Refusal by the US commander, answering a communication 'fecha de hoy': 'tengo que responder á Vdes que no puedo Cumplir con su intimación, y que estoy preparado á defender la bandera de los E.U. en Contrario todo lo que se encuentre' [I cannot comply with your summons; I am prepared to defend the flag of the United States against all comers]. Savage notes the copy attested 'Es Copia José Matías Moreno, Vicente Mejía (sic)'. Spans n166-n167.
| Date | 1847 Novre 22 (year) |
|---|---|
| From | Charles Heywood Comte de las fuerz de E.U. [to the Mexican commanders] |
| Place | [heading:] Marcha sobre la Paz |
| Series | Archives of California, Miscellaneous |
| Tomo | — |
| Original tomo page | pp. 136 — 7. |
| Savage copy page | 145 [stamp] / 19 [hand] |
| Scan leaf | n166 |
| Document type | letter (refusal) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Charles Heywood Comte de las fuerz de E.U. [to the Mexican commanders], [heading:] Marcha sobre la Paz, 1847 Novre 22, Miscellaneous, —, pp. 136 — 7., 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-d132.htmlThe 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.
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