Lettres Officielles choissies : ms, 1852-1853.

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Lettres Officielles choissies : ms, 1852-1853.

Typed transcripts of letters (4) Feb.-July, 1852, from the French Minister, LeVasseur, and letter, May 4, 1853, from the French Consul San Francisco (Dillon) to the Vice Consul, JoseĢ Calvo, concerning the French in Sonora and the adventurers, Charles Marquis de Pindray and Gaston, Comte de Raousset-Boulbon.

13 leaves (5 items) ; 28 cm.

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France. Legation. Mexico.

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Raousset-Boulbon, Gaston Raoux, comte de, 1817-1854

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Biography Count Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon was born in Avignon, France, on May 5, 1817. He led two filibuster expeditions from San Francisco against Sonora, Mexico in 1852 and 1854. The first expedition was under the guise of a mining company known as La Compenia Restauradora de la Mina de la Arizona. He captured Hermosillo, Sonora in 1852. A retreat to Guaymas resulted in his surrender to General Miguel Blanco. In 1854 he returned to Sonora....

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