THE FLAGPOLE AFFAIR — 'multas impuestas pr el Gbno

Departmental State Papers, Los Angeles, tomo Official Correspondence (Vol. XIV/XI + Tomo XII) · BANC MSS C-A 37, document 250

THE FLAGPOLE AFFAIR — 'multas impuestas pr el Gbno. á los vecinos de los Ángeles qe hicieron una representación y munícipes qe la apoyaron': the Prefect had ordered 'permaneciese al frente de la casa del C. ABEL STEARNS el ASTA DE BANDERA'; vecinos petitioned, the Ayuntº backed them (acuerdo), crowds 'se habían reunido en masa pr hacer una violenta resistencia y burla de las disposiciones del Prefecto' — the government FINES petitioners + councilmen; the authorities 'en ningún caso deberán apoyar la representación de unos cuantos vecinos'; the VERDICT (n116–n117, pp. 535–37): 'se ha alterado el órden público pr las mismas autoridades encargadas de su conservación' — $5 fines for each petition-signer (24 May), $10 for each councilman (the 25-May acuerdo), paid to the council's own síndico; future complaints 'directamente… á S.E. de la manera más decorosa,' never via 'representaciones odiosas promovidas pr un puñado de vecinos'; AND Prefect Peña himself summoned ('tan pronto como se alivie de sus males… pª qe responda de tales alteraciones'); the troops withdrawable; the 'Ciuds inquietos' watched

Date1839-06-03 (exact)
FromSrío Jimeno
ToTIBURCIO TAPIA, Prefecto Intº del 2º Distrito
PlaceMonterey
SeriesDepartmental State Papers, Los Angeles
TomoOfficial Correspondence (Vol. XIV/XI + Tomo XII) (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo page535+
Savage copy page114–115
Scan leafn115–n116
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentSrío Jimeno to TIBURCIO TAPIA, Prefecto Intº del 2º Distrito, Monterey, 1839-06-03, Departmental State Papers, Los Angeles, Official Correspondence (Vol. XIV/XI + Tomo XII), 535+, 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-d250.html
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