(Docts en inglés) THE SF ALCALDE-RECORDS SEIZURE AFFAIR

Miscellaneous / Unbound Documents, tomo Unbound · BANC MSS C-A 63, document 447

(Docts en inglés) THE SF ALCALDE-RECORDS SEIZURE AFFAIR: Alcalde Leavenworth notifies Halleck (31 May) of the seizure of the papers & records of his office; Notary G. Haven (1 Jun) testifies to the seizure of the alcalde's-office papers by the Sheriff (J.C. Pulis) upon a Justice-of-Peace order; Justice Myron Norton's order (31 May) to Sheriff Pulis to take from the alcalde's office the public records & documents of the District & deliver them to John A. Patterson (Register), & summon Thaddeus M. Leavenworth to appear 1st Monday of June; certified true copy signed George Hyde (Dist. Attorney), John A. Patterson (Clerk of the Justices' Court), H. Gillingham (Municipal Clerk to Alcalde) — the leg/administrative clash between the ayuntamiento's alcalde system & the incoming American Justice/Sheriff apparatus at SF

Date1849-05-31 → 06-01 (exact)
FromAlcalde T.M. Leavenworth, G. Haven (Notary), Myron Norton (Justice of Peace) ↔ J.C. Pulis (Sheriff) / Capt. G.F. Hutton / H.W. Halleck
PlaceSan Francisco
SeriesMiscellaneous / Unbound Documents
TomoUnbound
Original tomo page—
Savage copy page319
Scan leafn321–n323
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentAlcalde T.M. Leavenworth, G. Haven (Notary), Myron Norton (Justice of Peace) ↔ J.C. Pulis (Sheriff) / Capt. G.F. Hutton / H.W. Halleck, San Francisco, 1849-05-31 → 06-01, 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-d447.html
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