States that he cannot obey the march order so soon 'por falta de recursos pecuniarios, y solo podrá mantenerlos en la poblacion' [for want of money; he can only maintain them in the town]. Earliest document in this stretch (Oct 1847).
| Date | 1847-10-04 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Vicente Mejía |
| To | Comandante Principal at Mulegé |
| Place | Los Martires |
| Series | Archives of California, Miscellaneous |
| Tomo | — |
| Original tomo page | p 263 |
| Savage copy page | 187 [stamp] / 27 [hand] |
| Scan leaf | n209 |
| Document type | military letter (abstract) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Vicente Mejía to Comandante Principal at Mulegé, Los Martires, 1847-10-04, Miscellaneous, —, p 263, 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-d202.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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