Instructions for the *repartimiento de tierras* (land distribution) at the Pueblo of Los Ángeles + tithe…

Provincial State Papers, tomo V–VI · BANC MSS C-A 3, document 449

Instructions for the *repartimiento de tierras* (land distribution) at the Pueblo of Los Ángeles + tithe collection: Argüello commissioned (by an attached *Mandamiento*) to distribute the LA lands per the plan he drew when the pueblo was erected, following the San José precedent (⚠ Savage writes 'á lo practicado en el Presidio de San José' [sic — San José was a *pueblo*; full-res crop, 2026-07-02 verification pass]), sending 'testimonio separado de cada una de las diligencias relativas á cada individuo… para servir de título á cada interesado' (✓ verbatim RE-verified on scan n416 at full res, 2026-07-02 verification pass — each settler's approved testimony to serve as his land TITLE); + open a tithe register per vecino (the *diezmo* formula on grain/cattle/wool/cheese after the 5-yr exemption; Cabo Vicente Félix collecting; the 'nuevo diezmo' of maize per poblador to the Real Hacienda)

Date1786-08-14 (exact)
FromFages (Monterey)
ToJosé Argüello
SeriesProvincial State Papers
TomoVI
Original tomo pagevi.310–312
Savage copy page409–411
Scan leafn416–n418
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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