Firearms surrender decree: 'previniendo q. todos los habitantes del Dist.o que tubiesen en su poder fusiles - deberian presentarlas al Gob.o en el termino de 48 hras., recibiendo de indemnizacion cinco pesos por cada arma, bajo la pena de $500 de multa, o seis meses de prision.' Gloss: all District inhabitants holding muskets must surrender them within 48 hours for 5 pesos indemnity per arm, on pain of a 500-peso fine or six months prison.
| Date | 1833-07-11 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | VP Gomez Farias, communicated by Sec. of State D. Carlos Garcia |
| To | inhabitants of the Federal District |
| Place | Mexico [City] |
| Series | Departmental State Papers, San José |
| Tomo | I–III (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p. 496 |
| Savage copy page | 242 [stamp] / 89 [hw] |
| Scan leaf | n242 |
| Document type | decree |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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VP Gomez Farias, communicated by Sec. of State D. Carlos Garcia to inhabitants of the Federal District, Mexico [City], 1833-07-11, Departmental State Papers, San José, I–III, p. 496, Archives of California, C-A 44, 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–III]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/ca44/ca44-d321.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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