Annexation of California : extract from journal and copies of proclamations posted at Monterey., 1846 June-July.

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Annexation of California : extract from journal and copies of proclamations posted at Monterey., 1846 June-July.

Extract, July 16-23, 1846, from journal kept as Midshipman, H.M.S. Collingwood, and contemporary copies of the proclamations he saw posted in Monterey. With a covering letter to Josiah Royce, Dec. 30, 1885.

Originals : 3 folders in portfolio.Copies : partial microfilm reel (11 exposures) : negative (Rich. 403:5) and positive.

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