'Declaraciones de insurgentes de la expedición de Bouchard' — depositions of the 4 captured/surrendered crew of Bouchard's frigates, revealing the multinational makeup of the expedition: (1) Pedro Saldívar, 22, of Buenos Aires, cabo; (2) Juan de la Rosa, 27, of Scotland, labrador; (3) Nicolás Blanco, 21, of Santa Fé, soldier of the frigate *Consecuencia*; (4) Mateo José Pascual, ~25, native of Africa, panadero, baptized in Buenos Aires. All questioned on Isidro Molina — uniformly testify he was drunk at the Monterey presidio, riding a white horse, not a prisoner, who came over voluntarily ('se ha venido á pasar á presentar'), with a rumor he was a spy (*vigía*) sent by the Governor; couldn't say if he landed at the Ortegas' rancho or went ashore willingly at Sta Bárbara. Each signed with a cross (illiterate). A remarkable primary source on Bouchard's crew & the Molina case. Orig. pp.~256–61
| Date | 1818-12-29 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Alf. Santiago Argüello (escribano José Antº Pico) |
| Place | Mission San Juan Capistrano |
| Series | Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | XL–LII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Savage copy page | 255–261 |
| Scan leaf | n254–n260 |
| Document type | verbatim transcription |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Alf. Santiago Argüello (escribano José Antº Pico), Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1818-12-29, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XL–LII, Archives of California, C-A 17, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [no original tomo page recorded for this entry] [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-d318.html