The 'revolución por España' autos — the prosecution of Fr. Luis Antonio Martínez. Echeandía orders the inquiry; the file's cover sheet (carátula) reads 'Autos q[u]e aclaran q[u]e el objeto de la facción de Solís, era el de pronunciarse en favor del Gob.o Español.' Testimony implicates the San Luis Obispo missionary Fr. Luis Antonio Martínez: Lázaro Piña (23 Jan) saw artilleryman Máximo Guerra (a Chilean) in league with Fr. Martínez at Santa Inés, who advised 'pronunciarse por España'; a paper read 'Viva Fernando 7º' (with 3 initials); the Padre promised to recommend them to 'su amo Fernandito' (Ferdinand VII). Francisco Becerra (San Blas inf.): the friar [or Sarría?] at SLO offered Guerra money & goods to pronounce for Spain. Calls to prosecute Fr. Martínez, Máximo Guerra, R. de la Torre, Melitón Soto. ⭐⭐ Fr. Martínez allegedly had ~$6,000 embarked on the schooner *La Paloma* to flee to Spain (per Capt. Miguel González, n222); the planned cry 'dar el grito por España' at SLO with 14 vaqueros per mission. ⭐⭐⭐ Fr. Martínez's own defense (n228): he denies the pro-Spanish charge, claiming he was an *early supporter of independence* ('quizás fui yo el primero de mis hermanos… q[u]e dije, tal debe seguir la suerte de la república; así opinaba y así opino ahora'), requests his passport to leave the Republic, protests the violation of civil & canon law, and cites his gota (gout). The asesor's deliberation (n234): given his age/ailments and the fear that the other missionaries would abandon the missions if a 'persona consagrada' were jailed, he is not imprisoned but expelled — the record finding he 'auxilió á la facción de Solís p[ar]a el pronunciamiento en favor de la España.' ⭐⭐⭐ The verdict (n235–n236): a war-council of officers voted 5 to 1 — citing the territory's 'tranquilidad y seguridad' and Martínez's 'inculpabilidad' (i.e., *not* a guilty finding) plus his 26 Dec 1826 declaration that he did not conform with 'nuestro actual sistema' (the republic) — to compel his expulsion on any non-Spanish ship (with a bond to carry him to Europe or the US). Frs. Pedro & Juan Cabot filed manifestos in his favor; fiscal Tte. de Ing. Miguel García Lobato. Fr. Martínez was put aboard the foreign merchant Stephen Anderson's English frigate 'Thomas Nowlan' (7 Mar 1832), swearing not to disembark at Manila or the Sandwich Islands [Hawaii] but to take the first ship to Europe. (⚠️ Anderson, named in the Solís depositions, owned the *deportation* ship — the foreign community central yet again.) This closes the Solís dossier and Tomo LXXII ('Fin del tomo 72,' n236). ⚠️ n209–n234 read at sample leaves (completeness pass pending for verbatim depositions). Orig. pp.204–231 [old stamp-note removed: n209 carries printed 204 + ms 78 only, leaf-verified 2026-09-02].
| Date | 1830 (events Nov 1829) (year) |
|---|---|
| From | Echeandía / Zamorano (fiscal) |
| Place | Monterey / Santa Bárbara |
| Series | Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | LXIX–LXXVII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | (autos) |
| Savage copy page | 204–231 |
| Scan leaf | n209–n236 |
| Document type | verbatim/criminal |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Echeandía / Zamorano (fiscal), Monterey / Santa Bárbara, 1830 (events Nov 1829), Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LXIX–LXXVII, (autos), Archives of California, C-A 19, 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 LXIX–LXXVII]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/ca19/ca19-d149.html