Today in history
Subtitle: January 12
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: Spanish mission buildings; History; Spanish Missions; Politics and government
Other titles: January 12
Description: Provides information on the founding of twenty-one Spanish missions in the State of California from 1769-1823. Discusses the layout and construction of the buildings, their missionaries, locations of buildings, and factors contributing to the decline of the California missions. Also presents a political sketch of John Hancock, one of the signatories to the Declaration of Independence.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: The mission of old California; title: John Hancock.