Re condition of San Diego Mission: unless willing to remain long in charge of the mission (if left in present state the property will soon disappear), he thinks it should be at once sold & proceeds paid into the Civil Fund; the San Indians who claim support from the mission-property — if claim is just they might receive a desertion from the post, or as arranged, might be made with some citizen of San Diego to take a few cattle & maintain them during life; property worth something now, in a few months there will be nothing left
| Date | 1848-08-09 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Col. Stevenson |
| To | Gov. Mason |
| Place | Los Angeles |
| Series | Miscellaneous / Unbound Documents |
| Tomo | Unbound |
| Original tomo page | — |
| Savage copy page | 159 |
| Scan leaf | n159 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Col. Stevenson to Gov. Mason, Los Angeles, 1848-08-09, 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-d259.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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