Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity: For the Year 1901
While the American colonies were struggling for their independence in 1776, some, of the Fathers of St. Francis established a Catholic mission, called Mission Dolores. It 'was the first white settlement at San Francisco. These Franciscan Fathers established other missions along the Pacific coast south of San Francisco, and during the fifty years they, with the consent of the native Indians, enjoyed a free run of the Pacific slopes, accumulated a vast amount of wealth, estimated at many millions of dollars, including horses, sheep, cattle, hogs, coin and bullion. At the down fall of the Spanish rule in Mexico, these missions began to decline, and at last were abandoned by the priests, and the property was confiscated in the year 1845.
The excellent climate, fertile soil, and glitter of its gold and silver soon attracted the attention of adventurers in various parts of the country, and people began to find their way into this El Dorado.
Commodore Jones of the United States Navy, in Octo ber, 1842, believing that hostilities were in progress be tween Mexico and his home government, sailed into the harbor of Monterey, captured the fort, hoisted the stars and stripes, and declared California a territory of the United States.
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