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Dictation recorded for H.H. Bancroft by Thomas Savage.
Arrival in California ca. 1840 as employee of Henry Virmond; description of trade, crime and criminals, and social life and customs in California; establishment of business with Jose Antonio Aguirre; revolt against Micheltorena; governorship of Pio Pico; lease and sale of mission lands; American occupation, including mention of the Flores revolt, the battle of Rancho del Chino, encounter with Fremont; difficulties with Col.Stevenson in regard to his title to San Buenaventura lands in 1848; friendship with Jose Maria Hijar.

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