the 'Pájaro' affair — the Gentile Indian 'Pájaro' presented a document from the Governor of Sonora naming him 'Capitán General de San Felipe'; Ortega annuls it — the San Felipe ranchería (this side of the Colorado) belongs to California, not Sonora, & Pájaro is a years-long deserter from the establishment; he reports to the Superior Govt via the Visitaduría, noting Pájaro's usefulness for the security of travelers at the Colorado river-crossing → candidate E2 (doc pp.706-717)
| Date | 1839-11-22 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | José Joaquín Ortega, admin. de S. Diego |
| To | Tapia |
| Series | Departmental State Papers, Los Angeles |
| Tomo | Prefecturas y Juzgados V–VIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | 94–96 |
| Scan leaf | n94–n96 |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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José Joaquín Ortega, admin. de S. Diego to Tapia, 1839-11-22, Departmental State Papers, Los Angeles, Prefecturas y Juzgados V–VIII, 94–96, Archives of California, C-A 35, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within Prefecturas y Juzgados V–VIII]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/ca35/ca35-d285.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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