On regulating weights for gold: gold now almost entire currency in Cal., no law to regulate weights, much confusion; sent to the mines, Yerba Buena & Sonoma to get the true weights; the weight got from Sonoma, the ounce weighs 13/16 more than a gold ounce or 16-dollar piece; the weight from the mines 6/16 more; Gov. should stop 'this enormous swindling machine and protect the poor laborer'; says he is receiving gold at the regular weight of 16 [dwt] to the ounce, 'others are taking it by a weight almost double as heavy'
| Date | 1848-07-31 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | R. Semple |
| To | Gov. Mason |
| Place | Benicia City |
| Series | Miscellaneous / Unbound Documents |
| Tomo | Unbound |
| Original tomo page | — |
| Savage copy page | 143 |
| Scan leaf | n143 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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R. Semple to Gov. Mason, Benicia City, 1848-07-31, Miscellaneous / Unbound Documents, Unbound, —, Archives of California, C-A 63, 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/ca63/ca63-d248.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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