Reports arrest of Lieut. Canfield, Barras, Sergt. Myers & a man named Rockwell, the 1st three of the Mormon Volunteers, for circulating counterfeit coin; charges preferred agt them; asks for a military commission to try them. (The first three finally tried by a special court of Alcalde Foster & Abel Stearns & a jury — Canfield & Myers acquitted, Barras convicted, sentenced to 5 yrs hard labor but recommended to Gov's mercy — cf. doc 111)
| Date | 1848-04-04 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Col. Stevenson |
| To | Gov. Mason |
| Place | Los Angeles |
| Series | Miscellaneous / Unbound Documents |
| Tomo | Unbound |
| Original tomo page | — |
| Savage copy page | 144 |
| Scan leaf | n144 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Col. Stevenson to Gov. Mason, Los Angeles, 1848-04-04, 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-d249.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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