FULL TEXT: exposition on fiscal collapse (situados unremitted ~20 yrs

Departmental State Papers, Benicia (Commissary & Treasury), tomo I–V · BANC MSS C-A 40, document 336

FULL TEXT: exposition on fiscal collapse (situados unremitted ~20 yrs; Federation rents in the Territory cover <¼ of civil/military salaries; forced to beg supplies from the missions as sole recourse) → establishes Ranchos Nacionales at Monterey & SF under Comandantes de Compañía + Comte. Gral., administered by mayordomos, accounted by the sub-comisaría; hides of slaughtered reses → troop uniforms; presupuesto formed. pp 761–64

Date1833 Dec 2 (year)
FromJosé Figueroa
ToCapitán Agustín Zamorano
PlaceMonterey
SeriesDepartmental State Papers, Benicia (Commissary & Treasury)
TomoI–V (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagep.73–78
Savage copy page189–194
Scan leafn189–194
Document typecorr
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentJosé Figueroa to Capitán Agustín Zamorano, Monterey, 1833 Dec 2, Departmental State Papers, Benicia (Commissary & Treasury), I–V, p.73–78, Archives of California, C-A 40, 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 I–V]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/ca40/ca40-d336.html
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