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Rh though the sum total of information thus gathered from Dana, Ruschenberger, Belcher, Petit-Thouars, Laplace, and others, is not very complete; nor is it supplemented to any satisfactory extent by local records on the material growth of the town. Events at the capital were for the most part of such a nature as to be naturally included in the political record of territorial affairs as summarized in chronologic order and indexed in the appended note. A few minor , mais la plupart sont de misérables cases couverte en joncs on en branches d'arbres; presque toutes n'ont ni cour, ni jardin.' Population not over 200, creoles, natives, Mexicans, Scotch, Irish, American, kanakas, and even a few French. Many compliments for the women. Petit-Thouars, Voyage, ii. 83-5, 110, 112. 1839. 'Ainsi par exemple Monterey, que le cour de Madrid avait traitée toujours en enfant gâté (!), qui est dans une magnifique situation, devant un bon mouillage, auprés de cantons fertiles, etc. Monterey, dis-je n'avait fait presque aucun progrès depuis 25 années. Elle comptait, il est vrai, quelques maisons, quelques familles de résidents étrangers de plus, mais elle manquait tout à fait de commerce et d'industrie.' Yet the author was well treated and has much to say in praise of the gov. and people of the higher classes. Laplace, Campagne, vi. 304. Alvarado, ''Hist. Cal.,'' MS., iv. 128-30, tells us that by his efforts a new cuartel was built for the soldiers — still standing in 1873 — at a cost of $9,000, being the best building in Cal. He also improved roads in the vicinity, building a bridge from the new cuartel to Hartnell's college, and another toward Capt. Cooper's house. In Vallejo, Doc., MS., vi. 119-23, 335, vii. 249, 404, is found corresp. of the year between Petronilo Rios, com. of the artillery, and Gen. Vallejo respecting improvements in the fortifications, on which work seems to have been done with very slight results. 1840. Farnham restricts his descriptive matter to the mission, but the pictorial edition of his work (N. Y. 1857) gives on p. 69 what purports to be a view of Monterey, with a huge edifice on the summit of the hills in the distance. 'J. F. B. M.,' Leaves from My Journal, describes the new bridge mentioned above, for crossing which on horseback he was arrested and fined $2. Nov. 12th, P. Gonzalez writes to ask of Vallejo the gift of the old presidio chapel to be used as a town church. Vallejo, Doc., MS., xxxiii. 154.