Wright, Doris Marion. (author)A Yankee in Mexican California, Abel Stearns, 1798-1848 (title).
Wallace Hebberd Publisher
Santa Barbara, California
1977 First Edition Hardcover.177 pages.
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Table of Contents:
1. The Yankee Becomes a Mexican
2 The Land Grant
3. Victoria
4. The Casa de San Pedro: Acquisition
5. The Casa de San Pedro: Administration
6. Smuggling
7. Man of the Pueblo
8. Chico
9. Dona Arcadia
10. Lure of Land
11. Commodore Jones at Los Angeles
12. Vulnerable California
13. Stearns and Larkin, 1845-1846
14. The End of the Mexican Period
15. Epilogue
Appendix
A. The Mexican Naturalization Law of 14 April 1828
B. The Mexican Colonization Decree of 18 August 1824
C. Regulations for Colonization of the Territories of the Republic 21 November 1828
Index
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