscellaneous |
| Tomo | — |
| Original tomo page | pp 70 - 3 |
| Savage copy page | 136 [stamp] / 10 [hand] |
| Scan leaf | n157 |
| Document type | letter (oficio, transcribing another) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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[sender not named; Manuel Pineda] to Comandte gral de Sonora, S. Antº Cuartel General, 1848-03-09, Miscellaneous, —, pp 70 - 3, Archives of California, C-A 62, 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/ca62/ca62-d117.html