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THE COMING OF JUSTICE TO CALIFORNIA: Three Documents.
by Edited by John Galvin, translated from the Spanish by Adelaide Smithers
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San Francisco: John Howell, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. xi, 2fl, 80 pp., illustrated with frontispiece, 3 facsimile text reproductions, 2 folding maps; octavo, original red cloth.
The documents translated here are: "Rules and Regulations for the Presidios on the Frontier Line of New Spain, Ordered by King Carlos III in a Decree of September 10, 1772"; "Speech of Carlos Antonio Carrillo in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies, Requesting Adequate Courts for the Administration of Justice in Alta California, 1831"; "Decree of President Santa Anna of Mexico, May 22, 1834, Establishing Circuit Tribunals and District Courts."
The documents translated here are: "Rules and Regulations for the Presidios on the Frontier Line of New Spain, Ordered by King Carlos III in a Decree of September 10, 1772"; "Speech of Carlos Antonio Carrillo in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies, Requesting Adequate Courts for the Administration of Justice in Alta California, 1831"; "Decree of President Santa Anna of Mexico, May 22, 1834, Establishing Circuit Tribunals and District Courts."
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- Chanticleer Books
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- 22172
- Title
- THE COMING OF JUSTICE TO CALIFORNIA: Three Documents.
- Author
- Edited by John Galvin, translated from the Spanish by Adelaide Smithers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- John Howell
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1963
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