THE RESIGNATION + COUNTER-REVOLUTION LETTER: Alvarado dimite su cargo de Diputado — 'he creído deber…

Departmental State Papers, Los Angeles, tomo Official Correspondence (Vol. XIV/XI + Tomo XII) · BANC MSS C-A 37, document 181

THE RESIGNATION + COUNTER-REVOLUTION LETTER: Alvarado dimite su cargo de Diputado — 'he creído deber retirarme de la Corporación pr qe mi presencia no fuese un obstáculo qe impidiese la espontánea emisión de sus pretensiones' (resignation FOR free debate); 'el Sr. [Pío] Pico' presents 'un plan de contrarrevolución'; the verdict: 'Volvernos al yugo de los tiranos… Quieren qe vuelva el despotismo… qe multitud de empleados inútiles y voraces se repartan los despojos de nuestra Hacienda, y qe EL CALIFORNIO SEA SIEMPRE ESCLAVO'; those same men 'protestaron en los Ángeles ser devorados pr las fieras antes qe [someterse á] un déspota de la metrópoli'; and the astonishing grant: 'V.S. tiene toda libertad pª tomar el partido qe le convenga… LIBRES Y NO FORZADOS HAN DE SER LOS DEFENSORES DEL GBNO… delibere V.S. lo qe estime más conveniente pª el bien estar de los habitantes de su Municipalidad'

Date1837-04-28 (exact)
FromGob. Alvarado
ToAyuntº
PlaceSta Bárbara
SeriesDepartmental State Papers, Los Angeles
TomoOfficial Correspondence (Vol. XIV/XI + Tomo XII) (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo page403–406
Savage copy page75–78
Scan leafn76–n79
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentGob. Alvarado to Ayuntº, Sta Bárbara, 1837-04-28, Departmental State Papers, Los Angeles, Official Correspondence (Vol. XIV/XI + Tomo XII), 403–406, Archives of California, C-A 37, 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 Official Correspondence (Vol. XIV/XI + Tomo XII)]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/ca37/ca37-d181.html
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