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Recollections concerning the pirate Hippolyte Bouchard; early governorships and revolts; experiences as a soldier in Monterey; participation in the 1827 expedition with Santiago Arguello north of Sonoma; American occupation in southern California, including Flores revolt, the battle of La Natividad, encounters with and capture by Fremont; gold mining around Mokelumne River. Clipping concerning Fremont pasted in on verso of p. 75.
With this as v. 2 (portfolio): two original documents, directed to Pico by Anastasio Carrillo,1846, communicating a decree and notifying of the appointment of a juez de campo for the ranches in the vicinity of San Luis Obispo, in an effort to regularize trade in cattle and hides.

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