Spans n237-n238. Asks that 'venciendo toda dificultad remita para este punto, todo el parque que pueda o cuando menos, polvora en granel para elavorarlo alli en donde hay 2000 balas'. Reports 'el enemigo esta Completamte sitiado sin que puedan dar un paso fuera de las puertas de sus fortines, y las veces que intentan salir a tomar agua, son rechazados por la Caballa al mando de Benigno Contreras que esta ocupada actualmte en el sitio de S. Jose'; asks whether the cavalry quartered at Santiago could thicken the besieging lines; 'puede asegurarle que el enemigo no tardara 15 dias en rendirse'.
| Date | 1848 Febrero 6 (year) |
|---|---|
| From | Mauricio Castro |
| To | Manl. Pineda, Comte Pral |
| Place | Santa Anita |
| Series | Archives of California, Miscellaneous |
| Tomo | — |
| Original tomo page | p.483-5 |
| Savage copy page | 215 [stamp] / 55 [hand] |
| Scan leaf | n237 |
| Document type | report / requisition |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Mauricio Castro to Manl. Pineda, Comte Pral, Santa Anita, 1848 Febrero 6, Miscellaneous, —, p.483-5, 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-d260.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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