Sta Bárbara muster 1819: Capt. de la Guerra, Tte. Gabriel Moraga, Alf

Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), tomo XL–LII · BANC MSS C-A 17, document 340

Sta Bárbara muster 1819: Capt. de la Guerra, Tte. Gabriel Moraga, Alf. Maitorena, 3 sargtos, 6 cabos, 1 cadete (de la Guerra), 56 soldados = 69 + Inválidos 27. ⭐⭐ Embeds a certified burial record (Fr. José Senán): Mariano Cota (Sta Bárbara soldier, on sentinel duty) atrociously killed during High Mass on Pentecost 1819 by Amajahua/Mojave gentiles from the Río Colorado (20–21 then held in the guardhouse), and cabo Rufino Leyva, killed the same day — at San Buenaventura. The Mojave attack that triggered Moraga's 1819 campaign (cf. Doc 273). Orig. pp.227–74

Date1819-12-01 (exact)
FromComte. José de la Guerra (Habilitado Maitorena)
PlaceSanta Bárbara
SeriesProvincial State Papers, Benicia (Military)
TomoXL–LII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagepp.227–74
Savage copy page298
Scan leafn297
Document typemuster/roster + verbatim
Sourceverbatim transcription

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How to cite this documentComte. José de la Guerra (Habilitado Maitorena), Santa Bárbara, 1819-12-01, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XL–LII, pp.227–74, 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-d340.html
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