Militia & population: 5 military commands (SF / Monterey / Sta Bárbara / San Diego + Baja)

Departmental Records, tomo VII–VIII (Books 33–37, 1829 → Jan 1831) · BANC MSS C-A 48, document 29

Militia & population: 5 military commands (SF / Monterey / Sta Bárbara / San Diego + Baja); the 1827 count — all of Alta Calif. 'no llegan á 25 mil,' mostly Indians; only ~4,000 gente de razón, ~1,800 armable (~5,500 men judged available); complains of lack of money

Date1829-05-22 (exact)
FromEcheandía
ToMin. de Guerra
PlaceSan Diego
SeriesDepartmental Records
TomoVII–VIII (Books 33–37, 1829 → Jan 1831) (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagep.79–83
Scan leafn17–n18
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentEcheandía to Min. de Guerra, San Diego, 1829-05-22, Departmental Records, VII–VIII (Books 33–37, 1829 → Jan 1831), p.79–83, Archives of California, C-A 48, 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 VII–VIII (Books 33–37, 1829 → Jan 1831)]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/ca48/ca48-d29.html
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