C-A 3: all 507 documents · Archives of California

1786-01-12 · doc 1 · Ack. the Asesor's *dictamen* on the pearl-fishery (*buceo de la Perla*)
1787-06-19 · doc 2 · Ack. Fages's instruction on Indian hostilities (forwarded to the King)
1787-11-08 · doc 3 · Point-by-point commentary on Adjutant Nicolás Soler's inspection report (Doc 4)
1787-11-03 · doc 4 · Soler's presidio-inspection report ('Informe sobre la atención, Policía y Gobierno') — a ~40-numbered-point reform memorandum…
1786 · doc 5 · Pueblo harvest tally: fanegas of wheat 327 / maize 275 / frijol 16 (+ 1786 sowing
1785 *(n.d.)* · doc 6 · Settler-muster extract — the 12 monthly *revistas* of the San José de Guadalupe pobladores taken by Tte-Cmdt José Moraga (SF…
1785-12-31 · doc 7 · Settler-muster extract (7 months; Moraga → Alférez Ramón Lasso de la Vega on Moraga's death); marginalia
1784 *(n.d.)* · doc 8 · Settler-muster extract (Moraga's musters); ration ceased 9 Jan to poblador San Bernardo [Foxgle?] (entered 1779) — pushes the San…
1784-07 *(n.d.)* · doc 9 · Soldier's grievance: arrested & mistreated by his company lieutenant over a borrowed horse; asks transfer to another presidio
1786-05-12 · doc 10 · Arrested Carlos [Tenorio?] & Ventura for slaughtering a stolen bull
1783 *(monthly Jan–Dec)* · doc 11 · BOUNDED CLUSTER — the 1783 Los Ángeles pobladores muster-extracts (one *revista* per month)
1784-06-07 · doc 12 · Soldier discharges: except Leonardo Verdugo from military service; retire José Espinosa; w/ service-papers & certification
1784-03-18 · doc 13 · Order banning card-playing (*naipes*) among the troops — they gamble away their horses & uniforms
1784-03-19 · doc 14 · Subaltern (sergeant/corporal) appointments to pass to his approval while the inspector is absent (Reglamento art. 8)
1784-05-26 · doc 15 · Transcribes a Real Orden (via José de Gálvez) on soldier *premios* & ascensos — the veteran-reward scheme (90 rs/mo at 25 yrs
1784-06-07 · doc 16 · Graduated penalty-scale for soldier theft (moderating Art. 70 of the military ordinances)
1784-07-30 · doc 17 · Notice of an inspection *revista*; formalize the habilitado's dated documents
1784-08-16 · doc 18 · Reiterates the card-playing ban (will suspend offending cabos/sargentos)
1784-12-20 · doc 19 · Soldiers not to spend their *haber* on the ships' 'chucherías y superfluidades' (defrauds the *alcabala*
1784-12-30 · doc 20 · Mail arrived; cattle not sent (reserved for slaughter) — the escort refuses dead meat, wants live *reses*
1785-12-20 · doc 21 · Personal letter ('Estimado Compadre') on a religious matter & the Bishop; Soler's onward travel to San Diego & Loreto
1785-07-23 · doc 22 · On the habilitación method for Ramón Lasso (*interinidades*): presidio cashboxes, R.H
1784-09-15 · doc 23 · Sends the Indian prisoner Luis López under guard (Cabo José Ortega → Tte José de Quiñones, for the Canal)
1784-09-15 · doc 24 · Congratulatory letter on Fages's appointment as governor; thanks for the Loreto-supply order
1782-05-13 · doc 25 · The Real Pragmática de Matrimonios applied to the military in California (R.O. 10 Jul 1781, Madrid)
1784-02-05 · doc 26 · Approves purchase of 34 mules/machos for the Loreto troops (from the Baja mission president), distributed by lottery
1784-02-06 · doc 27 · On Real Hacienda accounts (the silver sold to Don Antonio [Oro?])
1784-02-06 · doc 28 · On the Monterey garden (pay the gardener from its produce), the herrería/carpintería surplus to clothe servants, & reserving…
1784-02-06 · doc 29 · Thanks for congratulations on his appointment as Commandant-General
1784-02-22 · doc 30 · Announces the royal birth of the twin *infantes* Carlos & Felipe — to be publicized in the province
1784-03-16 · doc 31 · On the mail not arriving monthly as it should
1784-03-17 · doc 32 · Sends copies of the Treaty of Peace between Spain & England (1783) for solemn publication (+ to Jueces/Ayuntamiento)
1784-03-31 · doc 33 · On a 400-peso libranza for Ayud. Insp. Juan Gutiérrez (via Manuel Ramón de Goya; México/Chihuahua)
1784-04-12 · doc 34 · On the retirement of surgeon José Dávila & getting a replacement (via the Viceroy)
1784-04-12 · doc 35 · On the artillery (*parque de Guerra*) received at the presidio — inventory, condition, cull the useless, distribution per presidio
1784-04-12 · doc 36 · Cattle distribution for meat to SB/SD/frontier troops (slaughter at San Juan Capistrano / San Diego)
1780-02-02 · doc 37 · Decree prohibiting military men from eating meat & fish at the same meal (except on campaign), per a Papal Bull of Pius VI…
1784-04-12 · doc 38 · Acks Fages's arrival at Monterey; conversions of Gentiles at [Calendaru?]/Zanjones/Soledad + good mission harvests
1784-04-04 · doc 39 · Orders Fages to obtain the mission inventories from Fr
1784-04-27 · doc 40 · On the visita (no visitation records needed after all)
1784-04-27 · doc 41 · Mission San Gabriel reclaims a mule & horse; charge the soldier who took them
1784-04-27 · doc 42 · Acks the province's tranquility & the gentiles' peaceful conduct
1784-07-02 · doc 43 · On loading salt (Isla del Carmen) onto the returning San Blas ships; notify Arrillaga at Loreto
1784-11-30 · doc 44 · Announces the deaths of Viceroy Matías de Gálvez & Cmdt-Gen Felipe de Neve (1784); the Audiencia governs
1784-12-01 · doc 45 · Recognize Pedro Garrido y Durán as Secretary of the Commandancy-General
1784-12-21 · doc 46 · The old-coin recall (*moneda antigua* de oro y plata) extended one year
1784-11-15 · doc 47 · The old-coin recall order (double/single gold & silver), extended a year
1784-01-08 · doc 48 · On the pearl-fishery (*buceo de perlas*): acks the Asesor's 1777 pearl-lease dictamen
1784-01-08 · doc 49 · Mission Todos Santos debt-collection + the *alcabala*-visitors instruction
1784-01-17 · doc 50 · 2 soldiers' return; ⭐ a corner of the SF presidio collapsed in a storm (the days 'del 3 al 8' of Jan)
1784-01-23 · doc 51 · Soldiers carry eye-medicine (Padre Cambón); the monthly-*parte* soldiers turned back at the Pozas del Carnadero
1784-02-02 · doc 52 · Soldier Pedro Bojorques & his large family (support in maize/frijol); *padrones* not needed (Estado nº2)
1784-01-13 · doc 53 · Armed the launch *Santo Domingo* (added 4 crew) out of necessity at the Loreto presidio
1784-02-02 · doc 54 · Election of the Pueblo San José officials: interim Alcalde Antonio Romero, Regidores Tiburcio Vázquez & Bernardo González…
1784-02-28 · doc 55 · Shipwreck of the *Falucho* on the coast opposite Loreto (19 Nov 1783)
1784-02-28 · doc 56 · Store the troops' provisions in the missions' granaries (per Fr. Presidente Miguel Hidalgo[?])
1784-02-28 · doc 57 · Marriage-without-license case: the caulker José de la Cruz married Petra Rodríguez without license
1784-02-28 · doc 58 · Desertion of 2 sailors (arráez Salvador González + Manuel Orozco), who embarked for the Sinaloa coast
1784-02-28 · doc 59 · On not letting any Religious leave the Peninsula (per the Cmdt-Gen's order)
1784-03-03 · doc 60 · Sends force-states (Feb–Mar 1784)
1784-03-07 · doc 61 · Tobacco *estanco*: will request tobacco from San Blas for the company & missions
1784-03-07 · doc 62 · Will comply w/ the price-regulation (*Reglamento de precios*, R.O. 22 Feb)
1784-03-07 · doc 63 · Mail returned OK; sent a party to the sierra after the runaway [Indian] Hermenegildo [cf. Doc 64]
1784-05-05 · doc 64 · Pursuit of the runaway Indian Hermenegildo Flores into the Sierra (Cabo Rocha + interpreter + 4 soldiers)
1784-03-07 · doc 65 · Compadrazgo congratulations (baptismal godparent tie)
1784-03-03 · doc 66 · Acks the order to relay superior orders communicated directly to his subalterns
1784-03-20 · doc 67 · Received the new *arancel* (King-approved price-list for country produce); notified the missions & pueblos
1784-03-20 · doc 68 · Tobacco administration under José María Estrada at Loreto (supply via Real de Álamos / Santa Ana / Yaqui when the San Blas ships…
1784-03-17 · doc 69 · The caulker José de la Cruz granted a soldier's *plaza* (per Neve)
1784-03-21 · doc 70 · Return of soldiers on license (inválido José Mª Góngora; Cabo Anastasio Verdúzco, launch *Sta Lucía*)
1784-03-21 · doc 71 · Pay the arráez Salvador González (the deserter) up to his desertion date [cf. Doc 58]
1784-03-23 · doc 72 · The boat-patrón Diego Pérez: retirement denied, $2/mo gratification
1784-04-02 · doc 73 · On the mail (ultramar delays, new mailbags) + Todos Santos tithes/alcabalas/pearl/cattle/salt
1784-05-04 · doc 74 · Sent Cabo Luis López + 4 soldiers as garrison to Real de Santa Ana (for Sgt. Francisco Aguilar's retirement)
1784-05-04 · doc 75 · Reprimand of soldier Juan Osuna for theft (must repay)
1784-05-04 · doc 76 · On the mercury (*azogue*) distribution for the Baja mines (Cajas del Rosario; assayers; price controls per law)
1784-05-04 · doc 77 · On tranquility & R.H. increase
1784-05-04 · doc 78 · Force-states (Apr–May)
1784-06-01 · doc 79 · 11p 2r gratification (via Goycoechea)
1784-06-18 · doc 80 · Publication of a Real Cédula (13 Dec 1782) + War-Council acts
1784-06-18 · doc 81 · Forming criminal *causas* to sentence-stage for the Cmdt-Gen
1784-06-18 · doc 82 · The 22 *alcabala* documents (nos.1–25); Índice by Capt. Ramón Ortega[?]
1784-06-18 · doc 83 · Publication of a Real Cédula (26/31 May)
1784-06-01 · doc 84 · Neve's $8,000 salary as Commandant-General (per the Reglamento de Presidios); command transferred to Fages
1784-06-20 · doc 85 · Royal thanks for the war-donatives of American subjects
1784-06-20 · doc 86 · Order that metals (silver) not be sent to San Blas — register at the Real Caja del Rosario
1784-01-01 · doc 87 · Force-state (Jan 1784)
1784-01 · doc 88 · Troop movements: 100 men stationed + 4 to the frontier; cattle; *baqueta* gear for SB/Loreto
1783-12-11 · doc 89 · Retirement-certificates for a sergeant & soldier (to the Real del Sur)
1784-06-22 · doc 90 · Approves the 4-man augmentation of the launch *Santo Domingo* [cf. Doc 53]
1784 · doc 91 · Launch guard-duty (arráez) + soldier-provisions per Reglamento art.8 (Treasury to cover; seeds no surcharge; goods at first cost
1784-10-27 · doc 92 · Musters (Sept); Sgt. Alvarado (returning w/ SB cattle) reports 3 horses missing from the San Juan escort — presumed killed by…
1784-10-27 · doc 93 · A homicide: the Indian Calisto (San Gabriel) held for poisoning/bewitching another Indian ('*enyerbó*,' herb + *hiel de…
1784-10-02 · doc 94 · The Calisto witchcraft-homicide case at Mission San Gabriel
1784-04-02 · doc 95 · Remits the habilitación documents of his charge + marching arrangements
1784-05-16 · doc 96 · Acks receiving the war-materiel (*pertrechos de Guerra*) inventory (passed to the Cmdt-Gen)
1784-04-27 · doc 97 · The 1784 Santa Bárbara presidio armament & munitions inventory: Artillery = 2 bronze 4-pounders on carriages
1782 *(via Ortega)* · doc 98 · The 1782 SB armament inventory (received from Ortega) — the prior baseline: 1 bronze 4-pounder + munitions
1784-05-16 · doc 99 · On a missing receipt (Goytisolo/Ortega); orders Zúñiga to execute
1784-05-16 · doc 100 · Publication of R.O. (8 Apr 1783) + War-Council order
1784-05-16 · doc 101 · Royal thanks for the war-donative (published)
1784-04-16 · doc 102 · Requests a receipt/voucher (via Soler)
1784-05-16 · doc 103 · Acks Neve's salary + Fages's command [cf. Doc 84]
1784-12-24 · doc 104 · On not permitting families to leave (reprimanded; won't recur)
1784-05-16 · doc 105 · Publication of Real Cédulas (3 Dec '82, 26/31 May '83)
1784-05-16 · doc 106 · More Real Cédula publications (13 Dec '82, 26/31 May '83)
1784-05-02 · doc 107 · Mail; soldiers José Olivares & José Mª Rea; Colorado Indians in the valle de San José (Cabo Verdugo failed to apprehend)
1784-12-23 · doc 108 · VERIFIED vs scan n104–n105; title = 'Sobre Reses muertas y pérdida de un Buque'; THREE parts, and 2 abstract errors fixed
1783-06-18 · doc 109 · On soldier Juan T. Bernal's bad-faith conduction of burros/mules from the Baja missions
1783-06-18 · doc 110 · Baja mission pack-animal transport record: Cabo Juan T
1784-10-23 · doc 111 · Returns *diligencias* (settled accounts); $229 5r 7g surplus in deposit (Miguel González unpaid)
1784-09-12 · doc 112 · Libranza: $100 to Mission San Francisco
1784-11-12 · doc 113 · Libranza to Mission Santa Clara (transferred to Mission SF for works done)
1784-12-23 · doc 114 · Returns 2 libranzas (SF/Sta Clara); re Diego González & Alférez/Habilitado Hermenegildo Sal + 30 pesos
1784-12-23 · doc 115 · Remits the year-end force-state/padrón (Estado nº2)
1784-12-23 · doc 116 · Separating soldier/vecino Mariano Castro for scandalous conduct with Cabo Mariano Cordero's wife (reincident)
1784-12-23 · doc 117 · On the mason Juan Álvarez (poor skill; the SF *cuartel* he built 'won't last'
1784-09-07 · doc 118 · On the improper embarkation of the friar Nicolás Muñoz aboard the paquebot *Aránzazu* — the Father-President acted hastily…
1784-09-27 · doc 119 · Punishment of 3 Indians of San José del Cabo — 6 months public-works labor (criminal *causa* by Sgt. Francisco Aguilar)
1784-09-28 · doc 120 · The caulker José de la Cruz punished/deported aboard the *Aránzazu* (bad/scandalous conduct) [cf. Doc 57]
1784-09-28 · doc 121 · A damaged supply ship (Paquebot) at Loreto needing repairs (caulker/carpenter); mail delayed
1784-09-21 · doc 122 · Mail-instruction bando published (Loreto & the South)
1784-09-20 · doc 123 · Acks the royal twins' birth ('Complacidos los habitantes') [cf. Doc 30]
1784-09-20 · doc 124 · Mail-register procedure (per Cmdt-Gen 18 Dec '83)
1784-09-24 · doc 125 · Order that the correspondence run promptly (frontier→Loreto→viceregal mail)
1784-09-19 · doc 126 · On horse-states (redistribute a dead/retired soldier's mounts by lottery)
1784-09-19 · doc 127 · Reports being ill (head-fever / *tercianas*, 3 days in June; southern surgeon's medicines; now recovered)
1784-09-18 · doc 128 · Bando publication (per order 31 May)
1784-09-18 · doc 129 · Ship entry/exit reports + marriage lists (Departamento de Matrimonios; José de la Cruz's wife)
1784-08-10 · doc 130 · Sending his niece (w/ 2 soldiers + his son Gabriel) to her husband José Argüello
1784-06-25 · doc 131 · Anastasio Rodríguez made arráez (replacing deserter Salvador González)
1784-06-23 · doc 132 · Pearl-fishery: lease not effected; collect $100 per armador for the Real Quinto [cf. Doc 48]
1784-06-22 · doc 133 · Leasing of orchards & lands (*huertas y tierras*) at the Baja missions (10-yr leases, best bidder); the San Luis tithe-collector
1784-09-12 · doc 134 · Publishes the definitive 1783 Peace Treaty between Spain & England (forwarded to Loreto) [cf. Doc 32]
1784-10-12 · doc 135 · Permit to fetch wine & wax for worship (Padre Luis) from San Diego
1784-10-12 · doc 136 · A mule that died in the Colorado expedition (requested by Mission San Gabriel) — who to charge
1785-02-12 · doc 137 · On repairing a Paquebot run aground in the Yaqui (carpenter & caulker from Sonora / Pedro Corbalán)
1785-06-15 · doc 138 · Choose the most-skilled men for the works
1785-06-15 · doc 139 · On repairing the Loreto launches (need renovation; sent to the opposite coast; incl. the *Santo Domingo*); ⚠ 'cartas duplicadas'
1785-12-12 · doc 140 · Force-states (Oct–Dec); no *novedad* on the frontier/San Gabriel escort; consults re Indians held prisoner
1785-12-10 · doc 141 · Can't personally collect tithes (no alférez to hold the presidio)
1785-12-10 · doc 142 · Depositing R.O.s (2 Apr / 4 Nov) in the archive
1785-12-10 · doc 143 · On the direction of criminal *sumarias*/processes
1785-12-10 · doc 144 · Permits for officers' widows (Real Instrucción 1 Jul '75; Monte Pío)
1785-12-10 · doc 145 · Mail administration (per R.O. 25 Oct '77)
1785-06-22 · doc 146 · On the Real de Santa Ana garrison (a corporal's continued service)
1785-06-22 · doc 147 · Mule purchases for the troop (20+ bought, still short of *caballadas*)
1785-06-20 · doc 148 · Remitting an expediente to the Real Tribunal
1785-06-20 · doc 149 · The launch Santa Lucía (arráez Diego Pérez) arrived w/ maize from the Yaqui
1785-06-10 · doc 150 · Recognizes Antonio Rengel as interim Commandant-General (order 23 Apr 1785) [cf. Doc 44]
1785-06-02 · doc 151 · Force-state (June)
1785-06-02 · doc 152 · On Real Hacienda accounts / *reparos* (Real Tribunal de Cuentas)
1785-05 · doc 153 · Passports/mail for soldiers (Ybarra, Tomás González, Cabo Acevedo; pliegos to the Gov., Cabo Verdugo, Padre Dumont)
1785-04-20 · doc 154 · Mail-tax accounting (*correspondencia franqueada*)
1785-04-18 · doc 155 · Price of maize-pinole
1785-04-18 · doc 156 · Repairing a Casa Real (pay the mason from the gratification fund)
1785-05-04 · doc 157 · VERIFIED vs scan n134 — 2 abstract errors fixed: ship's alias = 'el Hércules' (was mistranscribed 'El Hombre')
1784-04-12 · doc 158 · Release of the prisoner Joaquín Espinosa
1785-03-18 · doc 159 · Remits the Baja general *padrón* (census) for 1784
1785-02-06 · doc 160 · Mail-conduction issues (Diego Pérez; mail detained at the Río Mayo; Luis Padilla)
1785-02-04 · doc 161 · Distribution of mules to the troop (the missions provided them)
1785-02-17 · doc 162 · Inventory of the church ornaments of Missions Santa Ana & San Antonio (Baja) — silver chalices, a Chinese-porcelain dish…
1785-02-04 · doc 163 · On the conduct of Eugenio Clarke — laborious & intelligent, skilled in mining & metal-refining, recommended to stay as a vecino…
1785-02-16 · doc 164 · Ship entries/exits (launches Sta Lucía & Sto Domingo; 13 qtl azogue/mercury; cigars; carne for the troops)
1785-09-05 · doc 165 · Orders Sebastián Alvitre to reside at Los Ángeles (assign him lands & solares as a poblador, work the pueblo's *faenas*) [cf
1785-11-06 · doc 166 · Orders the escort NOT to escort the padres when they leave the mission (except for *reos*/confession/baptism/mass) — early…
1785-04-19 · doc 167 · Rehabilitation to military service (a soldier excused from fatigue-work for 'muchachadas'; promises to reform)
1785 *(n.d.; granted 12 May 1785)* · doc 168 · Petition to become a poblador at Los Ángeles (lands/solar/tools/livestock) — GRANTED by Fages (San Gabriel)
1785-01-03 · doc 169 · On military deserters & jurisdiction (Ordenanza / Consejo de Oficiales vs. the Provincial Military Tribunal
1783-01-21 · doc 170 · Copies the Real Orden on forming military *sumarias*/courts-martial in the Americas (when too few officers for the Consejo de…
1785-10-28 · doc 171 · Remitted documents (the Padres; a deserter at SD)
1785-10-28 · doc 172 · News that the Conde de Gálvez [Bernardo de Gálvez] arrived in México (17 Jun) & is named Commandant-General; Loreto supply woes
1785-12-19 · doc 173 · Embarkation permit for a licenciado & family (via his grandson Santiago Hernández, on the *Fama*)
1785-12-19 · doc 174 · Publishes the Real Orden abolishing the branding of Black slaves ('marcar á los Negros… á espaldas,' abolished 'interinamente y…
1785-12-19 · doc 175 · Force-states (Nov–Dec)
1785-12-19 · doc 176 · On unsigned petitions; tobacco requests (Comisaría de San Blas); a prisoner delivered (without *grillos*)
1785-12-19 · doc 177 · Publishes the Real Orden facilitating the introduction of Black slaves ('Negros Esclavos') into these Dominions for the working…
1785-07-20 · doc 178 · Remits the criminal sumaria of Eugenio Rosalío (prisoner), escorted by Alférez Hermenegildo Sal
1785 *(n.d.)* · doc 179 · Encloses the *memorial* of soldier José Domínguez ⚠ n154 ink-blot defect
1785-04-23 · doc 180 · Did not admit 2 Indians of San Fernando as recruits (uninformed of them; will send them at the first chance)
1785-06-27 · doc 181 · Sexual-assault investigation at San Buenaventura: an India testifies (via interpreter Sgt
1785-06-27 · doc 182 · Cattle remission (68 *reses* to SD/frontiers via Cabo Gómez)
1785-08-09 · doc 183 · Indian labor for the SB presidio construction: via Cabo Hermenegildo Sal, asks Padre Caballero for Indians
1785-08-09 · doc 184 · Semi-annual jurisdiction report (per R.O.)
1785-06-28 · doc 185 · Killing of an Indian captain ('Capitán Chico') by gentiles near SB (21 June) — an inter-ranchería vendetta (involving the Capitán…
1785-06-28 · doc 186 · Soldier Rosalío's insubordination/mutiny: took up arms against his officer for refusing to bring/distribute the gentile workers
1785-06-13 · doc 187 · Recognizes Rengel as Cmdt-Gen (cf. Doc 150)
1785-06-14 · doc 188 · The José Tapia prisoner held (*diligencias* not yet sent; cf. Doc 181); a $558.4 libranza (Presidio del Altar
1785-04-23 · doc 189 · Force-states + marriage petitions of soldiers Alejandro Ruiz & Tomás González
1785-11-13 · doc 190 · Death of Alférez José Villaseñor[?] at San Gabriel (hot-country illness during his campaign); a *resguardo* detachment sent
1785-12-06 · doc 191 · The Paquebot Aránzazu arrived at SB (2nd Capt. José de Andrés Martínez[?])
1785-08-25 · doc 192 · Arrest of poblador José Navarro (found with a woman, abandoning his post guarding against smallpox — 'guardar las viruelas')
1785-08-25 · doc 193 · Precautions against the gentiles (no Indian into the presidio except *capitanejos*; watch the horse-herd
1785-08-09 · doc 194 · Force-states (Jul–Aug)
1785-08-09 · doc 195 · On not arresting R.H. officials (take inventories of their charge instead)
1785-08-09 · doc 196 · Vigilance over the moral conduct of the Indians (*celar*; penalties for transgressors & lax cabos)
1785-08-09 · doc 197 · Publication of the royal birth (Princesa) [cf. Doc 30/123]
1785-08-09 · doc 198 · Admitting ship-sailors as pobladores/soldiers (if useful/willing)
1785-08-09 · doc 199 · Handing over the Indian Luis López to San Blas [cf. Doc 22]
1785-10-07 · doc 200 · Prisoners handed to José Estevan Martínez (Cmdt of the *Aránzazu* — the future Nootka-crisis captain): the Indian Luis López
1785-10-07 · doc 201 · The Fragata Favorita arrived (Alférez José Camacho; timber + 32 fanegas maize)
1785-10-07 · doc 202 · Force-states + memorials; Pedro Amador made cabo (replacing José Mª Ortega, per Soler)
1785-10-25 · doc 203 · SB presidio construction continues: 2 sailors on the *Obra*; Mission San Gabriel Indians for the works; the 3 warehouses roofed
1785-10-25 · doc 204 · Escort-discipline: excuse the padres' escorts except in necessary cases [cf. Doc 166, C-A 7 E11]
1785-10-25 · doc 205 · Petition for his wife to visit Los Ángeles
1785-10-25 · doc 206 · Petition for his wife (a servant of Fages) to go to Los Ángeles to give birth at her mother's
1785-08-25 · doc 207 · Encloses the supply *memorias* (México & San Blas: goods needed for the troop/families/pobladores)
1785-04-23 · doc 208 · Accusation of sexual abuse of 2 gentile boys by the vecino Tapia (forced them in the cañada
1785-12-25 · doc 209 · On a gentile Indian of Mission San Buenaventura
1785-12-19 · doc 210 · SB Indian labor (no more gentile work on the *Obra* except at the forge; the 2 San Gabriel Indians; the harvest
1785-12-12 · doc 211 · A friar (Padre Bruno de Casanova?) struck an Indian with a stick
1785-12-12 · doc 212 · Mail/mules/*partida* (4 armed men at San Gabriel); SB *obra* needs; completing the almacenes/guardia
1785-12-19 · doc 213 · The prisoners (Tapia set free — no culpability found in the process body) [cf. Docs 181/208]
1785-12-19 · doc 214 · Real Orden (30 Jul) re Don Tomás Guerrero (marriage/inheritance; María Providencia Cardoso)
1785-12-19 · doc 215 · Officers' widows' documents (Real Instrucción 1 Jul 1777)
1785-12-21 · doc 216 · Recruit José Manuel Reyes' *filiación* (entered 26 Nov)
1785-11-02 · doc 217 · Arrived at the presidio; will clear his accounts
1785-08-25 · doc 218 · 2 sailors sent for the SB presidio construction (via the *Aránzazu*) + sowings
1785-07-03 · doc 219 · Publishes a viceregal bando (27 Oct 1783)
1785-01-02 · doc 220 · SD census/force-state (total souls of the company + 3 missions)
1785-01-02 · doc 221 · The 1785 San Diego presidio artillery inventory (Zúñiga + Alférez Velásquez), presidio + 3 missions (SD/San Juan Capistrano/San…
1785-01-02 · doc 222 · The SD company's individual armament (52-man company): 52 escopetas (3 good/35 medium/14 bad
1785-01-02 · doc 223 · Mail; soldier Juan Álvarez (the SF mason, Doc 117) sent to Monterey/SF for the works
1785-02-06 · doc 224 · Complaints of 4 Los Ángeles pobladores against Cabo [Vicente] Feliz (mistreatment) — Fages to have Goycoechea consider replacing…
1785-02-09 · doc 225 · 2 soldiers escort the Ayudante to San Gabriel; 4 pobladores w/ the mail
1785-12-13 · doc 226 · Congratulations on a promotion (Gaceta de México); NM-governor news ⚠ letter torn
1785-10-31 · doc 227 · Baja naval-supply (mail-canoe on the Yaqui; carpenter/caulker needs; *fletes*); drought killing most of the cattle
1785-12-31 · doc 228 · Recommends Bruno Mª Verdugo; prisoners taken
1785 *(n.d.)* · doc 229 · Memoria* of missing R.H. accounting documents (year-end inventories)
1785-11-13 · doc 230 · Reports falling ill on arrival; the *Aránzazu*'s surgeon; 'el famoso Martínez' (J.E. Martínez) wouldn't let the surgeon stay
1785-10-25 · doc 231 · The Ayudante Inspector Soler ill in bed on arrival; moved toward SD for the surgeon Pedro Corbalán
1785-12-19 · doc 232 · On the titles/registrations of cattle-brands (*fierros de marcar*) in the jurisdiction
1785-02-03 · doc 233 · Documents presented by Antonio de Osio (the pearl-armador)
1785-06-17 · doc 234 · Force-states; gentiles tranquil; ⭐ confirms José Francisco Sinova assented as poblador at Los Ángeles from 12 May [cf. Doc 168]
1785-04-27 · doc 235 · DIARY of Gov. Fages's 1785 expedition — reconnaissance + PUNITIVE campaign — from San Diego across the Sierra to the mouth of the…
1785-06-08 · doc 236 · Audit (*reparos*) of the Loreto presidio accounts (1781–82, habilitado Alférez José Mª Estrada) by the Real Tribunal de Cuentas…
1784-10-22 · doc 237 · Audit of the accounts of the late Capt. *Fernando de Rivera y Moncada* (killed in the 1781 Yuma/Quechan massacre) — the fiscal…
1782-02-22 · doc 238 · VERIFIED vs scan n227: '1782 El Pardo Febrero 22 — Real Orden sobre navegación'
1785-01-26 · doc 239 · Frontier-mission supply/aid: licenses & mules for the Dominican *frontera* padres; Fr
1785-02-26 · doc 240 · On the cattle of Rancho de San Telmo (Dominican Baja): the 2 head at San Vicente are of no account
1785-02-26 · doc 241 · Soldiers (via Cabos Andrade & Ortega) repugn receiving their beef as *tasajo* (jerky)
1785-03-17 · doc 242 · Acknowledges correspondence (a *descuido* in the prior post); frontier calm
1785-04-05 · doc 243 · header VERIFIED vs scan n232: '1785 Abril 5 San Vicente, Josef Velásquez'; title verbatim
1785-04-14 · doc 244 · Formal mission-siting report (companion to Doc 243): Ortega, Fr. *Luis de Sales* & 4 soldiers surveyed la Grulla vs
1785-11-19 · doc 245 · Announces Capt. Arrillaga arrived on the frontier the 13th (bearing Fages's letter); Cabo Ortega's effects & the mailbag key
1785-05-30 · doc 246 · Distributing 11 bulls + 2 heifers for the troop (via Tte Zúñiga)
1785-05-30 · doc 247 · Congratulates Fages on his safe return from the journey across the Sierra to the Río Colorado (the E3/Doc 235 expedition) — the…
1785-07-24 · doc 248 · The Padre Presidente intends to re-examine San Solano (the new mission site) to check whether its *aguajes* have diminished
1785-12-31 · doc 249 · The *tasajo* dispute again: soldiers, having petitioned the Superioridad, want their frontier cattle sent live (en pie) per the…
1785-03-09 · doc 250 · Acks the report on the large- & small-livestock held by the San José de Guadalupe settlers (as of end-Jan)
1785-03-09 · doc 251 · Acks (per Fages's Oficio n.55, 30 May) the state of the buildings (*fábricas*) & plantings at the Pueblo of San José, Presidio of…
1785-03-25 · doc 252 · Acks the state of the Peninsula's presidios/missions/pueblos & the tranquility of the gentiles; wishes it continue
1785-03-25 · doc 253 · Given the abundant Santa Bárbara wheat harvest & low consumption, orders the 1785 planting suspended and rations given to the…
1785-03-25 · doc 254 · Notes the King's packet-boat (Ntra Sra de Aránzazu[?]) reached Loreto 6 July with the *memoria* & provisions for the missions &…
1785-03-25 · doc 255 · Acks the livestock: the Real Hacienda herds at Monterey & San Francisco + all the stock (exc
1785-03-25 · doc 256 · Approves the aid of 66 beams (*vigas*) to Santa Bárbara on the packet-boat San Carlos's return + the shipment of cannons /…
1785-03-26 · doc 257 · Approves sending a printed copy of the Reglamento to each presidio (per Fages's Of. n.132, 4 Sept)
1785-04-09 · doc 258 · On the convict José Antonio Sánchez: despite Comisario Juan Sarría's[?] certification of his ailments, orders he keep working in…
1785-04-06 · doc 259 · On the appointment of governor: cites the R.O. of 6 Jul 1783 approving Fages to serve that Government (contesting his Of
1785-04-09 · doc 260 · Acks the report (Of. 17 Nov) of the province's progress — population, material & moral — crediting Fages's prudence
1785-05-26 · doc 261 · Pleased no *novedad* — vassals & gentiles quiet & tranquil (per Of. n.241, 8 Jan)
1785-07-15 · doc 262 · Acks (Of. n.219/220, 20 Feb & 5 Apr) Fages's *visitas* to the Santa Bárbara & San Diego presidios and the frontier of the…
1785-07-12 · doc 263 · On the goods possessed by the San José de Guadalupe settlers & their harvests of the prior year (per Fages's Plan, Of
1785-09-11 · doc 264 · Passport/commission for Ayudante-Inspector *Nicolás Soler* — who needs troops to execute it; Fages to furnish the men & aid (cf
1783-10-27 · doc 265 · Printed bando on sealed paper (*papel sellado*) to curb abuses in documents on plain paper
1785-03-15 · doc 266 · Order to all civil authorities & parish priests to promote hemp (*cáñamo*) cultivation among farmers & Indians — a…
1785-07-12 · doc 267 · On the disorders officers & soldiers have committed against some Christian & gentile Indians
1785-07-02 · doc 268 · On the Comandante-General's *providencia*: professes obedience; never doubted the Province's governance
1785-09-02 · doc 269 · On the companies' interests & provisioning of the habilitados — the Reglamento, freight (*fletes*) charged to the Real Hacienda…
1785-09-12 · doc 270 · Food shortage at the Santa Bárbara company — the habilitado reports scarcity of maize to ration the troops & families, counting…
1785-07-03 · doc 271 · On 'prior complaints' — if doing his duty costs him Fages's friendship & trust... (the Soler↔Fages personal friction)
1785-07-03 · doc 272 · Criminal case vs. Eugenio Rosalío for insubordination (threatening Lt. Felipe de Goycoechea with arms)
1785-04-09 · doc 273 · VERIFIED vs scan n256: '1785 Abril 9 Monterey, Nicolás Soler á Eulalia de Callís — Varias observaciones sobre su Consorte'
1785-04-14 · doc 274 · On 'la Gobernadora' (Eulalia Callís): all have worked for the couple's *reunión* but for her stubborn character
[n.d.] · doc 275 · On an officer whose employment does not permit depopulating/abusing the Indian
1785-08-10 · doc 276 · Forwards a certified copy for a full report (via the interim Cmdt-Gen) 'con la prontitud que exige lo importante'; margin
1785-12-23 · doc 277 · Printed bando establishing subdelegate Ministers on the 'Costa del Sur' of the colonies & adjacencies (to Santispac/Mulegé[?]) &…
1786-01-11 · doc 278 · Fages granted an embarkation license to the Padre-Presidente Fr
1786-01-18 · doc 279 · Jurisdiction: the direction of criminal *procesos* & *sumarias* belongs to him (Arrillaga, Tte de Gob.), not the…
1786-01-19 · doc 280 · Acks the postal instruction (Neve's Instrucción General for Correos, 18 Dec 1783
1786-01-19 · doc 281 · Acks 3 Royal Orders — Savage: 'carece de todo interés'
1786-01-19 · doc 282 · Circulated the R.I. of 8 Jul 1777 on retired-officers' widows (documents for the *dos pagas de toca* when without Monte-Pío right)
1786-01-21 · doc 283 · Published the bando on flax (*lino*) & hemp (*cáñamo*) cultivation in Baja (per Fages's order 17 Oct; ties Doc 266)
1786-01-24 · doc 284 · Will find means to repair the fabric of the Loreto church (per P. Galisteo); consults Fages on which fund bears the cost
1786-01-28 · doc 285 · Returns a Royal *boletín* (16 Jan last yr) after copying it for the Archive & publicizing it in the Departamento de Santa Ana
1786-03-06 · doc 286 · The King granted honors of Alcalde de Crimen of Mexico City to *Pedro Galindo Navarro*, Asesor of the Comandancia General de…
1786-03-06 · doc 287 · Acks a Royal Order on *contravenciones* sent by Fages 27 Jan 1786
1786-03-22 · doc 288 · Formalized the Alcabalas (sales-tax) accounts of the Antigua Península for 1784 & 1785 for first review by the Director General…
1786-03-08 · doc 289 · Acks a bando of the Real Audiencia Gobernadora of Mexico (sent 9 Jan 1786)
1786-04-04 · doc 290 · Lt. José Francisco Ortega departed Loreto for the frontier after liquidating the accounts of those who served in the 'expedición…
1786-04-06 · doc 291 · Maritime movement: the launch *Santa Lucía* (patrón Diego Ruiz) arrived 15 Feb from the Río Mayo (had left 4 Dec for the south w/…
1786-04-06 · doc 292 · Maritime mail: ordered a King's launch out 3 Apr to carry official & private correspondence, given the 3-month delay of the…
1786-04-08 · doc 293 · Requests time to report in detail on the ports (per a certified copy sent 1 Jan)
1786-06-01 · doc 294 · Maritime movement: *Santa Lucía* left south 7 May w/ salt
1786 · doc 295 · Manifiesto on the Loreto naval establishment (the Marina de Loreto)
1786-10-02 · doc 296 · Published the R.O. (3 Aug prior yr) limiting the tobacco a passenger may embark for personal use (the tobacco monopoly)
1786-10-02 · doc 297 · The Cmdt-Gen's order (12 Feb) declares that, per the governing Reglamento, the Comisario/Governor should exercise the faculties…
1786-10-02 · doc 298 · Published the R.O. of 14 Oct 1785 granting José de Gálvez the title of Marqués de Sonora (for himself & his successors), as…
1786-10-03 · doc 299 · Remits duplicate muster-rolls (*Extractos de Revista*) & force-states of his company for the month
1786-10-13 · doc 300 · The packet-boat *Nuestra Sra de Aránzazu* left for San Blas 29 Sept carrying the *situado* of his company & of the missions
1786-10-13 · doc 301 · Asks that night-lighting be established in the Loreto presidio guardhouse (from the Gratificación fund) to avoid mishaps & for…
1786-10-18 · doc 302 · Homicide at the Santa Ana mining district (night of 30 Jul)
1786-10-21 · doc 303 · Congratulates Fages on being named Inspector of the troops garrisoning Vieja & Nueva California by the Cmdt-Gen (cf. Doc 297)
1786-10-21 · doc 304 · Maritime movement: mail-run arrived 17 Aug / left 25th for the Río Mayo; the *Loretana* carried wine for the escorts & missions
1786-10-23 · doc 305 · Reports the departure of a soldier's wife (from San Vicente) to rejoin him
1786-11-04 · doc 306 · Remits duplicate muster-rolls & force-states for the month
1786-11-04 · doc 307 · Acks Fages's order (4 Sept) that soldiers use a single pistol
1786-11-09 · doc 308 · Remits a copy of the *diligencias* sent to the Cmdt-Gen 17 Oct
1786-11-11 · doc 309 · On the shortage of recruits to fill vacant presidio *plazas*
1786-11-11 · doc 310 · $250 discounted from the Alférez of Santa Bárbara (Don Luis[?] Argüello — *name uncertain*), conveyed by the Loreto habilitado…
1786-11-13 · doc 311 · Estate settlement of the deceased Alférez *José Velásquez* (the E3 / Doc 243 exploration diarist — so he died by Nov 1786)
1786-11-19 · doc 312 · The Rafael Manson[?]/Mayor homicide case (Doc 302)
1786-11-22 · doc 313 · Remits the semi-annual *Relación* on the province
1786-01-11 · doc 314 · Remits a General State of the population of Antigua California per the latest padrones (end-Dec 1785) — a Baja demographic census…
1786-06-02 · doc 315 · (new correspondent — SF cmdt)* Complains of Alférez Sierra's negligence in forming the Real-Hacienda accounts
1786-06-13 · doc 316 · (new correspondent — SF habilitado)* Forwards the accounts of the *Pobladores* (settlers) for 1785 (a habilitación charge, not…
1786-06-13 · doc 317 · Forwards a Real-Hacienda account & a Tobacco-branch account
1786-03-08 · doc 318 · (new correspondent — SD cmdt)* Forwards duplicate Mexico & San Blas *memorias* (supply-requisitions) for his company
1786-05-31 · doc 319 · Forwards the Real-Hacienda account (income/outlays for 1785)
1786-06-01 · doc 320 · Mail-couriers: SD→frontier (11 Apr) & back (13th), having escorted *Padre Sales* to the paraje 'El Encino' (the San Solano…
1786-08-15 · doc 321 · Alleged Indian uprising at San Gabriel: the escort-Cabo reported (26 Jul) that the captain of ranchería Sibapet[?] twice claimed…
1786-09-05 · doc 322 · Requests a retirement license for soldier Juan María Osorio[?], proposing as replacement the son of the poblador *Alejandro de…
1786-10-07 · doc 323 · Mail-couriers: on return escorted *Padre Fray Luis Sales* to the registro del Encino (the San Solano mission-siting, Docs…
1786-10-07 · doc 324 · The sea-otter-pelt (*nutria*) bando (publ. 29 Aug)
1786-09-05 · doc 325 · Approves Fages's plan to establish a cattle herd (*pie de ganado*) at the San Diego presidio (per the Cmdt-Gen's order 24 Mar)
1786-09-05 · doc 326 · Acks the Cmdt-Gen's order (24 Mar) on the 2% levy on the alférez's management (habilitado accounts)
1786-09-05 · doc 327 · Published the R.O. (3 Aug prior yr) for those wishing to travel to Spain carrying tobacco (cf. Doc 296)
1786-03-25 · doc 328 · (new correspondent — SB cmdt)* On the census (*padrones*) & State of the Pueblo of Los Ángeles ('la Reina de los Ángeles')…
1786-02-17 · doc 329 · Will comply (order 27 Jan) not to embargo officials' mail owed to Fages via the post; has advised Alférez Hermenegildo Sal
1786-02-17 · doc 330 · Acks a R.O. prohibiting revenue/anti-contraband *guardacosta* vessels from flying a pennant (*gallardete*) in the presence of…
1786-02-17 · doc 331 · Acks the Real Despacho (14 Mar) granting Alcalde-del-Crimen honors to Pedro Galindo Navarro (dup. of Doc 286)
1786-02-17 · doc 332 · SB presidio status report: soldiers José Ordóñez → SF, Ignacio Rochín → Monterey (w/ families), José Acuña not to SD (absent)
1786-02-17 · doc 333 · Remits the February force-state of his company
1786-02-17 · doc 334 · Church-military friction: the San Buenaventura padres refused to give *Fr
1786-02-04 · doc 335 · A friar withdraws pastoral care from the Santa Bárbara presidio in reprisal for the denied escort
1786-08-24 · doc 336 · Had his company recognize Fages as Comandante-Inspector of the Province (24th)
1786-08-24 · doc 337 · Congratulates Fages on the Comandante-Inspector appointment
1786-08-24 · doc 338 · Excuses himself from keeping certain orders (an impediment / 'fuerte constitución')
1786-07-18 · doc 339 · A bando published in his jurisdiction; Alférez José Argüello[?] incorporated into his company
1786-06-08 · doc 340 · SB presidio works: soldier *Francisco Javier Pico* enlisted (7th; the Pico family); received 19 bulls + 11 steers from J.M
1786-10-27 · doc 341 · A soldier's marriage petition; and that some 'muchachos Californios' (native-born youths) will go to their destination on the…
1786-10-21 · doc 342 · The frigate *La Princesa* (Capt. *Esteban Martínez*) anchored at Santa Bárbara (17th), delivering 58 *varas* & 12 beams for the…
1786-10-27 · doc 343 · The eve of Mission Santa Bárbara's founding: awaiting the P. Presidente & P. Paterna (only Fr. Cristóbal present)
1786-10-21 · doc 344 · Excuses (ill health) not forwarding the duplicate Memoria on the presidios
1786-09-26 · doc 345 · Holds the bando for collecting sea-otter & sea-lion (*Lobos Marinos*) pelts (by R.O
1786-09-29 · doc 346 · The frigate *Favorita* (Capt. 2º-piloto José Tovar) anchored — couldn't put in 'por la Tienda de la Comisión' (the otter-trade…
1786-09-26 · doc 347 · Acks Fages's order (4 Sept) that soldiers carry two pistols 'mientras hay respuesta' (⚠ cf
1786-09-26 ✎ · doc 348 · Acks the order to the Loreto habilitado on the money retained from the SB Alférez José Argüello, at Fages's disposition (cf
1786-09-29 ✎ · doc 349 · Wheat harvest & SB construction: the pobladores' wheat = 323 fanegas, the presidio's = 807 fanegas (per Cabo Vicente Félix)
1786-09-29 ✎ · doc 350 · Sends muster-rolls for Jul/Aug/Sept*
1786-12-04 · doc 351 · Sends the month's muster-rolls
1786-11-14 · doc 352 · Sends muster-rolls for Oct/Nov
1786-11-14 · doc 353 · Soldier Tomás Egurroa[?] enrolled from 1 Nov; José Castañeda transfers as replacement
1786-11-14 · doc 354 · Will take measures against the excesses committed in the Pueblo of Los Ángeles in contravention of the *Arancel* (price schedule)…
1786-11-14 · doc 355 · Encloses copies of the Mexico & San Blas *memorias* re troop subsistence
1786-11-13 · doc 356 · Mission Santa Bárbara founding-prep (palisade cut & hauled, awaiting Gov. Fages's arrival
1786-11-14 · doc 357 · Complied w/ the order (3 Nov); delayed the troop-party under Briones due to rain/heavy weather
1786-05-28 · doc 358 · Sending Alférez José Argüello + soldiers Bravo & Gutiérrez (from SF) & Juan de Dios
1786-05-28 · doc 359 · Muster + status: planting well; rains impeded the works; hauling stone; timber-cutting for roofs this week
1786-05-28 · doc 360 · Tobacco/mail/wheat accounts (method of predecessor José Ortega); ⭐ made 20,000 adobes (drying from 1 Jun)
1786-12-05 · doc 361 · Cattle-theft: Indians of the Rincón + the Conejería stole & ate a Royal bull
1786-12-05 · doc 362 · Excuses the Dec musters (provisioning the company); families lodged in the new housing
1786-01-20 · doc 363 · Acks Fages's disposition (2 Jan) on the Christian [neophytes] who flee San Buenaventura and pass to Santa Bárbara (mission-flight)
1786-01-20 · doc 364 · Sends a gentile Indian imprisoned at Mission San Buenaventura (escort: Cabo Ignacio Olivera)
1786-01-20 · doc 365 · Finished the planting (7 fanegas sown); will make the poblador Vanegas pay his debt to Mission San Gabriel
1786-01-20 · doc 366 · On the prohibition of gentile Indians entering the Santa Bárbara presidio
1786-01-20 · doc 367 · Occupied (for his use) the room where Ayudante-Inspector Nicolás Soler had stayed, Soler not having gone to Mission San Gabriel
1786-07-25 · doc 368 · Encloses the memorial of Cabo Alejandro Sota (discharged, revista 27th), who seeks a passport to travel by sea
1786 · doc 369 · Requests a passport for himself & his father-in-law Juan Andrés Mendal[?] (also a discharged SB soldier) to go to Sonora
1786-07-19 · doc 370 · Certifies that the SB presidio wheat (from predecessor Ortega + the year's harvest) was used only as the gratification paid to…
1786-07-19 · doc 371 · Sends a climate/weather report ('relación del temperamento') for his jurisdiction; the wheat-investment certification
1786-07-25 · doc 372 · Forwards a memorial of the Los Ángeles pobladores (re their accounts) + the Mexico/San Blas *memorias* for troop/settler…
1786-07-19 · doc 373 · Tobacco account + musters (Apr–Jul); soldier Melecio Valdez + family posted to the San Diego presidio
1786-07-19 · doc 374 · On disrespect toward the Missionaries committed by soldiers (per Fages's decree 9 Jun)
1786-07-19 · doc 375 · Recruit Felipe Cortés enrolled (1 Jul); Sgt. Raymundo Carrillo returned (13 Jun)
1786-07-27 · doc 376 · The *diligencias* on the poblador José Navarro's arrest
1786-07-25 · doc 377 · Los Ángeles maize/bean crops thriving (per Encargado Vicente Félix); San Buenaventura calm
1786-05-24 · doc 378 · Will give escort to the San Buenaventura padres when they need to go to San Gabriel or SB (per Fages's order 3 May) — the…
1786-12-19 · doc 379 · The Conejería cattle-theft resolved: the Indian Vicente & the ranchería captain sought pardon for killing the bull (Doc 361)
1786-12-01 · doc 380 · (new correspondent — Commandant-General)* Acks documents from Ayud.-Insp. Soler (Loreto service-records & accounts
1786-12-01 · doc 381 · Forwards a promotion memorial of Cabo Manuel Vargas (Monterey presidio)
1786 · doc 382 · Promotion petition citing his hidalguía (son of the lawyer Juan María de Vargas, of the Real Audiencia & a founder of the…
1786-10-11 · doc 383 · Relays (via Viceroy Conde de Gálvez / R.O. of the Marqués de Sonora, 11 Feb) a 5-year exemption from customs duties & *Alcabalas*…
1786-09-20 · doc 384 · A bando (Viceroy Conde de Gálvez) inserting the Real Cédula (1 Jun) that no forced contribution (*moneda forzosa*) be exacted for…
1786-09-15 · doc 385 · The R.O. (via the Marqués de Sonora; orig. Bailío Fr
1786-09-15 · doc 386 · Transmits a royal treatise (*Disertación*) on preserving the pueblos from SMALLPOX (*viruelas*) (ordered published via the…
1786-09-15 · doc 387 · The R.O. (via the Marqués de Sonora, 30 Jul 1785; orig
1786-09-12 · doc 388 · Protocol for the Secretary (Marqués de Sonora) to sign 'con estampilla' (by stamp) / half-signature on duplicates & triplicates…
1786-08-14 · doc 389 · Cover-note forwarding the R.O. (15 Jun 1784) on the alternation of accidental command of Plazas & Provinces when the…
1786-08-14 · doc 390 · The certified R.O. text on military command-precedence & succession (only *empleos vivos* command
1786-08-08 · doc 391 · On punishing Christian & Gentile Indians 'with prudence': re Sgt
1786-08-08 · doc 392 · Approves Fages's measures re the little confidence inspired by the SF habilitado Alférez Ramón Lasso (de la Vega, cf
1786-08-07 · doc 393 · Acks the California presidios' muster-rolls, force-states & service-records (1st quarter) from Ayud.-Insp. Soler
1786-07-19 · doc 394 · The R.O. clarifying how the 2-years'-service credit & rewards for soldiers who apprehend deserters are reckoned (Real Decreto 30…
1786-07-12 · doc 395 · A bando (Viceroy Gálvez) on the King's resolution re those who embark without license in Spain to come to the Americas…
1786-07-07 · doc 396 · R.O. on re-enlistment (*reenganche*) seniority (orders 30 Mar 1767 & 23 Nov 1784)
1786-07-07 · doc 397 · R.O. (orig. 15 Nov 1767) barring soldiers sentenced to military service for their crimes from temporary/absolute leave to return…
1786-06-27 · doc 398 · Directs that proposals for empleos, vacancies & retirements be sent in quintuplicate to the Commandant of Troops
1786-06-14 · doc 399 · A bando (3rd Circular, Viceroy Conde de Gálvez, 21 May
1786-01-10 · doc 400 · On a Real Indulto: the Auditor de Guerra Galindo Navarro rules Fages overstepped in declaring the SB soldier Cechinela[?]…
1786-06-03 · doc 401 · Charges for repairing the Casas Reales of Loreto (by Arrillaga's order) to be booked to Real Hacienda 'con economía'
1786-06-03 · doc 402 · On friar-licenses in Antigua California (per the Baja P. Presidente's 15 Oct representation)
1786-06-03 · doc 403 · On the construction-gratification (Fábrica) for the Monterey company (a Soler account/balance) — and whether Santa Bárbara should…
1786-06-01 · doc 404 · A bando (Viceroy Conde de Gálvez, 23 Dec 1785
1786-05-20 · doc 405 · Soldiers to carry TWO pistols instead of one (per Soler — enough pistols in the presidios) — resolves the Doc 307-vs-347…
1786-05-19 · doc 406 · Approves the transfer of Sgt. Raymundo Carrillo from Santa Bárbara to San Diego (to aid the commander) while the vacancy from…
1786-04-20 · doc 407 · Transcribes the Real Cédula (San Ildefonso, 8 Oct 1785) naming Ugarte y Loyola Commandant-General of the Provincias Internas…
1786-05-19 · doc 408 · Provision of 2 armorers (*armeros*) for the presidios (from this Province or Sonora) — licensing 2 unfit soldiers to make room
1786-05-19 · doc 409 · Acks Blas de Barquera's certification (Contador of the frigate *San José*) that one José Bernal was embarked & conveyed to the…
1786-05-19 · doc 410 · The frigate *San José* (anchored 20 Nov) unloading arms & munitions for the presidios' defense (lances, pikes, munitions)
1786-05-24 · doc 411 · Approves founding the 4th Baja mission at *El Encino* — the terrain (per Fages's Of
1786-03-24 · doc 412 · VERIFIED vs scan n373; ✎ scan-start corrected n372→n373 (n372 is the tail of Doc 411's Baja El-Encino/San-Francisco-Solano text —…
1786-03-24 · doc 413 · Adopt the new, shorter road (Ranchería de la Punta → Paraje de la Grulla, 10–12 leagues saved), abandoning the old
1786-03-24 · doc 414 · Orders an index of correspondence received 1784–85, to check whether orders were lost in the late-1784 shipwreck of the…
1786-03-24 · doc 415 · Presidio chaplains: arrange with the P. Presidente (per Art.3 Tít.15 of the Reglamento) that a friar of Mission San Luis serve as…
1786-03-24 · doc 416 · Will provide the 2 armorers needed; approves requesting 30 quintales of iron from San Blas (cf. Doc 408)
1786-03-24 · doc 417 · The SF habilitado's postal-franking request: Fages should not deny it if other officers of his class enjoy it
1786-03-24 · doc 418 · On buying remounts (*Remontas* — horses) for the presidios in Sonora & the difficulty of moving them via the Río Colorado…
1786-03-22 · doc 419 · Approves giving a soldier's plaza to the pardoned deserter [Juan] de Dios Ballesteros, declared comprehended in the Real Indulto…
1786-03-08 · doc 420 · 2 copies of the bando on the marriage of the Infantes of Spain & Portugal
1786-03-02 · doc 421 · Prohibition of substitute 'papel habilitado' for the sealed paper (order Viceroy Conde de Gálvez, 21 Jan 1786
1786-02-18 · doc 422 · Relays the R.O. (via Conde de Gálvez / Marqués de Sonora, 17 Oct) on imperial Indian-war policy for the Provincias Internas
1786-02-17 · doc 423 · 4 copies of the bando (Viceroy, 27 Nov) extending through 1786 the withdrawal of old-mint coinage (*moneda del cuño antiguo*)
1786-02-16 · doc 424 · The R.O. (14 Oct 1785) granting José de Gálvez the title Marqués de Sonora (duplicate of Doc 298, here relayed by Rengel)
1786-02-14 · doc 425 · The pay for the 4 supernumerary sailors Arrillaga added to the Loreto crew to be paid by Real Hacienda (not the 400-peso…
1786-02-14 · doc 426 · Approves the license for the Baja Padre Presidente to go to Guadalajara (to treat with his Padre Provincial), Fr
1786-02-12 · doc 427 · Acks the population State: the King had 9,481 vassals of both sexes in the province at the end of 1784 — a California population…
1786-02-12 · doc 428 · Acks (via Arrillaga's report) the Nov-1784 arrival at Cabo San Lúcas of the Macao ship *San Francisco de Paula* & the aid given…
1786-02-12 · doc 429 · Acks the padrones (censuses) & inventories of the NINE Alta California missions administered by the San Fernando College friars…
1786-02-12 · doc 430 · Acks the peaceful state of the Baja gentiles (Ofs. Aug–Nov)
1786-02-11 · doc 431 · Acks the arrival of the frigate *Favorita* & packet-boat *Aránzazu* at Monterey/SF/SB with the *situados* (the otter-trade…
1786-02-07 · doc 432 · On the Royal Company of the Philippines (*Compañía de Filipinas*, Real Cédula 10 Mar 1785)
1786-02-06 · doc 433 · On the education of noble American youths: the King designates 40 places at the Real Seminario de Nobles de Madrid for American…
1786-02-03 · doc 434 · Clarifies the tobacco-embarkation limit (R.O.)
1786-02-13 · doc 435 · A commerce bando (R.O. 15 Aug): exemptions re the Spain/Mexico trade & shipments to the Philippines (duties as arranged for that…
1786-02-03 · doc 436 · An order (Viceroy Conde de Gálvez, 13 Dec 1785) on tithe (*diezmo*) grain during a seed shortage
1786-07-14 · doc 437 · Asks Fages to report on prohibiting the sale & disembarkation of Chinese goods (the '*Nao de China*' / Manila-Galleon cargo) in…
1786-07-05 · doc 438 · Asks whether the Baja California missions agree to keep receiving their *síndicos* via the Factor of the Peninsula (per Neve's 20…
1786-10-12 · doc 439 · (Fages OUTGOING)* Needs to begin the Inspection affairs
1786-01-27 · doc 440 · (Fages OUTGOING)* Soldier Ignacio Rochín (Santa Bárbara co.) condemned to 4 years' service for desertion (Auditor de Guerra's…
1786-01-27 · doc 441 · (Fages OUTGOING)* Guardacosta vessels to fly the Royal flag (but no pennants near Navy ships) — R.O
1786-08-07 · doc 442 · (Fages OUTGOING)* Fages assumes the Comandante-Inspector faculties of the California presidios (Cmdt-Gen's order 12 Feb
1786-08-27 · doc 443 · The otter-monopoly Comisionado's own letter: encloses 2 viceregal oficios
1786-08-27 · doc 444 · THE sea-otter/sea-lion-pelt monopoly BANDO (per R.O. 2 Jun 1785, via Viceroy Conde de Gálvez 7 Mar)
1786-08-31 · doc 445 · The official sea-otter-pelt PRICE SCHEDULE (of the King's account
1786-09-12 · doc 446 · Livestock census of the Santa Bárbara individuals (privately-held stock by year 1782–86
1786-08-09 · doc 447 · (Fages OUTGOING)* Remits a report on the ancient establishments of the Peninsula (Baja) (per the Viceroy's 8 Aug request, via the…
1786-09-04 · doc 448 · The documents a military officer must present to obtain permission to marry
1786-08-14 · doc 449 · Instructions for the *repartimiento de tierras* (land distribution) at the Pueblo of Los Ángeles + tithe collection
1786 · doc 450 · (Fages OUTGOING)* Instructions for whoever substitutes him in command during his absence
1786-10-19 · doc 451 · Enforce the Reglamento de Precios: curb abuses in the trade/sale of cattle, mares, colts, horses
1786-10-05 · doc 452 · (publication)* Transcribes/publishes the Madrid Seminario-de-Nobles 40-places R.O. (= Doc 433, cross-ref)
1786-10-05 · doc 453 · (publication)* Transcribes the tobacco-export R.O. (= Doc 434, 'véase la página 131')
1786-10-03 · doc 454 · (publication)* Transcribes the R.O. on persecution of enemy Indians (= Doc 422, 'véase la página 120')
1786-07-19 · doc 455 · On soldiers murmuring/disputing publicly about the conduct of the friars
1786-05-12 · doc 456 · Pay for the maize that Missions San Carlos & Santa Clara + the Pueblo of San José supplied to the SF & Monterey presidios during…
1786-01-27 · doc 457 · Prepare salted meat to supply the King's ships (that carry the *situados* from San Blas) — the ships to be provisioned with…
1786-01-27 · doc 458 · (publication)* Transcribes the order on honors (Alcalde del Crimen) for Pedro Galindo Navarro — give him the *Señoría* treatment…
1786-11-14 · doc 459 · Receipt of urgent dispatches (sent 13 Sept, received 27th)
1786-11-14 · doc 460 · Forwards memoriales of soldiers N.J. Higuera & Juan de Osuna (pass suspended pending Fages's word)
1786-11-14 · doc 461 · Requests 20 horses (*caballerías*) for the Rosario troop (mounts hard to bring up from southern Baja; cf
1786-11-14 · doc 462 · Precautionary frontier defense against the Indians: the *registros* (patrol-surveys) verified
1786-05-13 · doc 463 · The ground-level otter barter: found superior-class sea-otter pelts obtainable from the Indians at 6–8 varas of *bayeta* (woolen…
1786-05-18 · doc 464 · On establishing cattle-raising for the San Diego presidio & the frontier; awaits the Sergeant for orders re the 4 Indians
1786-06-08 · doc 465 · Sends 61 sea-otter pelts (+ 25 more forwarded via Tte Zúñiga) — otter-trade volume data (→ E6)
1786-06-08 · doc 466 · On 20 bulls sent (via Zúñiga) for the frontier troop; the accounts; anxiety over the mail's delay
1786-06-08 · doc 467 · Forwards a memorial to the Cmdt-Gen soliciting a favor (citing his merits/services) — the cover to Doc 468
1786-06-08 · doc 468 · opening VERIFIED vs scan n434: header 'Misión del Rosario… Ortega… sobre méritos y servicios militares'
1786-06-08 · doc 469 · On desertion of Christian Indians: several neophytes fled toward the Colorado to join the gentiles, who assured them 'los…
1786-06-08 · doc 470 · Frontier justice: applied Fages's penalty to a captain & 2 Indians of la Grulla for cattle-killing
1786-06-08 · doc 471 · Cattle-distribution accounting (11 bulls/2 heifers/1 *toruno* from Zúñiga, 23 Apr; ~$57; sums to habilitado Estrada)
1786-08-20 · doc 472 · Fr. Manuel Paz presented Fages's permit to send otter pelts to the General of the *Nao de China* (Manila Galleon)
1786-09-13 · doc 473 · Had his troop recognize Fages as Comandante-Inspector (13 Sept; cf. Docs 336/442)
1786-09-13 · doc 474 · Mail arrived 12 Sept & was sent onward
1786-09-13 · doc 475 · The distribution of goods, effects & rations to the veterans of the San Diego & Monterey expeditions (agregados to the Loreto…
1786-09-13 · doc 476 · On soldiers' abuses in acquiring otter pelts: though no complaints yet, warns that soldiers abandon their service to seek pelts &…
1786-09-13 · doc 477 · Various: congratulates Fages (Inspector); excuses not collecting otter pelts — lack of cloth/goods to barter
1786-10-01 · doc 478 · Mail arrival/onward (29 Sept→1 Oct via San Vicente/Zúñiga); awaits the southern launches; frontier calm
1786-02-28 · doc 479 · (new sub-section — Soler → Sal)* Acks the 12 monthly muster-rolls/force-states of the prior year
1786-06-13 · doc 480 · Charge freight (*flete*) for company mules used on non-company service, the proceeds to the Gratificación fund
1786-07-26 · doc 481 · Transcribes the R.O. reducing the re-enlistment premio term to 5 years for Cavalry & Dragoons in the Indies (as for Infantry; cf
1786-06-01 · doc 482 · Keep the Chinese goods (*efectos de China*) stored & enforce the Royal prohibition on trading any merchandise with the troop —…
1786-02-24 · doc 483 · On disorders caused by giving gentile Indians (with their women) free entry to the presidios (cf
1786-10-06 · doc 484 · Forwards an invalid-pension memorial from an SF-company member (to be settled at the first inspection review)
1786-07-25 · doc 485 · Congratulates Fages on the Comandante-Inspector appointment
1786-07-25 · doc 486 · On the Cmdt-Gen's resolution (12 Feb) that Fages assume the Inspector role & Soler CEASE as such and hand over the commission's…
1786-07-25 · doc 487 · Reviewing the Santa Bárbara company; will send the State after
1786-07-26 · doc 488 · Remits monthly muster-rolls & states of the Monterey, Santa Bárbara, Loreto & San Diego companies
1786-10-11 · doc 489 · The widow of Lt. *José Moraga* may collect two *pagas de tocas* (widow's pension)
1786-11-06 · doc 490 · Will make the Monterey inspection review when his eye illness permits
1786-11-03 · doc 491 · On the inspection reviews: his eye illness impeded his duties, but he returned to SB for the review & then to the capital…
1786-10-03 · doc 492 · Remits his salary account, a memorial to the Viceroy, & the Loreto muster-rolls
1786-09-12 · doc 493 · Forwards soldier Francisco Serrano's memorial + his *filiación*, a Neve-granted license, & a letter from Viceroy Mayorga
1786-11-07 · doc 494 · On inspecting the accounts of the deceased Habilitado José Moraga
1786-12-17 · doc 495 · Inspection of the Monterey Habilitación (Sal): Sal has a $577 balance in his favor
1786-12-15 · doc 496 · On Sal's accounts: has not received a sum charged to him; claims a $33 balance in his favor
1786-12-13 · doc 497 · Two audit questions on Sal's accounts — notably whether $298 was received 'en efectivo ó en pieles' (⭐ pelts as currency)
1786-10-12 · doc 498 · Offers to hand over the Inspection papers
1786-11-14 · doc 499 · Inspecting the San Francisco habilitado (Lasso) accounts — finds discrepancies
1785-09-13 · doc 500 · On duties on the effects/interior traffic at San Blas + SF/Monterey/SD/Loreto (per the San Blas Comisario Francisco Trillo…
1786-05-24 · doc 501 · R.O. on Polizones (stowaways) — none may pass Spain→America without Royal license (prison/presidio + the concealers to pay the…
1786-05-21 · doc 502 · (publication)* R.O. of 12 Aug 1785 on iron/mining tools (*Fierros de Minería*) (cross-ref p.99) + publication chain
1786-03-26 · doc 503 · On provisions for the presidios delivered by the *Princesa*'s pilot Juan Bautista de Aguirre to Loreto (& the others), about to…
1786-12-07 · doc 504 · VERIFIED vs scans n468–n469. Viáticos for the San Fernando College Missionaries bound for the [Baja] missions — 200 pesos each…
1786-01-16 · doc 505 · On presidio provisions: the supply-ships to sail promptly for San Blas (to return to CA in the navigation season)
1786-01-23 · doc 506 · THE FOUNDING VICEREGAL ORDER of the Vasadre sea-otter monopoly: per R.O. 2 Jun 1785, the Superior Gov
1785-03-07 · doc 507 · The final doc — on reciprocal commerce with China (exchange of California pelts for Chinese *azogue*) (cross-ref to the Fages…