'Sobre dar azotes á los indios' — an extended friar's defense of whipping neophytes at Mission San Francisco: they flee to the mountains 15–16+ days without notice, refuse work; debates whether corporal punishment is licit; cites the decreto of 17 Aug 1813 & suprema orden of 2 Aug 1822 (which he says apply only to civilized pueblos of the Republic, not these neophytes who 'comienzan ahora en la infancia política y religiosa'); says if the govt orders azotes abolished absolutely he'll obey but asks the Rev. P. Comisario's opinion first — a vivid document on mission labor discipline & the emancipation debate
| Date | 1833-06-16 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Fr. José de Torres Mª Gutiérrez |
| To | Com. Genl de Calif. |
| Place | San Francisco |
| Series | Departmental State Papers, Benicia |
| Tomo | II (Miscellaneous) (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.12–14 |
| Savage copy page | 133–135 |
| Scan leaf | n133–n135 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Fr. José de Torres Mª Gutiérrez to Com. Genl de Calif., San Francisco, 1833-06-16, Departmental State Papers, Benicia, II (Miscellaneous), p.12–14, Archives of California, C-A 39, 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 II (Miscellaneous)]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/ca39/ca39-d23.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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