Instruction letter to Moraga for the 1819 expedition against the 'indios prófugos'

Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), tomo XL–LII · BANC MSS C-A 17, document 284

Instruction letter to Moraga for the 1819 expedition against the 'indios prófugos': 'deseoso de dar una castigada general á los gentiles por… abrigar en sus rancherías á los cristianos huidos de las misiones,' forms an expedition of 60 men under Moraga (30 Sta Bárbara + 30 San Diego), asks Moraga's written plan; coordinates another party of 25 under another officer, a SF party of 20–25 under Sgt. Sánchez via San José, and a launch with a cannon by water — a multi-pronged interior campaign. Asks where the SD & SB parties should rendezvous. Orig. pp.421–2

Date1819-09-24 (exact)
FromGob. Solá
ToTte. Gabriel Moraga
PlaceSan Carlos
SeriesProvincial State Papers, Benicia (Military)
TomoXL–LII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagepp.421–2
Savage copy page228–229
Scan leafn227–n228
Document typeverbatim transcription
Sourceverbatim transcription

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How to cite this documentGob. Solá to Tte. Gabriel Moraga, San Carlos, 1819-09-24, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XL–LII, pp.421–2, 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-d284.html
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