interrogatorio deposition (answers to the Gov.'s 6-question *carta oficial* of the 22nd on de la Guerra's matanza): (1) true he has slaughtered there yearly for many years; (2) never heard the vecindario complain; (3) no notable public harm — the arroyo lacks running water at matanza time & settles by 8–9 a.m.; (4) police should have warned him in time; (5) notorious the corral/tasajera were ready & cattle driven in when stopped; (6) he was unjustly harmed, ~180 pesos
| Date | 1839-08-01 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Valentin Cota |
| To | Gobr. |
| Place | Santa Bárbara |
| Series | Departmental State Papers |
| Tomo | IV |
| Original tomo page | p.655–657 |
| Savage copy page | 268–269 |
| Scan leaf | n263–n264 |
| Document type | verbatim |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Valentin Cota to Gobr., Santa Bárbara, 1839-08-01, Departmental State Papers, IV, p.655–657, Archives of California, C-A 29, 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/ca29/ca29-d330.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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