AND TAKING POSSESSION OF
SONOMA, CALIFORNIA
July 9, 1846
Carruth and Carruth, Oakland, CA. 1902. Illustration by W. A. Coulter.
Possession taken by Lieutenant Joseph Warren Revere, USN, at 12 am, July 9, 1846, by order of Commodore John Drake Sloat, USN. Mexican Captain Salvador Vallejo's quarters are seen at the left, General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo's headquarters, left of center, barracks, center, and the Old Mission, right.
