VERBATIM HEADING: '1836. Set. 30. Mont. / N. Gutierrez al alcalde de S. Jose

VERBATIM HEADING: '1836. Set. 30. Mont. / N. Gutierrez al alcalde de S. Jose. Su nombram.to a gobernador.' GLOSS: his appointment as governor. SUBSTANCE (verbatim): 'Le transcribe una comunicac.n de Mariano Chico a el, Gutierrez, en la cual Chico le participa que lo nombro a gobernador, a causa de querer el, Chico, ir a Mex.o para dar cuenta personalmente al Sup.mo gob.no del estado del pais.' Chico hands the governorship to Gutierrez on the stated ground that he is going to Mexico to report in person on the state of the country. This is the documentary hinge of the autumn 1836 succession that ran on into the Alvarado rising.

Date	1836-09-30 (exact)
From	Nicolas Gutierrez to the Alcalde de San Jose, transcribing Mariano Chico to Gutierrez
Place	Monterey
Series	Departmental State Papers, San José
Tomo	IV+
Original tomo page	p.p. 11-12
Savage copy page	stamp 183 / pencil 4
Scan leaf	n184
Document type	abstract, verbatim (register entry)
Source	verbatim transcription

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Nicolas Gutierrez to the Alcalde de San Jose, transcribing Mariano Chico to Gutierrez, Monterey, 1836-09-30, Departmental State Papers, San José, IV+, p.p. 11-12, Archives of California, C-A 45, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

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