Long *borrador* register of Solá's outgoing letters/orders (1815–1822) — a major composite source. 1815–17 highlights: ⭐⭐⭐ the 5 neophyte murderers of Fr. Andrés Quintana (Lino, Antonino, Vicente, Saturnino & Fulgencio[?] of Sta Cruz) sentenced (10 Mar 1816) to 200 azotes + presidio (10 yrs the first two, 7 the others), at Sta Bárbara — resolution of the Quintana murder (cf. Doc 153); ⭐⭐ Solá commissions Gabriel Moraga, 25 men, to reconnoiter the sierra passes (18 Oct 1816); ⭐ a 3-masted brig built at San Juan Capistrano (Capt. Guillermo/William Reynolds); *cimarrón* pursuit & a San Gabriel uprising; SD soldiers Franco/Fermín/Fernando tried for the homicide of the Mayordomo Miguel; Vicente Nevado poisoning his wife; José Antº Tapia raping a neophyte; warship *San Carlos* + corbeta *Paz y Religión*; request for 40 mission Indians. 1819–20 highlights (the post-Bouchard reinforcement & Moraga's Mojave campaign): ⭐⭐ arrival at San Luis of the Mazatlán company — brig *Cossack* w/ 100 men + $10,000, Capt. Pablo de la Portilla (+ corbeta *Reina de los Ángeles*, *San Carlos*); promotions: Mariano Estrada (Tte.) & Manuel Gómez (artillery); ⭐⭐ Solá orders Gabriel Moraga's 1819 punitive campaign to the Mojave (Amajabat/Mongallune) ranchería — 35 cavalry + 15 Mazatlán infantry under Tte. Narciso Fabregat 'para conocer á los gentiles la bravura de las armas del Rey' (revenge-raids by Colorado-River gentiles had hit San Buenaventura, taking 5 Christian captives); ⭐ Moraga couldn't reach Amajabat for lack of pasture, halting at San Joaquín & Santa Ana de Aguablanca, returning via San Gabriel (Antonio Mª Lugo alcalde); to resume next summer. 1820–21 highlights: ⭐ English whaler at the coast (Aug 1820, 36 crew, 200 barrels whale oil, 'fragata inglesa ballenera,' Capt. Guillermo [William] —; her captain caroused with Capt. Francisco Mª Ruiz, who was removed from the SD command/habilitación 'por el uso de ciertos licores', replaced by José Mª Estudillo); foreigner-vigilance warnings; ⭐⭐ death of Cadet José Guadalupe Moraga at San Gabriel (Mar 1821); the Cocomaricopa 'general' sent home in peace (the gentiles hostile at San Buenaventura 2 yrs prior); murder of the Mazatlán soldier Pablo Serna & the neophyte Apolonia; continued Amajaba/Mojave alarms (gentiles plotting to draw off the Christians of San Gabriel & San Fernando); Estudillo's 40-yr service/seniority dispute; ⭐ the American schooner *Eagle* suspected of clandestine trade (Fabregat sold it goods — foreign commerce prohibited); the Cocomaricopa 'general' returned to his patria; command reshuffle (Ruiz→SD, Portilla→Sta Bárbara); ends w/ the death of Fr. Joaquín Pascual Nuez (San Gabriel, 1822). Orig. pp.152–350
| Date | 1815–1822 (borradores; orig pp.152–350) (year) |
|---|---|
| From | Gob. Pablo Vicente de Solá |
| To | various (drafts) |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | XL–LII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | pp.152–350 |
| Savage copy page | 118–139 |
| Scan leaf | n117–n138 |
| Document type | verbatim transcription (borradores) |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
Read this leaf on the Internet Archive ↗ · leaf n117–n138
Gob. Pablo Vicente de Solá to various (drafts), Monterey, 1815–1822 (borradores; orig pp.152–350), Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XL–LII, pp.152–350, Archives of California, C-A 17, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within XL–LII]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/ca17/ca17-d177.html