Bronze plaque № 55080

Monterey, United States

Custom House Constructed in 1827 by the Mexican government to collect custom duties from foreign shipping, a principle revenue source when Monterey was the capital of Alta California, Mexico's northernmost province. Thomas O. Larkin, US consul to Alta California, contracted with the Mexican governme

nt in 1841 to rebuild and enlarge the Custom House. Commodore John Drake Sloat raised the American flag over this building on July 7, 1846 to signal the passing of California from Mexican to American

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