Verbatim heading: '1834 Enº 4 Mont / Gobr Figueroa - Eleccion de Municipales en Mision Sta Cruz'. Gloss: Governor Figueroa approving the election of municipal officers at Mission Santa Cruz. Substance verbatim: 'Aprobando eleccion de Alcalde y 3 regidores pª este año, verificada en la mision el 29 de Dicre 1833. Fueron electos por la Junta electoral Ciudadano Clodualdo - alcalde - por 5 votos. id Prudencio - Regidor -- 3 [votos]; Victoriano -- 5 [votos]; Remigio -- 5 [votos].' A gubernatorial confirmation of an elected mission-Indian municipal government (alcalde plus three regidores, all named by baptismal name only) on the eve of secularization, with the vote counts recorded.
| Date | 1834-01-04 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Gobernador José Figueroa (Monterey) |
| To | [Mission Santa Cruz / ayuntamiento] |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | LXIX–LXXVII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p. 149 |
| Savage copy page | 451 |
| Scan leaf | n456 |
| Document type | abstract (Savage summary in Spanish, with the election return quoted) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Gobernador José Figueroa (Monterey) to [Mission Santa Cruz / ayuntamiento], Monterey, 1834-01-04, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LXIX–LXXVII, p. 149, 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-d273.htmlThe 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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