Calumny case against a missionary: José Mª Pérez (Branciforte) accused of calumniating Padre Fr

Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), tomo LIII–LXVIII · BANC MSS C-A 18, document 159

Calumny case against a missionary: José Mª Pérez (Branciforte) accused of calumniating Padre Fr. Luis Taboada (Mission Santa Cruz); testimony (son-in-law Gervasio Soto, Margarita Rodríguez, Bruno Casal) circles a scandalous rumor — whether the Padre said 'the Indians fornicate with the village women' or that the village 'alcahuetea' Indian women for the friars' service. The Padre, confronted, said he had no complaint; the accused held in prison, case passed to the alcalde

Date1824-06-05 (exact)
Fromalcalde Ignacio Pacheco (comisión to sec. Matías Guerrero)
PlacePueblo de San José / Sta Cruz
SeriesDep. State Papers, Benicia (Military)
TomoLIII–LXVIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pageLVII.573–87
Scan leafn178–n183
Document typetranscription
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentalcalde Ignacio Pacheco (comisión to sec. Matías Guerrero), Pueblo de San José / Sta Cruz, 1824-06-05, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LVII.573–87, Archives of California, C-A 18, 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 LIII–LXVIII]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/ca18/ca18-d159.html
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