The draft of Pico's 13 May Consejo bando (T7-32)

Departmental State Papers, tomo VII–VIII · BANC MSS C-A 31, document 342

The draft of Pico's 13 May Consejo bando (T7-32): verbatim declension passage (*'no hay administración de justicia… no hay tesoro público… no hay fuerza militar… el mayor abandono… lejos de la fuente madre de los recursos… un porvenir deplorable'*); cites *'las razones vertidas por el Sr Bandini'*; the popular-sovereignty argument (*'dejar al pueblo, y conforme su soberanía y libertad tome las providencias'*); and the exact proposals — the 15 Jun general junta, the deputy apportionment (Sonoma 1, SF 1, San José 2, Monterey 4, Sta Bárbara 4, LA 4, San Diego 2), the 30 May election, the junta at Sta Bárbara under the governor, 'Consejo General de Pueblos Unidos de California' with the treatment of *Excelencia*, opening 15 Jun if 10 electors attend

Date1846-04-22 (exact)
FromFran.co Figueroa (commission report)
PlaceÁngeles
SeriesDepartmental State Papers
TomoVIII
Original tomo pageVIII:347–349
Savage copy page99–102
Scan leafn234–n237
Document typeverbatim
Sourceverbatim transcription

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