'Castigo por adulterio': re the scandal of the widow Anastasia Zúñiga (Los Ángeles) with the San-Gabriel-mission carpenter José Antonio Ramírez — Ramírez to acknowledge his obligations to mother & daughter & marry if possible (else his pay garnished for the child); jailed a month. The widow to be publicly shamed: head shaved, one eyebrow scraped, displayed bareface at Mass at San Gabriel, then 6 months' servitude & a 'religious life.' Brutal gendered moral discipline. Orig. pp.374–5
| Date | 1818-10-03 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Gob. Solá |
| To | Capt. de la Guerra |
| 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.374–5 |
| Savage copy page | 205–206 |
| Scan leaf | n204–n205 |
| Document type | letter |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Gob. Solá to Capt. de la Guerra, Monterey, 1818-10-03, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XL–LII, pp.374–5, 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-d257.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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