Proclamation to his California-bound troops. See Entry 4 — the mutiny's aftermath (ringleader Rafael Ruiz executed 'en un patíbulo'), the 1832 civil-war news (Bustamante's fall; Santa Anna peace talks), the Aztlán/Aztec-homeland rhetoric ('la Patria de vuestros progenitores… donde habitaron los Aztecas antes de su partida á Tenochtitlan'), and the promise of land to soldier-colonists per a law ('una porción de tierra que puedan cultivar'; 'hacer la fortuna de los pobres como el de la Alta California') [cited: Sav pp.59-62] ⚠ dark leaves — verify verbatim at lower scale
| Date | 1832-11-12 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Figueroa |
| To | sus soldados |
| Place | PROCLAMA, borrador; Cuartel General, La Paz |
| Series | Departmental State Papers |
| Tomo | III |
| Original tomo page | iii.183–186 (bdr) |
| Savage copy page | 59–62 |
| Scan leaf | n58–n61 |
| Document type | proclama (verbatim-rich) |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Figueroa to sus soldados, PROCLAMA, borrador; Cuartel General, La Paz, 1832-11-12, Departmental State Papers, iii.183–186 (bdr), Archives of California, C-A 28, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.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/ca28/ca28-d79.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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