While approaching San Diego, Kearny sent a rancher ahead to notify Commodore Stockton of his presence.

Andres Pico were camped at the indigenous village of San Pasqual, between Kearny and Stockton.

Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny, who outranked both Stockton and Frémont, had orders from President Polk and secretary of war William L. Marcy to serve as military governor.

Kearny learned that California was, at the time of Carson's last information, under American control of the marines and bluejacket sailors of Commodore Robert F. Stockton of the U. S. Navy's Pacific Squadron and Frémont's California Battalion.

The Californio forces in California capitulated on Jan. 13, it was not to Stockton or Kearny, but to Lt. Col. John C. Frémont and his California Battalion.

Kearny and Stockton decided to accept the liberal terms offered by Frémont to terminate hostilities, despite Andre Pico's breaking his earlier, solemn pledge that he would not fight U. S. forces.

On December 6, 1846 Stockton learned that General Stephen Kearny had arrived in California with a small force and that he was besieged by vastly superior enemy forces at the Battle of San Pasqual.

When General Kearny finally arrived with orders to assume control of the temporary government Stockton turned over control to Kearny.

General Kearny had orders to assume command of U. S. forces in California, but before entering Alta California from Santa Fe, Kearny sent back 200 of his 300 mounted dragoons after hearing from messenger Kit Carson that all of California had already been captured by Commodore Robert F. Stockton and his 400 combined sailors and Marines, and John C. Frémont and his approximate 400 man California Battalion.

Captain Archibald Gillespie's message from Stockton informed Kearny of the presence at San Pasqual of a force of about 100 Californio Lancers mounted on fresh horses led by Captain Leonardo Cota.

Kearny sent dispatches carried by Lieutenant Beale and Kit Carson requesting urgent reinforcements to Commodore Stockton, who was headquartered at San Diego, 28 miles ( 45 km ) to the south-southwest.

After the Battle of San Pasqual, the battered Army of the West commanded by General Stephen W. Kearny went to the headquarters of Commodore Robert F. Stockton at San Diego, California.

Kearny and Stockton initially disputed the right of command.

Stockton had a larger force and was familiar with the area, so Kearny did not initially dispute Stockton's command of the campaign to recapture Los Angeles.

Approaching from the south, Stockton and Kearny planned a crossing for the next day.

Kearny ordered the artillery unlimbered to cover the crossing, but Stockton countered the order and began to move across the river.

Kearny led and commanded the assault force while Stockton stayed with the guns.

Stockton and Kearny stayed on the field overnight and resumed the pursuit the next day, thinking to overwhelm Flores ' troops in the Battle of La Mesa, at the confluence of the San Gabriel and Los Angeles Rivers in present day Vernon.

After Los Angeles and the whole of southern California was secured, the command issue between Stockton and Kearny heated up once again.

Some historians believe that the Battle of Rio San Gabriel was under-reported because of the influence of the politically-ambitious Frémont and his father-in-law Senator Thomas Hart Benton, in order to make Frémont look better by downplaying Stockton and Kearny.

At La Mesa, the outgunned Californios killed one American and wounded five others in the force commanded jointly by Commodore Robert F. Stockton and General Stephen Watts Kearny.

In another version, Hallidie was the instigator, inspired by a desire to reduce the suffering incurred by the horses that hauled streetcars up Jackson Street, from Kearny to Stockton Street.

Stockton had sailed into harbor with two American warships and laid claim to Monterey for the United States.

A Mexican courier was captured en route to Sonora, Mexico carrying letters to General Jose Castro that reported a Mexican revolt that had retaken California from Commodore Stockton.

All the coastal cities were back under Mexican control except San Diego, where the Mexicans had Stockton pinned down and under siege.

( Note: The only other passenger railway in the world at that time, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, had an average speed of only about.

A private funeral was held on 5 January 1987 at St Giles ' Church, Horsted Keynes, West Sussex, where Lord Stockton had regularly worshipped and read the lesson.

The Stockton and Darlington had two inclined sections powered by cable.

However, the Admiralty disapproved of the invention, which led to the fortunate contact with the encouraging American captain Robert Stockton who had Ericsson design a propeller steamer for him and invited him to bring his invention to the United States of America, as it would supposedly be more welcomed in that place.

The relations between Ericsson and Stockton had grown tense over time and, approching the completion of the ship, Stockton began working to force Ericsson out of the project.

Stockton attempted to deflect the blame onto Ericsson, with moderate success, despite the fact Ericsson's gun was sound and it was Stockton's gun that had failed.

Elizabeth Stockton would become the wife of her neighbor, William Whiteside, in 1740 William and Elizabeth ’ s branch of the family were known as the “ Stockton Whitesides .” Thomas Whiteside, who had come to America from Ireland with his brother William Sr. also moved to Goochland County, Virginia.

The Stockton Borough School had an enrollment of 38 students as of the 2009-10 school year.

In the early years of the settlement pioneer merchants H. P. Stockton and John G. Leveridge had operated a banking business in the back of Leveridge's General Store ; by 1907 they had organized the Union State Bank.

However, all locomotives built to date, including those for the Stockton and Darlington, had been intended for slow freight, with any passenger service handled by single horse-drawn coaches.

The experience on the Stockton and Darlington Railway was well-publicised, and a section of the Hetton colliery railway had been converted to cable haulage.

Stockton had the honor of personally presenting to King George III an address of the trustees of the College of New Jersey, acknowledging the repeal of the Stamp Act, and his address was favorably received by the king.

In 1768, Stockton had his first taste of government service when he was elevated to a seat in the royal legislative judiciary, and executive council of New Jersey ; he was later ( 1774 ) appointed to the provincial New Jersey Supreme Court.

The day Stockton was captured, General William Howe had written a Proclamation offering protection papers and a full and free pardon to those willing to remain in peaceable obedience to the King.

In Princeton a rumor started by Mr. Cochran, a Tory, claiming Stockton had taken General Howe's protection caused Stockton to be spoken against for a short time, but " Mr Cochran's known quarrel with him makes it very doubtful to candid persons " Rev.

Stockton and his wife had six children, four daughters and two sons: Julia Stockton ( married to Benjamin Rush, also a signer of the Declaration ), Mary, Susan, Richard, Lucius and Abigail.