Tail of the Padre Mercado / Ciriaco forgery sumaria: witness testimony that the *representación* against the mission administrator was extorted — a scene where 'prevalido de la ignorancia del exponente' the Padre grabbed the deponent's wrist 'por la muñeca' to force a signature/cross at a paraje where 'ha tenido cosas ilícitas'; the administrator ratifies conduct
| Date | [1836] (inferred) |
|---|---|
| From | Monterey |
| Series | Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | LXXVIII–LXXXVIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.(in pp 325–94) |
| Savage copy page | 313 |
| Scan leaf | n312 |
| Document type | sumaria testimony (verbatim quotes) |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Monterey, [1836], Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LXXVIII–LXXXVIII, p.(in pp 325–94), Archives of California, C-A 20, 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 LXXVIII–LXXXVIII]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/ca20/ca20-d360.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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