The penal-colony convict register (→ Expanded Entry G)

Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), tomo LXIX–LXXVII · BANC MSS C-A 19, document 223

The penal-colony convict register (→ Expanded Entry G): a compiled dossier of convict-release petitions 'por [las cuales] aparece que este territorio era colonia penal de México' — ~25+ named presidiarios with sentence dates & 1833–35 liberty decrees (Moreno, Roso, Trinidad Cruz, Rangel, Barreto, Vásquez, M. Sánchez, J.A. López, Badillo, Olvera, Quiñones, Vargas, Sandoval, Arcena, Gallardo, Mata, Domingo Hernández, Francisco Padilla — the one *denied* release & recommended for Veracruz hard labor — et al.), plus the standing order that a convict leaving his assigned place is 'irremisiblemente pasado por las armas.' A systematic prosopographical source on California-as-penal-colony. Orig. pp.183–306.

Date1833–35 (year)
FromGov. Figueroa / Sec. Zamorano
PlaceMonterey
SeriesDep. State Papers, Benicia (Military)
TomoLXIX–LXXVII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo page183–306
Savage copy page402–407
Scan leafn407–n412
Document typeregister/convict
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentGov. Figueroa / Sec. Zamorano, Monterey, 1833–35, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LXIX–LXXVII, 183–306, 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-d223.html
The originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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