A contested municipal election at Branciforte (Santa Cruz): Ramón Buelna (alcalde aux.) & Miguel Ramírez (síndico) elected; Buelna recused for non-residence; a new election halted on detecting a 'combinación' (rigged slate); the office given to Miguel Villagrana (most votes after Buelna), who was carried 'en brazos' with a night fandango — then *alboroto* the next day (Gervasio Soto, Juan Pérez, Francisco Doria convening vecinos). Vivid pueblo-democracy narrative. + an illiterate officeholder's verbatim complaint of being set up (p.80–82, 2 docs).
| Date | 1836-01-22 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Alejandro Rodríguez (Branciforte) |
| To | Gobernador |
| Series | Departmental State Papers, Monterey |
| Tomo | I–VIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.80–86 |
| Savage copy page | — |
| Scan leaf | n392 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Alejandro Rodríguez (Branciforte) to Gobernador, 1836-01-22, Departmental State Papers, Monterey, I–VIII, p.80–86, Archives of California, C-A 43, 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–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/ca43/ca43-d772.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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