Filibustering Expedition, from San Francisco to Lower Calif. & Sonora. Written by an Officer of Col. Walker's Expedition of 1853, San Francisco, 1904.

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Filibustering Expedition, from San Francisco to Lower Calif. & Sonora. Written by an Officer of Col. Walker's Expedition of 1853, San Francisco, 1904.

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Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p. 113-127, Vol. 8. This is a typed transcript of an unknown member's autobiographical reminiscence created as an institutional record for the Society of California Pioneers. This reminiscence is an account of the filibustering attempt made by William Walker and his party to obtain possession of La Paz, the principal seaport of Sonora, Mexico, as well as the towns of La Guilla and St. Tomas in 1853. Once they succeeded in their efforts they established the "Provisional Government of the Republic of Lower California" under William Walker's presidency. The period of time represented by this reminiscence is 1853 to 1854.

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