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Kearny Decree on Missions in Monterey 1847
Brigadier General and California Governor S W Kearny orders that the missions of San Jose Santa Clara Santa Cruz and San Juan and their associated lands remain under Catholic priests until tribunals decide. Alcaldes to remove trespassers. Translation follows. Vallejo publicizes colonization instructions for Sonoma and Sonoma Valley. Public notes urge orderly settlement to counter Russian aims and grant frontier lands to families with government confirmation to follow.
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Tlilese
W. Kearny
California
San Jose
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
San Juan
United States
Monterey
Upper California
Sonoma
M. G. Vallejo
Seuls
Ina
Valley
Plaes
Santa Rosa
Bodega
Mexican Republic