Answering a communication of the 21st. Vicente Mejía 'ha seducido á la tropa de Mulege, que desertará…

Archives of California, Miscellaneous, tomo — · BANC MSS C-A 62, document 180

Answering a communication of the 21st. Vicente Mejía 'ha seducido á la tropa de Mulege, que desertará con todo y armamento, y demas municiones' [seduced the Mulegé troop into deserting with arms and munitions], he being pledged to the Territory's defence with the Comandancia general de Sonora, all 'por conseguir ser Gefe Politico y Comandte pral'; foreseeing many actions of war he resigned to retire home. Mulegé cavalry has arrived and moves to the Pueblo de Santiago for orders; powder to be forwarded, arms collected in the ranchos; 100 infantry are marching from Sonora.

Dates.f. [1847, late Dec] (inferred)
FromUnsigned
Tounaddressed (Savage: 'Sin fha y sin direccion, sin firma')
Placenot stated
SeriesArchives of California, Miscellaneous
Tomo—
Original tomo pagep 180 – 2
Savage copy page177 [stamp] / 16 [hand]
Scan leafn199
Document typemilitary letter (abstract)
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentUnsigned to unaddressed (Savage: 'Sin fha y sin direccion, sin firma'), not stated, s.f. [1847, late Dec], Miscellaneous, —, p 180 – 2, 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-d180.html
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