Figueroa's political manifesto against the Híjar colony directors — Torres & Apalátegui, 'no contentos con vivir pacíficamente bajo la protección de las leyes, maquinan constantemente contra la sociedad'; unmasks their plan: 'el verdadero y único objeto de su plan es el robo de los bienes de las misiones, para saciar su avaricia á costa del sudor de los californios… cumplo con mi deber, aunque me sacrifiquen, con tal de que los californios no sean defraudados. Yo defiendo la justicia, la libertad, seguridad y prosperidad de los ciudadanos'; offers to resign the mando to the Diputación if it wishes a successor; charges the alcalde to secure & try Torres & Apalátegui; auxilios de fuerza available from Tte-Cor. Nicolás Gutiérrez
| Date | 1835-03-13 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | José Figueroa |
| To | Ayuntamiento de los Angeles |
| Place | San Juan Bautista |
| Series | Departmental State Papers, Benicia |
| Tomo | II (Miscellaneous) (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.452–459 |
| Savage copy page | 142–146 |
| Scan leaf | n142–n146 |
| Document type | verbatim |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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José Figueroa to Ayuntamiento de los Angeles, San Juan Bautista, 1835-03-13, Departmental State Papers, Benicia, II (Miscellaneous), p.452–459, 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-d37.html