Heading: 'Argüello á Fages Aplicacion de cierta Pena'. Body: 'Queda enterado de que no debe aplicar al trabajo por via de pena á ningun cristiano ni Gentil, sin su superior ord.n' Gloss: Argüello acknowledges the governor's instruction that he may not sentence any Christian [neophyte] or gentile Indian to labor as a punishment without Fages's superior order. Direct evidence on the limits of presidial-commander punitive-labor authority over Indians.
| Date | 1788-08-28 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | José Darío Argüello to Pedro Fages |
| Place | San Francisco |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | VII–VIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p. 214 |
| Savage copy page | 257 [stamp] / 72 [hand] |
| Scan leaf | n257 |
| Document type | letter |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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José Darío Argüello to Pedro Fages, San Francisco, 1788-08-28, Provincial State Papers, VII–VIII, p. 214, Archives of California, C-A 4, 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 VII–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/ca4/ca4-d314.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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