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	John D. Sloat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Drake Sloat (July 6, 1781 – November 28, 1867) was a commodore in the United States Navy and, in 1846, claimed California for the United States.
		Appointed midshipman in the Navy in 1800, he became sailing master of the frigate USS United States under Commodore Stephen Decatur by the War of 1812, and was promoted to lieutenant for conspicuous gallantry in the capture of the frigate HMS Macedonian.
		The USS Sloat (DD-245) and the USS Sloat (DD-316) were named in his honor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_D._Sloat (287 words)

	The U.S.-Mexican War . Biographies . John Sloat \| PBS
		At the outbreak of the U.S.-Mexican War, Commodore John D. Sloat was commander of the U.S. Pacific Squadron.
		Born in 1781 in Sloatsburg, New York, Sloat had been in the navy since 1800 and had served aboard the U.S.S. United States in the War of 1812.
		Sloat died in New Brighton, New York, in 1867.
	www.pbs.org /kera/usmexicanwar/biographies/john_sloat.html (212 words)

	Mexican War - Search View - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Led by Colonel John C. Frémont, the settlers captured a fort at Sonoma, north of San Francisco, and proclaimed the establishment of the Bear Flag Republic.
		Sloat, in poor health, transferred his command of the naval forces to Commodore Robert Stockton in late July.
		John C. Calhoun, the seventh vice president of the United States (1825-1832), had earlier warned about territorial conquests and their potential disastrous results.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761559370__1/Mexican_War.html (4240 words)

	California Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		U.S. Army Captain John C. Frémont had spread rumors of impending action against settlers by the Mexican government and encouraged rebellion.
		A group of thirty-three men strode into the Sonoma town center, raised a flag with a bear and star on it (the "Bear Flag") to symbolize a new Californian Republic, independent from Mexico.
		John Bidwell, "Frémont in the Conquest of California", The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, vol.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Republic_of_California (524 words)

	John D. Sloat Basic School
		John Sloat Basic Elementary School serves students and parents located in the Southwest section of Sacramento City Unified School District.
		The students at John Sloat are challenged to meet positive behavior standards as well as a good homework record.
		When students leave John Sloat Basic School to further their education, it is our hope, as a staff, that they carry with them the skills to be lifelong learners.
	www.scusd.edu /elem_schools/johndsloat/index.htm (284 words)

	The Mexican War and California: Los Angeles in the War with Mexico
		José Castro and John C. Frémont's expedition, in March 1846, caused United States Consul Thomas O. Larkin, Jr., to appeal for protection from the Pacific Squadron of the U.S. Navy (1).
		Commodore Sloat was cognizant of Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones' premature capture of Monterey in 1842 (3).
		John Brown, an American, called by the Californios Juan Flaco, meaning "Lean John," succeeded in breaking through the Mexican lines and riding with all speed to Yerba Buena he delivered to Stockton a dispatch from Gillespie notifying him of the situation.
	www.militarymuseum.org /MexWarLA.html (4207 words)

	The U.S.-Mexican War . Biographies . Captian John C. Frémont \| PBS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		John C. Frémont, one of the United States’ leading western explorers in the 1830s and 1840s, was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1813.
		These agitators declared California as the Bear Flag Republic in June 1846 and Frémont declared himself the U.S. commander in California and led the insurgents and his regulars in a campaign to neutralize all Mexican resistance.
		The arrival of U.S. Commodore John D. Sloat and a naval expedition added momentum to the campaign, and, by the end of the summer, all of California had fallen to U.S. forces.
	www.pbs.org /kera/usmexicanwar/biographies/john_fremont.html (283 words)

	Minthorn
		Daniel D. Tompkins was born 21 June 1774 in Fox Meadows, Scarsdale, Westchester Co, NY and died 11 Jun 1825 in Tompkinsville, Staten Island.
		John Minthorn of Orange County is sometimes confused with this man and given the same birthdate.
		John was a grocery merchant in Bellvale and also operated a grist and cider mill.
	www.popenoe.com /NYfamilies/minthorn.htm (10570 words)

	Sloats in Michigan
		C 220 SLOAT, Gennie May 1883 Feb 9 FM Plc: Washington, Parents: John and Elizabeth SLOAT He was born in Ontario, she in Mich, residing in Washington.
		D 33 SLOAT, Mary M. 1884 July 18 FM Plc: Washington, Parents: John W. and Eliza A. SLOAT He was born in Canada, she in Mich., residing in Washington, Laborer.
		This corresponds with Jennie M. SLOAT in the 1900 Census of Bay Co. and the 1910 Census of Oscedla.
	www.ismi.net /~corrion/SloatinMI.html (6373 words)

	Sloat, Stockton and Kearny in California
		John Drake Sloat, a veteran of the War of 1812, was commander of the U.S. Pacific fleet in 1846.
		On July 7, Sloat raised the stars and stripes at Monterey, effectively closing the short history of the Bear Flag Republic.
		Memorabilia related to Sloat, Stockton and Kearny in California is at auction on eBay.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1044.html (423 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia â“ Free Online Encyclopedia for Reference, Research, Facts
		Despite the rupture of diplomatic relations between Mexico and the United States that followed congressional consent to the admission of Texas into the Union, President Polk sent John Slidell to Mexico to negotiate a settlement.
		Kearny pushed on to California to find that this province, through the agency of Commodore John D. Sloat (later relieved by Robert F. Stockton) and John C. Frémont, was already under American rule.
		William J. Worth carried Casa Mata and Molino del Rey, and the supposedly impregnable Chapultepec was stormed in a savage American assault led by Gen. John A. Quitman.
	www.encyclopedia.com /printable.aspx?id=1E1:MexicanW (1102 words)

	The Mexican War and U.S. expansion to the Pacific
		After Mexico had broken diplomatic relations with the United States, Navy Commodore John D. Sloat arrived off the coast of California with seven ships and with instructions to seize and blockade California's ports upon learning that war between Mexico and the U.S. had begun.
		Sloat ordered a company of men on horseback to patrol the area around Yerba Buena, and he senta message to Governor Pico, in Los Angeles, describing himself as "the best friend of California" and inviting "his Excellency" to meet him in Monterey.
		General Scott pardoned five of these and reduced the sentences of fifteen others to fifty lashes and the letter D (for desertion) branded on their cheek.
	www.fsmitha.com /h3/h41-mex.html (7509 words)

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		All provisions and supplies of every kind furnished by the inhabitants for the use of the United States ships and soldiers, will be paid for at fair rates; and no private property will be taken for public use without just compensation at the momont.
		JOHN D. SLOAT, Commander-in-chief of the U. Naval force in the Pacific Ocean.
		Montgomery at the head of seventy sailors and marines landed and hoisted the American flag in the public square, under a salute of twenty-one guns from the Portsmouth.
	memory.loc.gov /service/rbc/mtfrb/2013/3050296.txt (271 words)

	US.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Brevet Captain John C. Fremont, in 1845 given orders from Polk to find the headquarters of the Arkansas and Red Rivers, set of to accomplish the task and in doing so also created a wagon trail to Oregon.
		Sloat and Fremont allowed Castro and his army to march out of Monterey to San Luis Obispo, where he met with Pio Pico and his army.
		On July 15, 1846 Commodore Robert Stockton aboard the Congress, sailed into Monterey Bay to replace Commodore John Sloat, the commander of the U.S. Navy campaign in the North.
	history.acusd.edu /gen/st/~sarah2/US.html (1239 words)

	John C. Frémont (1813-1890)
		John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813July 13, 1890), birth name John Charles Fremon, was an American military officer, explorer, the first candidate of the United States Republican Party for the office of President of the United States, and the first Presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform of opposition to slavery.
		Commodore John D. Sloat, after seizing Monterey, transferred his command to Commodore Robert Field Stockton (1795-1866), who made Frémont major of a battalion; and by January 1847 Stockton and Frémont completed the conquest of California.
		When his troops were united with those of Generals Banks and McDowell to form the Army of Virginia, of which General John Pope was placed in command, Frémont declined to serve under John Pope, whom he outranked, and resigned his post, never to receive a new Civil War appointment.
	www.thelatinlibrary.com /chron/civilwarnotes/fremont.html (1754 words)

	Places, Earth, Campo de Cahuenga
		Spain and after its independence, Mexico was not comfortable with Russia at it's border and in 1823, Mexico established the last mission San Francisco Solano in Sonoma to better express it's claim to the teritory.
		On June 14, 1846, a group of American Settlers from the Sonoma area captured the Sonoma garrison, arrested officials, and declared California to be an independent republic.
		Commodore John D. Sloat, commanding the Pacific Squadron of the United States Navy, sailed north rom Mexico.
	www.placesearth.com /USA/California/LA/code/cahuenga.htm (1787 words)

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		Before we arrived at that place, General (Jos/) Castro had evacuated Santa Clara, and with a force reported to be about four hundred men and two pieces of artillery, commenced his retreat upon San Juan (Bautista), a former mission near Monterey, now occupied as a post and fortified with eight pieces of artillery.
		The raising of the flag at Monterey was communicated by Commodore Sloat to Commander Montgomery, who made known to me the contents of the letter as requested.
		Sir: You will, no doubt have received the information before this that I have hoisted the flag of the United States at this place, on the 7th instant; as yet all is quiet and not resistance of any kind has been made.
	www.mtdemocrat.com /articles/2005/09/30/columnists/doug_noble/2003/f2811_d.prt (1061 words)

	John Drake Sloat
		A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
		SLOAT, John Drake, naval officer, born in New York city in 1780; died in New Brighton.
		He entered the navy as midshipman, 12 February, 1800, and was honorably discharged by the peace-establishment act, 21 May, 1801.
	www.famousamericans.net /johndrakesloat (483 words)

	Welcome to The American Presidency
		Lauded for the part he played in the opening of the Far West, and famed for his role in the conquest of California during the Mexican War, he became the Republican party's first presidential candidate in 1856, losing to James Buchanan.
		(See Bear Flag Revolt.) When Commodore John D. Sloat announced at Monterey on July 7 that the United States and Mexico were at war and claimed California for the United States, Frémont marched his men, now renamed the California Battalion, to Monterey, arriving on July 19.
		Chaffin, Tom, Pathfinder: John Charles Frémont and the Course of American Empire (Hill and Wang 2002).
	ap.grolier.com /article?assetid=0166290-00&templatename=/article/article.html (1602 words)

	20th Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vol 7 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		McKEON, John, representative, was born in Albany, N.Y., in 1807.
		MARBLE, Manton, journalist, was born in Worcester, Mass., Nov. 16, 1834; son of Joel and Nancy Chapin (Coes) Marble, and a descendant of Deacon Solomon and Jerusha (Greenwood) Marble of Millbury Mass., through Samuel and Freegrace Marble of Marble Ridge, near Andover, Mass., and of Thaddeus and Lucy (Whitney) Chapin.
		Johnson Mason was one of the pioneers in the straw-weaving trade of Medfield; a colonel of the Massachusetts militia and a representative in the general court, 1809-11, 1821 and 1843.
	www.whitneygen.org /archives/extracts/biodict07.html (1146 words)

	Spanish Place Names
		Colorado: "reddish." The state is named for the reddish color of mud found in the Colorado River.
		In 1846, during the Mexican War, Commodore John Sloat captured the Mexican village of Yerba Buena and renamed it San Francisco.
		In 1846, during the Mexican War, Commodore John Sloat captured and renamed the settlement for its San Francisco de Asís mission (better known as Mission Dolores), which was founded in 1776.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/spanishnames.html (701 words)

	Early San Francisco Street Names - 1846-1849
		Sloat did, however, take Monterey on July 7, 1846 and on his orders Montgomery landed and took Yerba Buena two days later.
		Sloat quickly turned his command over to Commodore Robert F. Stockton and returned to the East via Cape Horn.
		He was elected second alcalde in 1849 at the first election of local officers in San Francisco and held several other minor offices and was a well known lawyer.
	www.sfmuseum.org /street/stnames5.html (2535 words)

	Robert da Silva
		In his life, John C. Fremont sailed to South America, explored the American Southeast, Midwest and West, conquered California, was court marshaled for mutiny, made millions in California gold, became California's first Senator, ran for President of the United States, was a Civil War General, and became a pauper in the Gilded Age.
		On July 9, 1846 a U.S. Navy battleship, commanded by John D. Sloat, docked in Monterey, routed the detachment of the Mexican Coast Guard garrisoning the port in a minor skirmish (the Battle of Monterey), and alerted Frémont and his men that the Mexican-American War had begun.
		The Swiss adventurer had visions of an agriculture-based empire when he arrived in the region in 1839 and built a fort about two miles from the confluence of the Sacramento and American rivers.
	userwww.sfsu.edu /~rdasilva/MexiAmeri.htm (1109 words)

	Sectionalism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		John Tyler was the 1st vice president to become president upon a president's death.
		John Tyler hoped to add Texas to the union in order to win nomination to the presidency by the Democrats, having alienated the Whigs.
		(d) Because the Slidell mission desired to discuss extraneous issues, Mexico refused to receive him on technical reasons (he had not been confirmed by the US Senate, etc).
	www.freeuniv.com /lect/rankin/Unit4A.htm (5424 words)

	City of Monterey - Presidio of Monterey History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		At least three times it was submerged by the tide of history, only to reappear years later with a new face, a new master and a new mission - first under the Spanish, then the Mexicans, and ultimately, the Americans.
		American control of the area began in 1846 during the war with Mexico, when Commodore John D. Sloat, commander of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Squadron, landed unopposed with a small force in Monterey and claimed the territory and the Presidio for the United States.
		The new defenses were named Fort Mervine in honor of Captain William Mervine, who commanded one of the ships in Sloat's squadron.
	www.monterey.org /museum/pom/history.html (809 words)

	The Battle of Monterey
		U.S. naval forces under Commodore John D. Sloat, in command of the United States Pacific Squadron, opposed a small group of Mexican Coast Guard.
		While Sloat was an officer of the United States Navy, he was not authorized to attack any portion of California, and was instead reprimanded for his action by President James K. Polk.
		In addition, Sloat's famous declaration, annexing California to the United States, was met with bitterness and anger by many of the native Californios.
	www.mymexicanwar.com /battles/460707.htm (211 words)

	John D. Sloat - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		John D. Sloat - Voyager, the free encyclopedia
		Two ships were named in his honor, USS Sloat.
		This page was last modified 12:49, 27 October 2005.
	voyager.in /John_D._Sloat (269 words)

	Chapter 2: On to the Golden Gate With Fremont
		Having heard of the first battles of the war in Texas, Commodore John D. Sloat of the U.S. Navy's Pacific squadron ordered Montgomery to take San Francisco, and he sent word to Fremont to report to him.
		Sloat seized Monterey on 7 July, and prepared to join forces with Fremont to take the rest of California.
		Thanks to the famous botanist John Torrey, the explorer's collection of plants appeared in a Smithsonian Institution publication as "Plantae Fremontianae." Congress, which had postponed the publication of Fremont's narrative, somewhat belatedly authorized the publication of his "Geographical Memoir" along with Charles Preuss' important 1848 map.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/mexico/topo/Ch2.htm (6925 words)

	John C. Fremont
		The extent of his responsibility for the events that ensued is not wholly clear, and has been the subject of much controversy; his defenders have asserted that he was not responsible for the seizure of Sonoma or for the so-called "Bear-Flag War"; and that he played a creditable part throughout.
		Commodore John D. Sloat, after seizing Monterey, transferred his command to Commodore Robert Field Stockton (1795-1866), who made Fremont major of a battalion; and by January 1847 Stockton and Fremont completed the conquest of California.
		In the meantime General Stephen Watts Kearny (1794-1848) had been sent by the Government to conquer it and to establish a government.
	www.nndb.com /people/885/000049738 (999 words)

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