Gov. Solá → the presidio commandants — the foundational Bouchard-defense circular + full mobilization/evacuation *ordenanza* (signed Monterey 8 Oct 1818). Warning (via Guerra, from an American ship): 2 pirate frigates (34 guns / 18–20 guns, «tripuladas con 250 hombres» — 250 men between them; leaf-verified 2026-09-28 at n245, agreeing with the ca55-d339 copy) left the Sandwich Islands, bound for this coast in 4–6 days. Plan: secure all church silver/gold to named inland depots (SF→San José; Monterey→Soledad; San Luis→Sta Margarita; Purísima→San Antonio rancho; SD→San Antonio de Pala…); cache provisions; evacuate women & children; drive cattle & horse-herds inland; muster discharged men & invalids (Luis Argüello at SF; Ortega & Mariano Castro ranchos); a flying squad w/ 300-cartridge reserve; disperse 2/3 of the powder inland; ⭐ spike the cannons if abandoned; double mounted-Indian lookouts; ⭐⭐ a statewide mounted-courier relay route (SF→San Mateo→San José→Castro's rancho→Monterey→Soledad→San Antonio→San Miguel→San Luis→Purísima→Sta Inés→Sta Bárbara→San Buenaventura…, relay-padres Oliva/Cabot/Ripoll/Sánchez); free the prisoners for service; Guerra named 2nd-in-command of arms / accidental governor if Solá falls. = expanded Document 21
| Date | 1818-10-08 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Monterey |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XX |
| Original tomo page | i.1090–1093 |
| Savage copy page | 246–253 |
| Scan leaf | n245–n252 |
| Document type | abstract (ordenanza) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Monterey, 1818-10-08, Provincial State Papers, i.1090–1093, Archives of California, C-A 13, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca13/ca13-d308.html- Previously read Summary gave the two Bouchard pirate frigates '350 men'.. Full-resolution re-read of n245: «dos fragatas de Piratas la una de 34 Cañones y la otra de 18 á 20. tripuladas con 250 hombres».