'Decreto del Congº Gral. sancionado por Barragan, erigiendo en Ciudad el pueblo de los Angeles de la Alta Cal. y Capital del Territorio. (publicado en Cal. por Gutierrez, en 4 de Enº 1836.)' = the pueblo of Los Angeles raised to the rank of city and made capital of the territory of Alta California; promulgated in California by Gutiérrez on 4 Jan 1836. Foundational document of the Los Angeles-Monterey capital dispute.
| Date | 1835 May 23 (year) |
|---|---|
| From | Congreso General de México, sanctioned by Barragán |
| To | (published in California by Gov. Nicolás Gutiérrez, 4 Jan 1836) |
| Place | México |
| Series | Departmental State Papers, San José |
| Tomo | I–III (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p. 658 |
| Savage copy page | 288 [stamp] / 135 [hw] |
| Scan leaf | n288 |
| Document type | decree |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Congreso General de México, sanctioned by Barragán to (published in California by Gov. Nicolás Gutiérrez, 4 Jan 1836), México, 1835 May 23, Departmental State Papers, San José, I–III, p. 658, 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-d428.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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