Office of the Historian

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State of California,
City and County of Los Angeles, ss:

I, the Rev. Peter Verdaguer, rector of the Cathedral of St. Vibiana and of Our Lady of Angels, being duly sworn, depose and say that I knew the late Right Rev. Thaddeus Amat, bishop of Monterey; that said bishop died in the city of Los Angeles the 12th day of May, 1878; that I saw his corpse after his demise, attended at the funeral, and witnessed the remains being deposited in the basement of the cathedral.

In witness whereof I set my hand and seal it with the seal of the parish this day, the 28 of June, A. D. 1878.

[seal.]
Rev. Peter Verdaguer, Rector.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of June, A. D. 1878.

[seal.]
A. C. Holmes, Notary Public.