Roach wrote Brady that he was tendered an invitation to deliver an oration on the Centennial Anniversary of the landing of Junipero Serra at Monterey, but pressure of business intervened. He has saved many valuable manuscripts on the subject, however, in St. Mary's library, and he has planned for years to write on the subject. Roach mentions that he is the last Alcalde of Monterey. The letter is cut off at this point Roach encloses a clipping from the San Francisco Examiner, which gives the details of the landing of Father Junipero Serra, the founder of the Franciscan missions in California, and which reproduces the letter sent to Roach, inviting him to deliver the oration on the occasion of the Centennial. :: I-1-n A.L. incomplete 1p. 12mo.