1. 1831-02-01 · doc 1 · Manifestación to be read to the public
2. 1831-02-01 · doc 2 · Denies Joaquín Ortega a permit for otter (nutria) fishing
3. 1831-02-01 · doc 3 · Funds to maintain prisoners; the padrón
4. 1831-02-09 · doc 4 · On the liberty/pay of the *habilitados*
5. 1831-02-09 · doc 5 · Distribution of rations
6. 1831-02-09 · doc 6 · Transcribes the preceding
7. 1831-02-09 · doc 7 · Sends the new tariff
8. 1831-02-10 · doc 8 · Oficio from the Ministro de Relaciones
9. 1831-02-19 · doc 9 · Hold the Spaniard [José] Romero prisoner until there is a ship to embark [deport] him on
10. 1831-02-22 · doc 10 · Move the *presidiarios* (convicts) of the island to that point
11. 1831-02-26 · doc 11 · On accountability/accounts (contabilidad)
12. 1831-02-28 · doc 12 · Returns a *causa* (court case)
13. 1831-03-04 · doc 13 · Turn over the company's rancho to a sergeant's care
14. 1831-03-04 · doc 14 · On the preceding matter
15. 1831-03-05 · doc 15 · Receipt of estados (returns)
16. 1831-03-09 · doc 16 · That families maintain the *presidiarios* in return for their labor
17. 1831-03-07 · doc 17 · Given the missions' scarcity, supply them what they can
18. 1831 · doc 18 · On *causas* (cases), paper, and irons (grillos)
19. 1831-03-10 · doc 19 · Horse-theft network (cont. n6): parties from New Mexico entering the territory trade with *gentiles*, fugitive Christians &…
20. 1831-03-11 · doc 20 · On the *egido* and land
21. 1831-03-30 · doc 21 · Dispatched a small party; on a *proceso*
22. 1831-03-20 · doc 22 · Give aid to Zorrilla
23. 1831-03-20 · doc 23 · Investigate whether the Indians of La Purísima intend to rise, and send a party to punish them
24. 1831-03-27 · doc 24 · Form a *causa* (case) against José Antonio Carrillo
25. 1831-04-07 · doc 25 · Movement of force
26. 1831-04-08 · doc 26 · Naturalization letter for [Joseph] 'José Chapman,' the American from Boston, per the law of 14 Apr 1823 (marked 'doc tachado' —…
27. 1831-04-13 · doc 27 · Return to San Diego and take over Santiago Argüello's command
28. 1831-04-13 · doc 28 · Communicates the preceding order
29. 1831-04-19 · doc 29 · Sends them superior decrees
30. 1831-04-19 · doc 30 · Sends superior decrees
31. 1831-04-20 · doc 31 · Sumariar* (try) the thieves Juan Antonio & Chabolita
32. 1831-04-20 · doc 32 · Asks his opinion on the matter (3rd)
33. 1831-04-20 · doc 33 · Will attend to his request
34. 1831-04-20 · doc 34 · On Hilario García: he did not come to Monterey to serve his sentence
35. 1831-04-20 · doc 35 · Advises that García will come to Monterey
36. 1831-04-20 · doc 36 · Retirement of Anastasio Zabaleta
37. 1831-04-20 · doc 37 · Proceed in justice in the case against J.M. Ramírez for the death of Gómez (homicide)
38. 1831-04-20 · doc 38 · Denies him the payment of gratifications
39. 1831-04-22 · doc 39 · Sends the proceedings against Antonio Nieto
40. 1831-04-22 · doc 40 · On documents
41. 1831-04-22 · doc 41 · Sends [Guillermo] Cota's license (2 docs)
42. 1831-04-22 · doc 42 · On the *sumaria* of Barragán and the seizure (*comiso*) of the brig 'Convoy' (2 docs)
43. 1831-04-22 · doc 43 · On J. Pico — refer to the territorial *asesor*
44. 1831-04-23 · doc 44 · Promotion of J. García & J. Ortiz
45. 1831-04-23 · doc 45 · Delivery of 1 document
46. 1831-04-23 · doc 46 · Return the *causa de Rubio* to the fiscal
47. 1831-04-23 · doc 47 · Sends the documents against Felipe Gómez
48. 1831-04-23 · doc 48 · The *causa de Gómez*
49. 1831-04-23 · doc 49 · License to Ignacio Martínez
50. 1831-04-23 · doc 50 · Exchange (*permuta*) of a soldier
51. 1831-04-23 · doc 51 · Review lists (*listas de revista*)
52. 1831-04-23 · doc 52 · Death sentence of the neophyte 'indio' Atanasio — per the territorial *asesor*'s opinion, execute the sentence on the neophyte…
53. 1831-04-23 · doc 53 · Come to Monterey to give spiritual aid to the condemned neophyte Atanasio
54. 1831-04-23 · doc 54 · Promotion of Cayetano Juárez to corporal (cabo)
55. 1831-04-23 · doc 55 · Sends [Berreyesa]'s absolute discharge
56. 1831-04-23 · doc 56 · On accounts (cuentas)
57. 1831-04-23/29 · doc 57 · Apr 23: returns the *causa de Rubio*; Apr 29: on *víveres* (provisions)
58. 1831-04-26 · doc 58 · Not to meddle in the affairs of the pueblo of Los Ángeles; conduct himself as before
59. 1831-04-26 · doc 59 · Return to his post and not meddle in the *ocurrencias* of Los Ángeles
60. 1831-04-27 · doc 60 · On Pico — refer the case to the Comte de Sta Bárbara
61. 1831-04-27 · doc 61 · Recruitment (*reclutamiento*)
62. 1831-04-27 · doc 62 · Shipment of powder (*pólvora*)
63. 1831-04-28 · doc 63 · Absolute discharges for soldiers
64. 1831-05-02 · doc 64 · On procedure in the case of the Santa Clara neophyte Luis
65. 1831-05-04 · doc 65 · Order to remit population *padrones* (censuses)
66. 1831-05-04 · doc 66 · That Ríos go to bring in the fugitive (*refugiado*) Ortiz
67. 1831-05-04 · doc 67 · On the death of Ríos (homicide *autos*)
68. 1831-05-07 · doc 68 · The *sumaria* against Barragán
69. 1831-05-07 · doc 69 · Sends complaints against J. Gómez
70. 1831-05-07 · doc 70 · Procedural
71. 1831-05-10 · doc 71 · Alférez Mariano G. Vallejo is not to be examined but must conduct the defense of the *reo* neophyte Luis
72. 1831-05-06 · doc 72 · As *fiscal* of the neophyte Luis case: objects that Sgt
73. 1831-05-10 · doc 73 · Encloses García's license
74. 1831-05-11 · doc 74 · Receipt of correspondence
75. 1831-05-11 · doc 75 · Request force from the frontier department
76. 1831-05-11 · doc 76 · Secret order: assemble with all speed all available cavalry force and position at San Gabriel, ready to march at first order
77. 1831-05-11 · doc 77 · Keep the *fuerza útil* ready to march at his cost at first order
78. 1831-05-11 · doc 78 · Send José Antonio Carrillo under escort to the San Diego presidio
79. 1831-05-11 · doc 79 · Ensure Carrillo continues under escort to San Vicente de la Frontera [Baja]
80. 1831-05-13 · doc 80 · Setting aside Ignacio Vallejo's reasons to decline as fiscal in the *causa de Rubio*, pass it to Padrés
81. 1831-05-13 · doc 81 · Finalize the *causa de Rubio*
82. 1831-05-14 · doc 82 · Liberty of Felipe Martínez — having served the 2-yr sentence he received in 1829
83. 1831-05-14 · doc 83 · Liberty of Manuel Santillana — 2-yr sentence served, freed
84. 1831-05-18 · doc 84 · Sends licenses
85. 1831-05-19 · doc 85 · Representation of Barragán
86. 1831-05-19 · doc 86 · Sends a sentence (condena)
87. 1831-05-20 · doc 87 · No grounds for the division of the Rancho San Cayetano land
88. 1831-05-20 · doc 88 · Already sent his oficio to the Comandante general
89. 1831-05-20 · doc 89 · Search for the *expediente* of the *causa de Inocencio*
90. 1831-05-24 · doc 90 · José Sánchez to take charge of the neophyte Luis case (after Vallejo's objection)
91. 1831-05-24 · doc 91 · On Aguilar, Zamora[?] & Andrés — refer to the *asesor*
92. 1831-05-25 · doc 92 · On *sumarias*
93. 1831-05-26 · doc 93 · Go give spiritual aid to two soldiers *en capilla* (awaiting execution)
94. 1831-05-26 · doc 94 · Confirming the sentence: execute by firing squad the reos José Simón Aguilar & José Eduardo Zamora on 28 May, making the reo…
95. 1831-05-30 · doc 95 · Liberty of Máximo Sánchez — 2-yr sentence served, free to reside where he wishes
96. 1831-05-30 · doc 96 · Liberty of Pascual Ramírez — 2-yr sentence served, free to go and reside where he wishes
97. 1831-05-30 · doc 97 · On the sentences of the *presidiarios* (convicts) arrived on the frigate 'Rosa[?]' — the penal-colony convict shipments [cf
98. 1831-06-07[?] · doc 98 · Order to form an *averiguación sumaria* on the violent, tumultuous deposition (despojo) of Los Ángeles Alcalde Vicente Sánchez by…
99. 1831-07-14 · doc 99 · May return to San Diego
100. 1831-07-14 · doc 100 · Premios de constancia* granted to Cpl. Manuel Verdugo (per the Min
101. 1831-07-14 · doc 101 · Carry out Verdugo's retirement
102. 1831-07-14 · doc 102 · Permission (via Min. de Guerra / president) for Mariano [G.] Vallejo to marry doña Francisca Carrillo
103. 1831-07-15 · doc 103 · Death sentence of Francisco Rubio — per the *asesor*, put the *reo de estupro* Francisco Rubio *en capilla* (awaiting execution)…
104. 1831-07-15 · doc 104 · Appointment of a sergeant (p.59); on *requisitos* (2 docs, p.59–61)
105. 1831-07-18 · doc 105 · Encloses absolute discharges
106. 1831-07-18 · doc 106 · Give the aid requested by the Comisionado de la limosna for the Sonora reductions (missions)
107. 1831-07-18 · doc 107 · Provide supplies & aid to Portilla for the people escorting the Comisionado de limosna
108. 1831-07-18 · doc 108 · That alférez José Sánchez comply with his orders; he will be punished for disobedience
109. 1831-07-13[?] · doc 109 · On the disobedience of officer [Ignacio] Martínez — proven he seeks *efugios* (evasions) to avoid complying with the law
110. 1831-07-18 · doc 110 · On a representation
111. 1831-07-18 · doc 111 · The *causa* he formed against Felipe Gómez departed from the laws & established practice, mixing civil with military procedure —…
112. 1831-07-18 · doc 112 · Tells the Comte de Fronteras to let José Antonio Carrillo go where he pleases *so long as it is outside the limits of Alta…
113. 1831-07-19 · doc 113 · On the *causa de Rubio*
114. 1831-07-19 · doc 114 · Surcharge of seeds (*recargo de semillas*)
115. 1831-07-19 · doc 115 · Already arranged for a soldier to help him in the sale of seeds
116. 1831-07-19 · doc 116 · On *socorros* (p.71); on licenses (p.72)
117. 1831-07-19 · doc 117 · If regidor Miguel Valencia cannot pay the $100 fine at once, let him pay it little by little
118. 1831-07-19 · doc 118 · On *auxilios*
119. 1831-07-20 · doc 119 · Encloses decrees
120. 1831-07-20 · doc 120 · Encloses decrees
121. 1831-07-21 · doc 121 · On the death of the Artillery Comte José Fernández del Campo; interim command falls to Sgt José María Mediano
122. 1831-07-21 · doc 122 · On *diligencias* in a causa
123. 1831-07-21 · doc 123 · Tico is to take charge of the artillery
124. 1831-07-26 · doc 124 · On the *causa de Rubio* — return the case to San Francisco
125. 1831-07-27 · doc 125 · On the *causa del indio Pedro* — as the previous
126. 1831-07-29 · doc 126 · On the *causa de Rubio* — in conformity with the *asesor*, carry out his decree of 15 July (Rubio's death sentence)
127. 1831-08-01 · doc 127 · On a paper the Alcalde of San José remitted re: the *diputación*; investigate and remit
128. 1831-08-07 · doc 128 · Measures to placate the Indians (*aplacar á los indios*)
129. 1831-08-07 · doc 129 · Intervene in the unloading of Esteban [Stephen] Anderson's brig
130. 1831-08-08 · doc 130 · Anderson asks to unload the brig 'Ayacucho'; Zamorano to witness the unloading
131. 1831-08-22 · doc 131 · Desertion of soldiers (p.78); inquiry on the armed brig (p.79)
132. 1831-08-22 · doc 132 · Bring the foreign deserters to San Diego and investigate their origin and purpose
133. 1831-08-24 · doc 133 · Premio* for José Manuel Verdugo
134. 1831-08-24 · doc 134 · Appointment of Oliveras (p.80); that Diego Banca[?] be fiscal (p.80)
135. 1831-08-24 · doc 135 · Take charge of the *proceso* against those of the 'asonada de los Ángeles' (LA uprising) — Alvarado having recused Argüello…
136. 1831-08-24 · doc 136 · Charges against Alcalde Manuel Duarte (San José) for the *mala versación* of municipal funds
137. 1831-08-25 · doc 137 · The supercargo of the 'Ayacucho' to provide goods for the garrison
138. 1831-08-26 · doc 138 · Goods sold belonging to the barque 'Louisa'
139. 1831-08-26 · doc 139 · Encloses Juan Mª Ávila's license
140. 1831-08-26 · doc 140 · Sumaria* of [Barragán]
141. 1831-08-26 · doc 141 · Arrest of soldier Juan Félix
142. 1831-08-27 · doc 142 · Remits (p.85); appointment of J. Pacheco as sergeant (p.85)
143. 1831-08-27 · doc 143 · Notes that national independence was sworn in 1822
144. 1831-08-27 · doc 144 · On Don Mariano G. Vallejo's absolute discharge — will give course to his oficio of 18 June [1831] requesting his *licencia…
145. 1831-08-31 · doc 145 · Per the *asesor*, set the neophyte Inocencio at liberty
146. 1831-08-31 · doc 146 · Free Inocencio
147. 1831-08-31 · doc 147 · On otter (Castor) fishing — reconcile the Supremo Gobierno's interest
148. 1831-09-03 · doc 148 · Say the Mass for the 16 September (Independence) festival and give Confirmation
149. 1831-09-03 · doc 149 · That he may fish otter (nutrias) — reversing the Feb-1831 denial (doc #2), under the new hijos-del-país policy
150. 1831-09-04 · doc 150 · Grants land to both (Bolcoff = the naturalized Russian settler)
151. 1831-09-06 · doc 151 · Will remit uniforms/clothing (*vestuarios*)
152. 1831-09-06 · doc 152 · Suppress the 22nd-of-the-month mail, leaving only the 7th
153. 1831-09-07 · doc 153 · Procedural (*trámites*)
154. 1831-09-07 · doc 154 · Sharp personal rebuke replying to Bandini's 7 Aug oficio — dismisses his complaints as attacks on the governor's *decoro*
155. 1831-09-10 · doc 155 · That del Valle help the fiscal Diego Barreto
156. 1831-09-10 · doc 156 · del Valle to assist him as secretary in the *causa* [of the LA asonada]; the accomplices are to remain under house arrest
157. 1831-09-27/30 · doc 157 · Suspend Anaya's march (p.94); on posting a *cuartelero* (p.95)
158. 1831-09-30 · doc 158 · Martínez to report on Sánchez's loan to the *habilitado* Estrada
159. 1831-09-30 · doc 159 · Premios de constancia* (p.96); Miranda's petition (p.96); flight of the neophyte Pedro (p.97)
160. 1831-09-30 · doc 160 · Encloses his retirement; orders him to hand over to Alférez Mariano G
161. 1831-10-01 · doc 161 · Presidial-company promotion roster (president-granted): Santiago Argüello Cap. SD · Romualdo Pacheco Cap
162. 1831-10-01 · doc 162 · Sends his promotion
163. 1831-10-01 · doc 163 · Sends his promotion
164. 1831-10-01 · doc 164 · Sends Sánchez's promotion despatch
165. 1831-10-01 · doc 165 · Sends promotion despatch
166. 1831-10-01 · doc 166 · Sends promotion despatch
167. 1831-10-01 · doc 167 · Sends his promotion despatch and del Valle's
168. 1831-10-01 · doc 168 · Sends various promotion despatches
169. 1831-10-01 · doc 169 · Sends his despatch [teniente de justicia?]
170. 1831-10-01 · doc 170 · That Sgt. Pico hand over the command
171. 1831-10-02 · doc 171 · The brig 'Ayacucho' will deliver the needed uniforms and other effects, + $150 for him and $100 in goods per officer, pending…
172. 1831-10-02 · doc 172 · Same as the previous
173. 1831-10-02 · doc 173 · Come to Monterey on Service matters
174. 1831-10-02 · doc 174 · Transmits the previous
175. 1831-10-05 · doc 175 · Juicio* against Bermúdez (p.105); the seed-freight carried by the 'Pocahontas' & 'Convoy' is not to be paid — it is in recompense…
176. 1831-10-05 · doc 176 · Ascertain the whereabouts of the sapper tools (instrumentos de zapa) hidden during the Solís revolution [1829]
177. 1831-10-05 · doc 177 · Take charge of the *pliego* of 2 *causas*
178. 1831-10-14 · doc 178 · Receipt of goods via the Ayacucho
179. 1831-10-15 · doc 179 · Encloses superior decrees
180. 1831-10-15 · doc 180 · Encloses superior decrees
181. 1831-10-17 · doc 181 · Return of José Sánchez
182. 1831-10-18 · doc 182 · His *reclamo* is not well founded
183. 1831-10-18 · doc 183 · Embark the census and [an Englishman?] on the frigate 'Time[?]'
184. 1831-10-18 · doc 184 · Cannot pay his *alcances* (back pay), which he claims
185. 1831-10-19 · doc 185 · Embark at San Diego to transfer to Santa Catalina, then to San Blas to receive orders from the Supreme Government (Padrés's…
186. 1831-10-20 · doc 186 · Give all aid to the tithe-collector (colector de diezmos) Teodoro González
187. 1831-10-24 · doc 187 · Sumaria* against [Japria?] for mistreating his wife
188. 1831-11-02 · doc 188 · Requests a report on prisoners by order of the Ministry
189. 1831-11-02 · doc 189 · As the previous
190. 1831-11-02 · doc 190 · Transcribes an oficio of the Ministro (3)
191. 1831-11-05 · doc 191 · On the recua (mule train)
192. 1831-11-05 · doc 192 · Surprised the recua is not ready when needed (mobilization urgency)
193. 1831-11-15 · doc 193 · Receive the goods of the brig 'Ayacucho'
194. 1831-11-05 · doc 194 · Reprimands him for not executing his orders regarding the goods the 'Ayacucho' was to deliver
195. 1831-11-05 · doc 195 · Argüello, as captain, is owed $200 of Ayacucho goods
196. 1831-11-06 · doc 196 · On the *recua* (p.122); ⭐ scarcity of arms and horses (p.122); on a receipt (p.123)
197. 1831-11-06 · doc 197 · Juicio* against Guillén (p.124); on providing the *escribanos* (p.124)
198. 1831-11-06 · doc 198 · del Valle to substitute for him as fiscal
199. 1831-11-06 · doc 199 · Witnesses in the *causa de Ramírez* (p.125–6); denies Ramírez permission to move to another state of the Republic (p.126)
200. 1831-11-06 · doc 200 · On a break in correspondence (*rotura de correspondencias*)
201. 1831-11-06 · doc 201 · Sends the freedom paper of Estevan Mung[?]
202. 1831-11-06 · doc 202 · Estevan Mung[?] freed, 2-yr sentence served
203. 1831-11-06 · doc 203 · On *víveres* (p.128–9); denies rations to the tailors (p.129)
204. 1831-11 · doc 204 · It is no longer time to detain [José Antonio] Carrillo; when he returns, collect what he owes
205. 1831-11-06 · doc 205 · Should not intervene in Carrillo's *instancia*
206. 1831-11-07 · doc 206 · Liberty of Ildefonso Espinosa — 2-yr sentence served
207. 1831-11-07 · doc 207 · Liberty of Francisco Fuente — 1-yr sentence served
208. 1831-11-07 · doc 208 · Liberty of José Reyes — 2-yr sentence served
209. 1831-11-03 · doc 209 · Absolute discharge of Alipas
210. 1831-11-08 · doc 210 · His 15 Oct circular on the Spaniards does not include the friars (RR.PP.) — the expulsion-of-Spaniards order exempts the…
211. 1831-11-08 · doc 211 · Transfer of prisoners
212. 1831-11-08 · doc 212 · Receipt of documents (p.134); on a passport (p.134)
213. 1831-11-08 · doc 213 · [José M.] Padrés transferred on the schooner 'Margarita' to San Blas (his expulsion)
214. 1831-11-12 · doc 214 · His liberty — 2-yr sentence served
215. 1831-11-14 · doc 215 · Diego Banuso[?] to join that presidio's garrison
216. 1831-11-14/15 · doc 216 · Received & to prosecute the 4 imprisoned sailors of the 'Leonor' (p.136); provide blankets (p.137); on sealed paper (p.137)
217. 1831-11-15 · doc 217 · Remits the *causa* against the neophyte Francisco
218. 1831-11-28 · doc 218 · Liberty of Bernardo Ortiz — 3-yr sentence served (dated the eve of the Plan de San Diego)
219. 1831[?]-01-03 · doc 219 · On employees: when Joaquín Jimeno presented as *contador* of the Aduana the post was already filled; each keeps his true plaza
220. 1831[?]-01-08 · doc 220 · On Pacheco, comandante del Resguardo: opines the *Comte* post need not be given — with foreign commerce opened at San Francisco…
221. 1831[?]-01-05 · doc 221 · Represent to the Comª gral via the Comisario gral provisional
222. 1831[?]-01-06 · doc 222 · Encloses the bando of the new administration of Missions
223. 1831[?]-01-06 · doc 223 · Per the *asesor*, free the vaquero Próspero
224. 1831[?]-01-06 · doc 224 · 'Ley sobre Administración de Misiones' — Echeandía's full secularization reglamento, arts. 1–33 (complete; see Entry 3)
225. 1831-01-06 · doc 225 · Sends the secularization *bando* for him to inform the other friars & prepare to hand the mission temporalidades over to the…
226. 1831-01-08 · doc 226 · land grant of 'Santa Rosa' — to cultivate, raise stock & 'civilize the gentiles,' per the 18 Aug 1824 Colonization Law
227. 1831-01-10 · doc 227 · Recommendations on the *reparto de solares y suertes* to erect San Gabriel as a pueblo (secularization)
228. 1831-01-11 · doc 228 · On accounting (*contabilidad*)
229. 1831-01-11 · doc 229 · On cartridge-pouches (*rotura de cartuchera*)
230. 1831-01-12 · doc 230 · On documents
231. 1831-01-12 · doc 231 · orders the escoltas to give Alcalde Buelna aid to publish the [secularization] *bando*
232. 1831-01-15 · doc 232 · Names Padrés Visitador of the Monterey Aduana & of the provincial Receptorías of San Diego & San Francisco
233. 1831-01-15 · doc 233 · Transcribes Padrés's appointment as customs Visitador
234. 1831-01-15 · doc 234 · on the complaint against Ortega for putting foreigners in the otter hunt — the accusers must prove it
235. 1831-01-15 · doc 235 · on the complaint against Ortega — warn him that if he doesn't comply with the otter law the hunt won't be permitted
236. 1831-01-17 · doc 236 · neophyte Jácome Jáuregui of Mission San Antonio fled with his family — wants to live outside the mission (got no land to sow)…
237. 1831-01-17 · doc 237 · Sumaria de Navarro — trámites (procedural)
238. 1831-01-18 · doc 238 · Queja de Romualdo González — trámites
239. 1831-01-18 · doc 239 · On Espinosa's representación — trámites
240. 1831-01-18 · doc 240 · Two unimportant representaciones — trámites
241. 1831-01-19 · doc 241 · (2 matters) bonus & retirement of soldier Juan Silvas; carry out the sentence of Ignacio Herrera
242. 1831-01-19 · doc 242 · On the absolute discharge (*licencia absoluta*) of cabo J. Ávila
243. 1831-01-19 · doc 243 · Grants José Antonio Pico permission to marry
244. 1831-01-19 · doc 244 · Sends the customs *formulario* & *Arancel de Aduanas* (tariff schedule)
245. 1831-01-20 · doc 245 · Complains that the San Juan Bautista horse-thieves were released; take Ávila's declaration
246. 1831-01-21 · doc 246 · nullifies the election of the comisarios de policía (Némesis[?], Romano, Francisco, Aguirre) — they convened their own juntas…
247. 1831-01-21 · doc 247 · asks whether Vicente Sánchez's election as Alcalde of Los Ángeles is void for his being a member of the Diputación…
248. 1831-01-22 · doc 248 · the Asesor resolved Vicente Sánchez cannot be alcalde (Diputación incompatibility)
249. 1831-01-22 · doc 249 · notes the neophytes of San Miguel wish to REMAIN 'en estado de Comunidad,' directed by their Padre Minister (not secularized) —…
250. 1831-01-24 · doc 250 · Sumaria against José María Ávila — pass to the Asesor
251. 1831-01-22 · doc 251 · will give Durán the passport he requests to leave for Havana once his Prelate provides a replacement minister for San José
252. 1831-01-24 · doc 252 · Permission to go to the nearest mission
253. 1831-01-25 · doc 253 · Trámites in a sumaria (procedural)
254. 1831-01-25 · doc 254 · Sumaria of Jesús García, accomplice in the murder of her husband
255. 1831-01-27 · doc 255 · Sumaria of Atanasio, accused of theft
256. 1831-01-28 · doc 256 · Encloses the discharge (*licencia*) of several soldiers ⚠ tomo-p. reads '29' (out of sequence)
257. 1831-01-28 · doc 257 · Sentences Navarro to 2 months' *limpieza* (public cleaning)
258. 1831-01-29 · doc 258 · invites the ayuntamiento to witness Gov. Manuel Victoria's oath of office the next day at 11 (the Echeandía→Victoria handover)
259. 1831-01-29 · doc 259 · convenes the Diputación — the Monterey ayuntamiento (extraordinary session) urged it 'por exigirlo la tranquilidad pública'
260. 1831-01-29 · doc 260 · is already summoning the Diputación to assemble
261. 1831-01-29 · doc 261 · since proprietary deputy Antonio María Osio cannot attend, Haro to sit as substitute on the Diputación
262. 1831-01-29 · doc 262 · since Vallejo must attend the Diputación, arrange for the SF habilitación to be covered
263. 1831-01-29 · doc 263 · On accounting (*contabilidad*)
264. 1831-01-30 · doc 264 · Absolute discharge & settlement of José de Jesús Pico
265. 1831-01-31 · doc 265 · notifies that on this day Col. Manuel Victoria received the command of the Territory (the formal Echeandía→Victoria handover, 31…
266. 1831-01-31 · doc 266 · communicates that Manuel Victoria received the supreme command
267. 1831-01-31 · doc 267 · communicates Victoria's assumption of command
268. 1831-02-01 · doc 268 · his inaugural manifestación al público for the alcaldes to publish [cf. #1]
269. 1831-02-04 · doc 269 · Auction (*remate*) of otter pelts
270. 1831-02-09 · doc 270 · On accounting [cf. #4]
271. 1831-02-09 · doc 271 · commerce regulation for Monterey — ships to unload only there (prohibited goods restricted); no shipboard retail sale
272. 1831-02-19 · doc 272 · On rations
273. 1831-02-19 · doc 273 · hasn't yet received the archive but 'no tolerará los abusos' long committed in the territory (Victoria's hardline stance)
274. 1831-02-19 · doc 274 · William Wolfskill ('Guillermo Nolfokill') must not hunt otter in California, only in Sonora where he obtained his license
275. 1831-02-19 · doc 275 · imprisonment of Rosa; payment to his creditors
276. 1831-02-28 · doc 276 · (2 items) auction of otter pelts; lack of *papel sellado* shouldn't stop forming causas — use common paper
277. 1831-03-06 · doc 277 · (bundle, Mar 6) requests reports on the J. Antonio Carrillo causa; ⭐ commends him for not letting foreigners hunt otter
278. 1831-03-07 · doc 278 · Transcribes a 7 Mar order on the *cuadro militar*
279. 1831-03-07 · doc 279 · (2 items, Mar 7–9) salary & *permuta* of the ayuntamiento secretary; on the Osio causa
280. 1831-03-10 · doc 280 · sends the law in case 'los aventureros' (adventurers/filibusters) arrive
281. 1831-03-27 · doc 281 · On the Canilla causa
282. 1831-03 · doc 282 · otter-hunting regulation — permits it only in Apr–May, using only ⅓ 'codiacas' (Kodiak Aleuts) + ⅔ hijos del país, limited to…
283. 1831-04-03 · doc 283 · On otter hunting
284. 1831-04-08 · doc 284 · carta de naturaleza (naturalization) to the American José Chessman [Cheeseman?]
285. 1831-04-09 · doc 285 · requires naturalization declarations + citizen bonds (per art
286. 1831-04-09 · doc 286 · carta de seguridad to Ricardo [Richard] Laughlin, 'natural de la Nación Americana del Norte,' for his good conduct, to travel the…
287. 1831-04-13 · doc 287 · provisional land grant (1 legua) to Juan Martín at 'Cotagué'[?] (Cotati?), without prejudicing the Missions
288. 1831-04-18 · doc 288 · revalidates the *carta de seguridad* of Juan [John] Martín, a British subject, that his predecessor issued
289. 1831-04-19 · doc 289 · remits Supreme Government decrees
290. 1831-04-20 · doc 290 · carta de seguridad (6 months) to the British subject, native of Scotland, David Douglas — the botanist (Douglas-fir) on his…
291. 1831-04-20 · doc 291 · acknowledges receipt of the missions report
292. 1831-04-20 · doc 292 · already informed the Government about the ayuntamiento / auxiliary alcalde they requested
293. 1831-04-20 · doc 293 · may provisionally occupy the paraje Jamul (which he requests) to sow & raise stock — Pico's Rancho Jamul grant
294. 1831-04-20 · doc 294 · permits Manuel, José Antonio & María Bernarda Silva to provisionally sow at San Dieguito
295. 1831-04-21 · doc 295 · (4 items, Apr 21) replies to María Ignacia Ávila; not to molest Palomares; correction of C. López; acuse de recibo
296. 1831-04-21 · doc 296 · warns the 'trastornadores del orden' (LA disturbers) he'll take 'medidas efectivas' & come personally — Victoria's hardline…
297. 1831-04-21 · doc 297 · as encargado of the Alcaldía after [Vicente] Sánchez's removal, to restore order, 'aplicando á los inquietos bajo su más estrecha…
298. 1831-04-21 · doc 298 · (6 items, Apr 21–22) Yorba as alcalde of Santa Ana; Ávila–Sepúlveda differences; García v. Sepúlveda suit
299. 1831-04-23 · doc 299 · reprimands Alvarado for accepting the post the 'revoltosos' gave him after the ayuntamiento's two actas deposing Alcalde Vicente…
300. 1831-05-04 · doc 300 · requests the padrón (census)
301. 1831-05-04 · doc 301 · carta de seguridad to Guy Freeman Fling [Flint?], of Maine, USA
302. 1831-05-04 · doc 302 · cannot resolve the petition of [Abel] Stearns[?]
303. 1831-05-07 · doc 303 · Sumaria de Nieto
304. 1831-05-07 · doc 304 · grants permission to sell prohibited goods because the ship *Envoy* must be nationalized
305. 1831-05-18 · doc 305 · Arce may go to Los Ángeles to collect his goods
306. 1831-05-18 · doc 306 · received reports from San Diego & La Purísima
307. 1831-05-19 · doc 307 · requests the causa of the neophyte Inocencio
308. 1831-05-20 · doc 308 · the Padre Ministro to report on his petition
309. 1831-05-27 · doc 309 · transcribes an oficio of Gómez
310. 1831-05-27 · doc 310 · grants in property the land he occupies
311. 1831-06-29 · doc 311 · Causa de Zavaleta — Santiago Argüello to take charge, naming Ignacio Vallejo secretary
312. 1831-06-27 · doc 312 · on the supply of provisions (*ministración de víveres*)
313. 1831-07-02 · doc 313 · grant to raise his livestock at Simí[?]
314. 1831-07-13 · doc 314 · rebuffs Abel Stearns — no legal object to remain, his passport term concluded; should stop 'faltarme'
315. 1831-07-16 · doc 315 · carta de seguridad — Jean-Louis Vignes (the French founder of LA commercial viticulture) may travel 6 months in the Territory
316. 1831-07-18 · doc 316 · [Savage note] an individual ordered to vacate a piece of public-treasury land & reprimanded for his 'estilo poco arreglado'
317. 1831-07-20 · doc 317 · cannot [commute] Tapia's sentence
318. 1831-07-21 · doc 318 · sumaria against the LA municipal-revolt participants (the Vicente Sánchez deposition) — names Juan B
319. 1831-07-21 · doc 319 · communicates the foregoing [the revolt sumaria]
320. 1831-08-07 · doc 320 · (2 items) not to hinder Sepúlveda; ⭐ informed a paper circulated inviting to assemble the Diputación — if true, cite the author…
321. 1831-08-24 · doc 321 · 'sobre la revolución' — on the LA-revolt documents
322. 1831-08-26 · doc 322 · on the gathering of the soldiers Castro, Sotelo & Verdugo
323. 1831-08-24 · doc 323 · (3 items) land to Juan Félix
324. 1831-08-24 · doc 324 · freedom of José María Gutiérrez — served his 2-year sentence, may go where he wishes
325. 1831-08-24 · doc 325 · (2 items) Salvio Pacheco as secretary of the ayuntamiento
326. 1831-08-27 · doc 326 · send the general report of seeds/harvest
327. 1831-09-02 · doc 327 · Abel Stearns not obliged to go to Mexico but must leave the Territory on the first available ship; no papers to give him
328. 1831-09-06 · doc 328 · the Scotsman J.V. Léguez[?] may marry
329. 1831-09-07 · doc 329 · denies Bandini the paraje 'Cañada de Zacate' (land request)
330. 1831-09-07 · doc 330 · to continue in the Customs House he must post bonds
331. 1831-09-19 · doc 331 · grants otter-hunting but denies that the Spaniard José Hernández accompany them
332. 1831-09-22 · doc 332 · facilitate the unloading of the schooner *Guadalupe* at San Pedro
333. 1831-09-23 · doc 333 · (2 items) grants land to Don Juan Malarín
334. 1831-09-23 · doc 334 · carta de naturaleza to José Rocha, native of Portugal
335. 1831-09-23 · doc 335 · sends Rocha's naturalization letter; gives the full text of the naturalization oath ('Juráis á Dios… guardar la acta…
336. 1831-09-30 · doc 336 · (2 items) accounting & mails
337. 1831-10-05 · doc 337 · grants otter-hunting from [the coast] to the parallel of San Antonio, for 2 months
338. 1831-10-12 · doc 338 · grants Soto to sow at the Cañada & spring of La Carpintería
339. 1831-10-13 · doc 339 · carta de seguridad to the Frenchman Pedro Juan Cebet[?]
340. 1831-10-13 · doc 340 · carta de seguridad to the American Juan [John] Burton
341. 1831-10-13 · doc 341 · grants Burton permission to marry
342. 1831-10-14 · doc 342 · sends blankets, agricultural tools & other goods the Alta-California missions provided as aid to the Baja-California missions
343. 1831-10-19 · doc 343 · circulates the law of expulsion of the Spaniards
344. 1831-10-19 · doc 344 · orders José de la Guerra to vacate the site 'El Triunfo' which he arbitrarily occupied
345. 1831-10-19 · doc 345 · execute the order re El Triunfo
346. 1831-10-21 · doc 346 · permits Norberto Pardo to hunt otter from [El Coso] to San Antonio
347. 1831-10-22 · doc 347 · grants otter-hunting permission (a woman otter-permit holder)
348. 1831-10-30 · doc 348 · on using the tithe wheat
349. 1831-10-30 · doc 349 · grants her 6 months to hunt otter (subject to law) though her foreigner husband will run the enterprise — a Californiana-wife…
350. 1831-11-07 · doc 350 · (2 items, Nov 7) on elections; freedom of Alférez Espinosa & F. Fuente
351. 1831-11-07 · doc 351 · grants the American José Ferguson permission to marry
352. 1831-11-07 · doc 352 · (6 items, Nov 7–9) G. Cota's absence; the E. López / J. Paula marriage; Rafael Villa exhorto
353. 1831-11-16 · doc 353 · the wheat was discarded for being rotten
354. 1831-11-16 · doc 354 · requests accounts of various branches
355. 1831-11-19 · doc 355 · a subversive paper has circulated answering his 21 Sept allocution — send it & name its author
356. 1831 · doc 356 · register of absolute discharges granted to soldiers (19 Jan – 8 Nov 1831)
357. 1831-04-13 · doc 357 · [= Entry 1] report on the Russian establishments — refuses the Russian otter-hunting contract ('Ulbrikoff'[?])
358. 1831-04-13 · doc 358 · 'remesas de presidiarios' — many convicts sent to CA have terms so short they finish before/soon after landing
359. 1831-04-13 · doc 359 · proposes reducing the tonnage duty for North-American trading & whaling ships (they bring seeds/salt-meat/salt
360. 1831-04-13 · doc 360 · prefers the schooner *Mexicana* for the Loreto–San Diego mail service (land comms difficult, the mail ship poor) — without a war…
361. 1831-04-16 · doc 361 · (2 items) ⭐ proposes a moderate ad-valorem duty on otter & beaver pelts (a % of value); sends the correspondence index
362. 1831-04-18 · doc 362 · remits the correspondence index
363. 1831-04-28 · doc 363 · 'pide artesanos' — lacking hatters, tailors & shoemakers (they'd had to import such foreign goods, which he ordered stopped)…
364. 1831-05-06 · doc 364 · requests arms & munitions & musket repairs; encloses a report on the artillery's state
365. 1831-05 · doc 365 · 'dificultades para la colonización' (a long land-tenure report
366. 1831-05 · doc 366 · 'Incursiones' — reports (via the padre of Mission San Francisco Solano, N of SF) that the Commandant of the Russian establishment…
367. 1831 · doc 367 · [Savage note] index of the official correspondence of the Secretaría de Guerra y Marina — 'extractos de diversas comunicaciones…
368. 1831 · doc 368 · [Savage note] index of correspondence received from the Ministerio de Relaciones — 'extractos sin interés'
369. 1831 · doc 369 · [Savage note] index of correspondence from the Ministerio de Hacienda — 'sin interés'
370. 1831 · doc 370 · [Savage note] index of correspondence from the Ministerio de Justicia — 'sin interés'
371. 1831-06-08 · doc 371 · will form the sumaria on the facts exposed by Capt. Miguel González
372. 1831-05-17 · doc 372 · sends no gold/silver report — no mines producing those metals are known in California (1831, pre-Gold-Rush)
373. 1831-05-23 · doc 373 · (3 items, May) on elections & padrón; ⭐ no subscription collected to repel a Spanish invasion — the military 'muy atrasados en…
374. 1831-06-07 · doc 374 · 'Informe general sobre California' — a comprehensive sectioned state-of-the-territory economic survey (Expanded-Entry candidate)
375. 1831-07-20 · doc 375 · register of ship arrivals & departures (1 Feb – 20 Jul 1831) — brig *Convoy* (Capt. Jenkins, 187t), Am. frigate *Louisa* (Capt
376. 1831-07-26 · doc 376 · register of foreigners naturalized in 1830 — Guillermo [William] Richardson (English, merchant, 31), Esteban Spence (Scottish…
377. 1831-07-26 · doc 377 · will try to arrange the ayuntamientos per the model sent
378. 1831-07-26 · doc 378 · the amnesty law was published & had no application
379. 1831-07-27 · doc 379 · no qualified residents in the territory to staff the Juzgado de Distrito
380. 1831-08-03 · doc 380 · [Savage note] index of Ministerio de Guerra y Marina correspondence — 'sin interés'
381. 1831-08-03 · doc 381 · [Savage note] index of correspondence received from the Ministerio de Relaciones — 'sin interés'
382. 1831-08-03 · doc 382 · [Savage note] index of correspondence from the Ministerio de Negocios Eclesiásticos y Justicia — 'sin interés'
383. 1831-08-03 · doc 383 · [Savage note] index of correspondence from the Ministerio de Hacienda — 'sin interés'
384. 1831-09-10 · doc 384 · recommends & sends Mariano G. Vallejo's request for his absolute discharge
385. 1831-09-16 · doc 385 · the Hacienda in very bad state — blames Echeandía's administration
386. 1831-09-14 · doc 386 · 'calumnias de Padrés' — gave [José María] Padrés leave to go to Bodega
387. 1831-09-14 · doc 387 · 'Expulsión de Abel Stearns' — expelled on the brig *Catalina* as 'pernicious'
388. 1831-09-21 · doc 388 · on Jueces de Letras & the justice structure — but escalates to Victoria's authoritarian program
389. 1831-09-21 · doc 389 · Victoria's connected narrative of the anti-Victoria conspiracy (opening on the secularization 'plan de reducir á pueblos las…
390. 1831-04-15 · doc 390 · (4 items) sent some laws; an averiguación; J. Hand's[?] petition; the Hacienda arrangement
391. 1831-10-06 · doc 391 · encloses the absolute discharge of soldier Betancourt
392. 1838-01-03 · doc 392 · names de la Guerra 1st officer ($1,500/yr) with *vista* functions in the Monterey maritime customs house
393. 1838-01-06 · doc 393 · (7 items) named Pablo de la Guerra 1st officer; a Contador at $2,000/yr; order stamped paper made
394. 1839-01-11 · doc 394 · names him to provisionally perform the functions of the Departmental Sub-Comisaría
395. 1839-01-11 · doc 395 · (3 items) on accounts
396. 1838-01-16 · doc 396 · sends a reglamento (for the mission administrators)
397. 1839-01-19 · doc 397 · names Hartnell Visitador ($2,000/yr) to serve the newly-created office (= Visitador General of the Missions, launching his…
398. 1839-01-21 · doc 398 · to observe the reglamento the Government published
399. 1839-01-25 · doc 399 · Francisco Soto named to replace him as Administrator of Mission Santa Cruz
400. 1839-01-27 · doc 400 · names Allen Light ('Black Steward,' the African-American otter hunter) Comisario principal de la armada to prevent unlicensed…
401. 1839-03-11 · doc 401 · notified the Prefect of the 2nd district he may apply for his employees' pay
402. 1839-03-18 · doc 402 · deliver to the Prefect what he requests
403. 1839-03-22 · doc 403 · will instruct the Visitador [Hartnell] on his oficio's content
404. 1839-03-30 · doc 404 · deliver the Sub-Comisaría's holdings to José María Abrego
405. 1839-03-30 · doc 405 · names Osio provisionally Comandante de Celadores (customs guards)
406. 1839-03-30 · doc 406 · named José María Abrego to serve the Sub-Comisaría office
407. 1839-03-30 · doc 407 · present himself to take the oath [as Visitador]
408. 1839-04-07 · doc 408 · (3 docs) keep the current tariff until a new arancel is formed
409. 1839-04-07 · doc 409 · (6 docs) accounts
410. 1839-04-07 · doc 410 · received his accounts
411. 1839-04-07 · doc 411 · request reports from Fr. Blas [Ordaz] on Carrillo's claim
412. 1839-04-07 · doc 412 · gave notice of his resignation
413. 1839-04-08 · doc 413 · (2 docs) on duty payments
414. 1839-04-19 · doc 414 · pay him $4,000 of his Governor's salary since 1 Oct 1838, the day he took possession of the Government
415. 1839-04-10 · doc 415 · (4 docs) names his government — Manuel Jimeno Secretary of Govt, José Castro prefect of the 1st district, José Mª Covarrubias…
416. 1839-04-22 · doc 416 · approves the destino given to vecino José María Marrón
417. 1839-04-22 · doc 417 · on duty collection
418. 1839-04-24 · doc 418 · notified the administrators of Hartnell's departure to inspect the mission establishments (start of the visitation tour)
419. 1839-04-24 · doc 419 · notifies each mission its share to pay Visitador Hartnell's salary
420. 1839-04-27 · doc 420 · on church repairs
421. 1839-05-01 · doc 421 · named Víctor Linares mayordomo of the mission
422. 1839-05-03 · doc 422 · charter the schooner *California* for points of the Republic
423. 1839-05-03 · doc 423 · (2 items) ⭐ Andrés Castillero named Commissioner of the Superior Govt; sends a document
424. 1839-05-07 · doc 424 · on the death of Antonio Ávila
425. 1839-05-07 · doc 425 · (2 docs) deliver the herd & colts as ordered
426. 1839-05-07 · doc 426 · deliver the San Luis Obispo administration to José Pablo Ayala
427. 1839-05-07 · doc 427 · take charge of SLO admin; deliver Mission Solano's administration to Salvador Vallejo
428. 1839-05-07 · doc 428 · sends copies of bandos
429. 1839-05-13 · doc 429 · on accounts
430. 1839-05-13 · doc 430 · provide aid to Antonio Buelna when he passes
431. 1839-05-13 · doc 431 · put the horse-herd at Prefect José Castro's disposal
432. 1839-05-13 · doc 432 · (2 docs) do what the Prefect orders
433. 1839-05-21 · doc 433 · re Punta [de] Piedra, for useful employment
434. 1839-04-24 · doc 434 · [detail table for #419] mission-by-mission apportionment of Visitador Hartnell's $2,000 salary — San José $300
435. 1839-05-21 · doc 435 · authorized Jacobo Luis to build houses at La Visitación (Visitacion Valley, SF)
436. 1839-05-22 · doc 436 · (6 docs) notes Raymundo Carrillo took possession of the sub-prefecture
437. 1839-06-18 · doc 437 · send 2 carts & 4 masons
438. 1839-06-19 · doc 438 · (2 docs) lend Juan Aguerra[?] & Vicente Cantúa what they request
439. 1839-06-07 · doc 439 · knowing France declared war on Mexico (the 'Pastry War'), provide the military commanders the aid they need for defense of…
440. 1839-06-07 · doc 440 · (2 items) send the 12 Indians requested; noted his departure
441. 1839-06-26 · doc 441 · report what they supply to the military garrisons
442. 1839-06-29 · doc 442 · (2 items) pay Raymundo Carrillo ($365/yr) as Sub-prefect of Santa Bárbara; received oficios
443. 1839-07-26 · doc 443 · sent a copy of his oficio to the SB commander
444. 1839-08-07 · doc 444 · a mission church to be converted to weaving-looms (telares), Fr. President José Joaquín Jimeno directing
445. 1839-09-22 · doc 445 · will transmit Durán's passport request to Alvarado
446. 1839-11-28 · doc 446 · Narciso Botello replaces Francisco Castillo as 2nd-district prefecture secretary
447. 1839-12-02 · doc 447 · (5 docs) salary schedule — Arce $40/mo, Estrada $15, Jimeno Casarín +$500, Alvarado +$1,000 (his salary to $5,000)
448. 1839-10-29 · doc 448 · deliver the Comisaría to Vicente Cantúa
449. 1839-12-10 · doc 449 · approves Francisco Guerrero taking interim charge of the SF frontier customs house
450. 1839-11-25 · doc 450 · observe Visitador Hartnell's orders
451. 1839-12-13 · doc 451 · Alférez Rafael Pinto sallies with 15 soldiers against the Tulare Indians
452. 1839-12-13 · doc 452 · by Superior order, half the department revenues remain at the respective Governors' disposal (fiscal decentralization)
453. 1839-12-30 · doc 453 · communicate to the merchants that the laws on maritime traffic are going into effect
454. 1839-12-31 · doc 454 · (2 docs) pay $30/mo to José de la Rosa, in charge of the State printing press (imprenta del Estado)
455. 1839-03-07 · doc 455 · names José Castro prefect of the 1st district, Cosme Peña of the 2nd
456. 1839-03-07 · doc 456 · named Hartnell visitador of accounts
457. 1839-02-27 · doc 457 · divides the Department of California into 3 districts & partidas — 1st: Sonoma frontier→SLO (subdiv.: SLO–Llagas cab
458. 1839-03-07 · doc 458 · bando: land petitions to be directed to the respective district Prefect
459. 1839-03-07 · doc 459 · (2 docs) direct communications to Secretary Manuel Jimeno Casarín
460. 1839-03-25 · doc 460 · (6+ docs) received the governor's bandos; accounts (Jan/Feb); requests a tariff; sends a padrón
461. 1839-04-07 · doc 461 · (5 docs) the Governor received his accounts
462. 1839-04-11 · doc 462 · (3 docs) requests goods from the frigate *California*; accounts
463. 1839-04-13 · doc 463 · (2 docs) named Raymundo Carrillo SB Sub-prefect & Francisco Castillo secretary
464. 1839-04-19 · doc 464 · needs goods for the indigenous
465. 1839-04-26 · doc 465 · (2 docs) received his communications & allocution
466. 1839-04-26 · doc 466 · on a fugitive Indian
467. 1839-04-25 · doc 467 · took possession as SB Sub-prefect (21st); his inaugural allocution follows
468. 1839-04-22 · doc 468 · follow the Visitador [Hartnell]'s dispositions
469. 1839-04-22 · doc 469 · received his oficios
470. 1839-04-22 · doc 470 · the Visitador Hartnell sets out
471. 1839-04-24 · doc 471 · for the Visitador's pay, give $50/yr
472. 1839-05-02 · doc 472 · aviso re 'malvados' disturbing the Branciforte alcalde; the Governor orders them reduced by force
473. 1839-05-01 · doc 473 · bando on vagrants (vagos) — exhorting them to work, else be forced
474. 1839-05-25 · doc 474 · (2 items) received his bando; hasn't gathered the census
475. 1839-05-26 · doc 475 · sends April statements
476. 1839-05-25 · doc 476 · being ill, called José Tiburcio Tapia to replace him as prefect
477. 1839-05-28 · doc 477 · notified the Governor the disorders ended
478. 1839-05-25 · doc 478 · sends previous month's statements
479. 1839-06-01 · doc 479 · (3 docs) 2 bandos prohibiting liquor sales on Sundays
480. 1839-05-31 · doc 480 · a mail passed through Monterey without stopping
481. 1839-06-10 · doc 481 · sends statements
482. 1839-06-09 · doc 482 · relays the Governor's notice that France declared war on the Republic 27 Nov [1838] & began bombarding Veracruz (the 'Pastry War')
483. 1839-06-24 · doc 483 · (3 docs) noted his circulars & bandos
484. 1839-06-15 · doc 484 · take measures on the deserting indigenous (neophyte flight)
485. 1839-06-11 · doc 485 · the Governor set his return date once he recovers
486. 1839-06-22 · doc 486 · being ill, Antonio Machado replaces him
487. 1839-06-30 · doc 487 · Alvarado ill; Manuel Jimeno Casarín remains as acting Governor
488. 1839-07-01 · doc 488 · Alvarado being sick, remains in his place
489. 1839-06-26 · doc 489 · remit note of garrison supplies
490. 1839 · doc 490 · bundle of the Monterey customs house's 1839 monthly reports (cortes de caja, manifiestos, duty collections incl
491. 1839-1841 · doc 491 · customs reports (1839–41) — proposes Guerrero for the SF aduana; ⭐ the American ship *Corsario* smuggled at Santa Bárbara
492. 1839 · doc 492 · 1839 reports bundle — ⭐ 'la revolución de California se concluyó'
493. 1839-01 · doc 493 · noted he was named Comandante General of Alta California (civil + military command combined)
494. 1839 · doc 494 · (bundle) convict Enrique Sepúlveda to presidio; José Mª Cota to SB arms
495. 1838-11-20 · doc 495 · congratulates him on his Comandante General appointment
496. 1838-11-30 · doc 496 · congratulates him on his appointment as mission president
497. 1838-12-01 · doc 497 · empowered to impose punishments ≤6 months public works
498. 1838-12-03 · doc 498 · (2 items) noted his representación; ⭐ set Rancho San Pascual boundaries for Lt. Mariné
499. 1838-12-10 · doc 499 · proceed to the election of the Junta Territorial [Departamental]
500. 1838-12-22 · doc 500 · march to San Diego & enforce his providences
501. 1838-12-31 · doc 501 · jail Antonio Rodríguez in the alcalde's prison
502. 1838-12-31 · doc 502 · report on circulating rumors of sedition against the Government
503. 1839-01-17 · doc 503 · sends a bando & a copy of the contribuciones (tax law)
504. 1839-01-17 · doc 504 · sends a bando
505. 1839-01-17 · doc 505 · received his notes
506. 1839-01-21 · doc 506 · open the extraordinary sessions of the Junta Departamental (Diputación)
507. 1839-01-25 · doc 507 · a brig reportedly hunting otter — prevent it
508. 1839-01-27 · doc 508 · Capt. Andrés Castillero arrived on the schooner *California*
509. 1839-02-28 · doc 509 · sends copies of bandos
510. 1839-03-01 · doc 510 · named José Castro prefect of the 1st district
511. 1839-03-01 · doc 511 · for commissions, deal with the Secretaría
512. 1839-03-07 · doc 512 · sends copies of bando
513. 1839-03-13 · doc 513 · sends a bando
514. 1839-03-14 · doc 514 · read his discourse
515. 1839-03-16 · doc 515 · sends the autos
516. 1839-03-18 · doc 516 · (bundle) sends a communication; submit the Guadalupe [San José] ayuntamiento proposition to the Junta Departamental
517. 1839-04-07 · doc 517 · arsenal (parque) matters to the Artillery commander's deputy
518. 1839-04-22 · doc 518 · (3 docs) approves Raymundo Carrillo as SB sub-prefect
519. 1839-03-11 · doc 519 · deliver Cosme Peña's deposited furniture
520. 1839-05-07 · doc 520 · (large bundle, ~24 docs) orders re his notes; the Francisco Linson causa; ⭐ disorders from liquor abuse; Indian petitions
521. 1839-07-18 · doc 521 · (2 docs) noted the arrival of the English schooner *Ayacucho*
522. 1839-07-18 · doc 522 · (2 docs) ⭐ ordered Manuel Cota to apologize to Hartnell for treating him badly (a visitation conflict)
523. 1839-07-22 · doc 523 · (5 docs) new mail route to La Paz; ⭐ report on the dispossession José de la Guerra suffered
524. 1839-08-07 · doc 524 · (3 docs) noted his order was fulfilled
525. 1839-08-01 · doc 525 · accepts Cosme Peña's resignation from the 2nd-district prefecture
526. (n.d., 1839) · doc 526 · [Savage note: a torn loose leaf] the bark seen crossing the port belongs to Henry Paty, named *Plymouth* (formerly *Don Quijote*)
527. 1838-12-10 · doc 527 · on preparing the elections
528. 1839-01-17 · doc 528 · on elections
529. 1839-07-22 → 11-04 · doc 529 · large bundle (~30 docs) of judicial/prisoner correspondence — imprisonment in the José Sepúlveda causa
530. 1839-11-28 · doc 530 · aid the missions against the Indians; accounts; the juez de paz may grant solares
531. 1839-12-19 · doc 531 · (bundle, ~15 docs) expedite causas; ⭐ on Indian causas; a crime attempted aboard the frigate *Ruiz*
532. 1839-12-24 · doc 532 · (bundle) sends the law on naming substitute ministers & fiscales
533. 1840-1841 · doc 533 · register of land grants (concesiones de terrenos) by the 1st-district Prefect, 1840–41 (~35 dated entries) + a rancho robbery — a…
534. 1843 · doc 534 · reports on land petitions ('informes sobre solicitudes de terrenos'), 1843 — a continued land-grant register (~12 entries)
535. 1840-01-01 · doc 535 · on the Jueces de Paz — SB & SD continue in 1840, Monterey's replaced (per the 24 Dec order); the Reo Sepúlveda causa
536. 1840-01-01 · doc 536 · notice the fuero of the 'Defensores de la Patria' militia ceases; a decree on fiscales
537. 1840-02-06 · doc 537 · (bundle) Indians of Santa Bárbara; causas vs Sepúlveda & Antonio Ávila; paisanos/terrenos; other matters
538. 1840-02-08 · doc 538 · orders judges to send the govt monthly prisoner reports (jailed/freed, crimes, case status)
539. 1840-02-08 · doc 539 · 'Expedicionarios de Nuevo México' — prevent the New Mexico expeditionaries under Salazar from returning without their commander's…
540. 1840-02-25 · doc 540 · (bundle) land grants; the prefect's salary; land petitions; criminal causas
541. 1840-02-26 · doc 541 · publish the installation of the Junta Departamental (16 Feb 1840)
542. 1840-03-01 · doc 542 · sends a bando
543. 1840-03-22 · doc 543 · (2 docs) case against an Indian; robbery investigation
544. 1840-03-22 · doc 544 · judges to report monthly the Sunday-liquor-ban violators
545. 1840-03-22 · doc 545 · (2 docs) land petition; vecino Sepúlveda
546. 1840-03-22 · doc 546 · a tax established on foreigners in San Diego to fund the municipality
547. 1840-03-22 · doc 547 · liquor sellers to separate liquor from their dwelling & close on holidays
548. 1840-03-22 · doc 548 · (3 docs) land title for L. Millares; bando on fiscales; missions reglamento (Baja)
549. 1840-03-22 · doc 549 · deliver to Fr. Antonio Suárez del Real the Santa Cruz orchard, still & church-side rooms for the cult
550. 1840-04-01 · doc 550 · (4 docs) imprisonment of a vecino; sends the missions reglamento
551. 1840-04-07 · doc 551 · sends copies of the missions reglamento
552. 1840-04-07 · doc 552 · 'Conspiración de extranjeros' = the 1840 GRAHAM AFFAIR — the Governor's 8 Apr alarm that resident foreigners intend to conspire
553. 1840-04-09 · doc 553 · present in Monterey to receive dispositions on the foreigner conspiracy (Graham Affair)
554. 1840-04-27 · doc 554 · deliver cattle to the troops
555. 1840-04-27 · doc 555 · deliver cattle to the troops
556. 1840-04-27 · doc 556 · (4 docs) deliver 15 young recruits total
557. 1840-04-27 · doc 557 · (bundle) 40 recruits; ⭐ coordinate with Castro to pursue the 'Chaguanoso' Indians (Central-Valley raiders); terrenos; diezmos
558. 1840-05-02 · doc 558 · [Graham Affair] orders the foreigner 'Enrique' to liquidate Graham's goods & leave the Republic
559. 1840-05-02 · doc 559 · (2 docs) [Graham Affair] list of resident foreigners; collect the arms of those deported to San Blas
560. 1840-05-02 · doc 560 · prohibits distilling aguardiente from wheat/barley/maize ('por ser perjudicial su uso')
561. 1840-05-07 · doc 561 · (6 docs) approves Antonio [María] Osio as proprietary judge of the SB partido & Rafael Valdez as suplente; terrenos; extranjeros
562. 1840-05 · doc 562 · pursue the 'extranjeros chaguanosos' who stole 1,000+ head of stock — the Chaguanoso raiders
563. 1840-05 · doc 563 · names Manuel Larios substitute (suplente) judge of San Juan
564. 1840-05 · doc 564 · (2 docs) [Graham Affair] no authority may let foreigners transit/enter without naturalization letter or govt passport
565. 1840-05-17 · doc 565 · do not permit any foreigner to enter or transit without naturalization letter or passport
566. 1840-05 · doc 566 · (2 docs) May 17 accusation against vecinos; May 23 ⭐ 'medidas contra ladrones extranjeros' (measures against foreign thieves)
567. 1840-05-30 · doc 567 · named interim Prefect of the 2nd district in substitution of Tiburcio Tapia
568. 1840-05-30 · doc 568 · (3 docs) handover of the Prefecture (May 30); terrenos & diezmos (Jun 23/26)
569. 1840-06-23 · doc 569 · Pico named Collector of the tithe (diezmo) on the 2nd district's cattle & horses, keeping 5% of collections
570. 1840-07-04 · doc 570 · Gov. names Villavicencio interim Prefect of the 1st district (absence of Costa)
571. 1840-07-04 · doc 571 · (2 docs) circular: Villavicencio's appointment; diezmos
572. 1840-07-04 · doc 572 · declares the SF/Contra Costa judge is auxiliary to the San José partido judge
573. 1840-07 · doc 573 · (4 docs) Jul 4 sends regulation for auxiliary forces; Jul 25 sends money for troops; Jul 28 judicial matters
574. 1840-08-20 · doc 574 · Gov. again entrusts him with the administration of San Fernando
575. 1840-08-20 · doc 575 · Gov. names Castro provisional Prefect of the 1st district
576. 1840-08-21 · doc 576 · the jurisdiction the court should have
577. 1840-08 · doc 577 · (3 docs) Aug 21 jurisdiction of the Monterey judge; Aug 22 foreigners, passes & tithes
578. 1840-08-21 · doc 578 · lands (terrenos)
579. 1840-08-22 · doc 579 · Gov. recommends measures to fund the Schoolmaster (Maestro de Escuela) while the Diputación deliberates
580. 1840-08-21 · doc 580 · Gov. orders the arrest of the Santa Bárbara sub-Prefect lifted, admonishing him not to divulge govt secrets
581. 1840-08-21 · doc 581 · asks for a report on the conduct of Antonio Carrillo (pp.83–4); + sends money (p.84)
582. 1840-09-01 · doc 582 · appoints Sutter Encargado de Justicia & Representative of the Government on the Sacramento-River frontier (New Helvetia) —…
583. 1840-09-01 · doc 583 · (2 docs) sends a reglamento; Diputado de la República matters
584. 1840-08-25 · doc 584 · (2 docs) 'Conspiradores' — the Sta Bárbara apothecary Joaquín [García] denounces Don José Antonio Carrillo as author of a…
585. 1840-08-28 · doc 585 · (2 docs) Aug 28 Prefecture expenses; Sep 2 land measurement
586. 1840-09-01 · doc 586 · (2 docs) ⭐ approval of proceedings against Alférez [Ensign] González, accused of conspiracy on the frontier (cf
587. 1840-09-22 · doc 587 · (4 docs) routine: note; forms; order to employ a porter; receipt of Prefecture-expense account
588. 1840-09-22 · doc 588 · watch Carrillo's conduct and act per the Aug-28 order [Carrillo conspiracy thread]
589. 1840-09-22 · doc 589 · Gov. cannot grant Santa Catalina Island to Don Luis [surname unclear, poss. Rees] because he is a foreigner
590. 1840-09-22 · doc 590 · receipt of notes
591. 1840-10-07 · doc 591 · 'Conspiración Carrillo' — Gov. still unsatisfied with Carrillo's defense (he blames Alférez González as sole culprit)
592. 1840-10 · doc 592 · (3 docs) Oct 7 judicial complaint vs the Mayordomo of Santa Inés; Oct 8 & Sep 4 land grants
593. 1840-10-23 · doc 593 · Gov. orders a Russian be permitted to transit with launches to load wheat on the Government's account
594. 1840-10-15 · doc 594 · Casarín announces he has taken interim charge of the Government owing to Gov. Alvarado's illness
595. 1840-10-23 · doc 595 · (3 docs) sends expediente; approval of an appointment for Baja California affairs; expense account received
596. 1840-10-23 · doc 596 · 'Emancipación de Indígenas' — replies that the power to emancipate the Indians is reserved exclusively to the Government and…
597. 1840-10-23 · doc 597 · returns a petition
598. 1840-10-28 · doc 598 · sends copies of decrees
599. 1840-10-28 · doc 599 · 'Viajeros científicos' — the Ministro de Relaciones (dated last May) relays that the President has granted a passport to Eugène…
600. 1840-10-28 · doc 600 · sends decrees
601. 1840-10-24 · doc 601 · (4 docs) on the pacification of the Republic; transmission of Supreme Decrees; ⭐ charges vigilance over the landing of foreigners
602. 1840-10-31 · doc 602 · a petition (solicitud)
603. 1840-10-31 · doc 603 · (2 docs) ⭐⭐ Abel Stearns labeled 'Contrabandista' (smuggler) (Oct 31); Stearns's land request (Nov 7)
604. 1840-11-10 · doc 604 · land measurement
605. 1840-11-17 · doc 605 · (2 docs) orders 5 recruits requested from the Judges of San José & Branciforte
606. 1840-11-26 · doc 606 · handover of arms (entrega de armas — collecting the disbanded auxiliaries' arms)
607. 1840-12-01 · doc 607 · orders a list of foreigners resident in Monterey be drawn up and sent to Mexico
608. 1840-12-01 · doc 608 · (4 docs) ⭐ introduction of arms by Mancilla hidden in his baggage; Pico–Sepúlveda lawsuit; handover of Sepúlveda's cattle
609. 1840-12-01 · doc 609 · handover of cattle (entrega de ganado)
610. 1840-12-06 · doc 610 · (2 docs) on documents relating to Alférez González [conspiracy thread]
611. 1840-12-07 · doc 611 · 'Alumbrado público' — from Dec 24, a light must be set at house & shop doors nightly from dusk to 10 pm
612. 1840-12 · doc 612 · (4 docs) Dec 15 Álvarez lawsuit; Dec 16 summons to a session of the Junta Departamental; Dec 17 land grants & goods claims
613. 1840-12-17 · doc 613 · (bundle ~6 docs) Prefecture expenses; sends a law; correos; jail-returns receipt; on Alférez González
614. 1840-12-19 · doc 614 · (3 docs) on Alférez González; judicial matter of C. López; postscript re Stearns
615. 1840-12-21 · doc 615 · shipment of hides by Stuart (Dec 21); list of 'bajas' requested (Dec 22)
616. 1840-12-24 · doc 616 · requests translation of some documents
617. 1840-12-04 · doc 617 · Gov. approves Manuel Castañares as interim secretary of the Prefecture
618. 1840-12-28 · doc 618 · (2 docs) matters concerning cattle
619. 1840-12-28 · doc 619 · order to preserve the public peace
620. 1840-12-11 · doc 620 · sends 3 Indians apprehended as suspects, to be assigned 'en donde convenga' (wherever suitable)
621. 1840-03-18 · doc 621 · 'Mantenimiento de Tropas' — the troops are maintained by supplies furnished by the Missions, by government order
622. 1840-04-05 · doc 622 · 'Conspiración de Extranjeros' — Alvarado's military-side account of the Graham Affair (cross-ref 'vide p. 9 de este Tomo' = #552)
623. 1840-04-04 · doc 623 · on the office/salary of Hartnell as Visitador de Misiones (cross-ref Vallejo, Documentos)
624. 1840-04-07 · doc 624 · 'Conspiración de Extranjeros' [Graham-Affair deportees]
625. 1840 · doc 625 · 'Conspiradores Extranjeros' — asks for force to guard the [Graham-Affair] prisoners who must be sent to Mexico
626. 1840-07-04 · doc 626 · arms (cross-ref Vallejo, Documentos)
627. 1840-08-25 · doc 627 · sends 4 arrobas of bullets & 50 lbs of powder
628. 1840-09-24 · doc 628 · receipt of an official letter
629. 1840-10-15 · doc 629 · 'Enfermedad de Alvarado' — owing to Alvarado's illness, Casarín takes interim charge of the government (military-side copy; cf
630. 1840-10-23 · doc 630 · 'Embarque de trigo' — inserts the SF-judge note on the Russian wheat-launches (cf. #593)
631. 1840-12-18 · doc 631 · sends dispatches (pliegos)
632. 1840-12-21 · doc 632 · transcribes the Monterey judge's letter on 'faltas de respeto' by the physician Edward [Eduardo] Bale
633. 1840-12-24 · doc 633 · on the physician E. Bale (cont. of the disrespect matter)
634. 1840-12-24 · doc 634 · asks him to assist the Prefect of the 2nd district as needed
635. 1840-02-08 · doc 635 · order on the removal of cattle from granted lands [mission-secularization land/cattle]
636. 1840-02-08 · doc 636 · order to transfer the sick to Santa Inés
637. 1840-03 · doc 637 · sends the Decree on the Administration of Missions
638. 1840-03-24 · doc 638 · 'Ganado mesteño' — orders him to prevent stray/wild cattle being taken beyond a 20-league radius of the establishment, 'por ser…
639. 1840-04-18 · doc 639 · sends the Decree on Missions of 17 April 1839
640. 1840-04-18 · doc 640 · sends the decree on Missions
641. 1840-03-27 · doc 641 · orders him to sell 6,000 roof-tiles to buy cattle or provisions for the Indians
642. 1840-04-02 · doc 642 · (3 docs) mission matters
643. 1840-04-01 · doc 643 · orders him to pay a resident
644. 1840-03-08 · doc 644 · (2 docs) handover of cattle
645. 1840-04-04 · doc 645 · sends copies of the Mission Reglamento (2 encl.) + transcribes an oficio to the Comandante General
646. 1840-04-08 · doc 646 · sends 16 copies of the Mission Reglamento
647. 1840-04-07 · doc 647 · orders them not to permit foreigners to transit without a license
648. 1840-04-07 · doc 648 · sends copies of the new Mission Reglamento
649. 1840-04 · doc 649 · (bundle, 4 docs) Apr 27 & 30 cattle handovers; Apr 29 ⭐ orders military assistance
650. 1840-05-04 · doc 650 · (2 docs) May 4 handover of provisions to María Carrillo; May 9 transcribes an order to the judges
651. 1840-05-21 · doc 651 · handover of cattle for the 'Rancho Nacional' (the government national ranch)
652. 1840-06-04 · doc 652 · orders that the Indians who 'dejan su libertad' be employed in their own trades [freed-neophyte labor]
653. 1840-06-04 · doc 653 · the Picos' petition for Rancho Temecula (cross-ref Vallejo, Documentos)
654. 1840-07-04 · doc 654 · arms (cross-ref Vallejo, Documentos)
655. 1840-07-27 · doc 655 · handover of an adopted child of J. Estrada
656. 1840-07 · doc 656 · (bundle, 5 docs) routine cattle handovers (Jul 4/21/28/29)
657. 1840-07-23 · doc 657 · compel Pío Pico to hand over Mission San Luis Rey in his charge, else be punished for disobedience
658. 1840-08 · doc 658 · (bundle, ~6 docs) Jul 30 acknowledgment of the admin's debts; Aug 14 payment of money & cattle; Aug 13 extraordinary couriers
659. 1840-09-08 · doc 659 · 'Fiesta Nacional' — orders him to hire musicians for the Independence-day celebration
660. 1840-10-06 · doc 660 · Hartnell has resigned as Visitador; mission matters now to be directed to the Government Secretary
661. 1840-10 · doc 661 · (circulars, ~7 docs) Oct 6 they continue as Mayordomos; Oct 5 horse purchase & cattle handover; Oct 3 accounts
662. 1840-10-15 · doc 662 · interim-government notice (Casarín in charge, Alvarado's illness) to the Father-Prelates
663. 1840-10-15 · doc 663 · same interim-government notice to the mission administrators
664. 1840-11-19 · doc 664 · 'Indios' — while the appointed Bishop arrives, arrange for the SLO Indians to reunite with those of San Miguel, living 'á…
665. 1840-10-19 · doc 665 · cattle handover
666. 1840-10-19 · doc 666 · notice that José J. Fernández is named interim Government secretary
667. 1840-10-23 · doc 667 · proposal of a Mayordomo
668. 1840-10-23 · doc 668 · accepts Cota's resignation; names Miguel Cordero successor at Santa Inés
669. 1840-10-23 · doc 669 · interim govt names him Mayordomo of Santa Inés
670. 1840-10-23 · doc 670 · approves Eugenio García as Mayordomo of La Purísima (replacing José M. Valenzuela)
671. 1840-10-23 · doc 671 · appointment as Mayordomo of La Purísima
672. 1840-10-23 · doc 672 · accepts his resignation as Mayordomo of La Purísima
673. 1840-10-24 · doc 673 · 'Préstamo de ganado al Gobernador' — deliver to Gov. Alvarado 300 heifers & 25 young bulls as a 5-year loan from Mission San José
674. 1840-10-27 · doc 674 · permit for R. Villa to round up cattle
675. 1840-10-29 · doc 675 · payment of debts
676. 1840-10-31 · doc 676 · order for Ayala to hand over the Mayordomía of San Luis Obispo to Cané
677. 1840-11-04 · doc 677 · payment order
678. 1840-11-05 · doc 678 · handover of money
679. 1840-11-05 · doc 679 · handover of goods [item unclear]
680. 1840-11-12 · doc 680 · order to pay debts
681. 1840-11-11 · doc 681 · orders them to pay Alpheus B. Thompson $3,054.3 reales
682. 1840-11-11 · doc 682 · 'Contrata del Gobierno' — hand over to Jesús Molina the house, lands, tile-kilns & orchard formerly occupied by José Aguilar, per…
683. 1840-11-11 · doc 683 · handover of provisions
684. 1840-11-11 · doc 684 · (3 docs) ⭐ repair the church facade; give schoolmaster José Peña roof-tiles to fix his house
685. 1840-11-12 · doc 685 · (2 docs) cattle hides
686. 1840-11-13 · doc 686 · handover of provisions
687. 1840-11-13 · doc 687 · handover of provisions
688. 1840-11-16 · doc 688 · (2 docs) horses and cattle
689. 1840-11-26 · doc 689 · theft of a horse (robo de un caballo)
690. 1840-11-30 · doc 690 · handover of money
691. 1840-11-30 · doc 691 · payment for horses
692. 1840-11-30 · doc 692 · order regarding Mancilla's baggage [arms-smuggling; cf. #608]
693. 1840-11-30 · doc 693 · order to collect against ex-Mayordomo Cota
694. 1840-11-30 · doc 694 · accounts
695. 1840-12-05 · doc 695 · payment order
696. 1840-12-14 · doc 696 · (3 docs) ⭐ handover of cattle to the Indians
697. 1840-12-15 · doc 697 · accounts
698. 1840-12-15 · doc 698 · handover of cattle
699. 1840-12-15 · doc 699 · 'Indios' — assure the Temecula Indians they will not be molested despite the Temecula concession to the Picos
700. 1840-12-16 · doc 700 · payment order
701. 1840-12-18 · doc 701 · the administrator is not empowered to authorize cattle roundups
702. 1840-12-18 · doc 702 · receipt of documents
703. 1840-12-18 · doc 703 · permitted to go to San Simeón
704. 1840-12-18 · doc 704 · 'Indios vagos' — orders all administrators to round up vagrant Indians for community labor, and those who misuse their govt…
705. 1840-12-18 · doc 705 · receipt of returns (estados)
706. 1840-12-22 · doc 706 · sale of a horse
707. 1840-12-22 · doc 707 · handover of cattle
708. 1840-12-22 · doc 708 · (2 docs) on cattle and credits
709. 1840-12-22 · doc 709 · handover of sheep (borregas)
710. 1840-12-22 · doc 710 · sends copies of a Bando
711. 1840-12-23 · doc 711 · payment for M. López's services
712. 1840-12-29 · doc 712 · 'Expedición contra Indios bárbaros' — grants leave to arm an expedition against the wild Indians, selecting & arming the…
713. 1840-02 · doc 713 · authorizes Alvarado (per decree 5 Jul 1839) to appoint the personnel of the interim Tribunal of Justice
714. 1840-02-27 · doc 714 · transcribes 6 Supreme Dispositions: monthly Junta payroll; Congress/Junta elections; gubernatorial appointment
715. 1840-02-27 · doc 715 · protests the land grant to F. Sepúlveda
716. 1840-12-01 · doc 716 · circular convening the Junta members to a meeting
717. 1840-02 · doc 717 · (2 docs) Feb 14 authorizes building the Government house; Feb 15 goods of the frigate 'Morison'
718. 1840-04-01 · doc 718 · Junta Vocales' salary set at $1,500/yr, payable from 16 Feb
719. 1840-04-01 · doc 719 · Prefect of the 2nd district Tiburcio Tapia to be paid $2,000
720. 1840-04-01 · doc 720 · the Secretary's salary set at $100/month
721. 1840-04-01 · doc 721 · the clerk's ([Escribiente?]) salary is $15/month
722. 1840 · doc 722 · (bundle) treasury drafts: monthly pay; ⭐ band pay; $900 to Cooper; $30/mo house rent for the Govt; Jun 27 ⭐ $830 to A
723. 1840-07 · doc 723 · (bundle, ~17 docs) July treasury-disbursement ledger — Abrego $500, José J. Castro $410, Thomas O
724. 1840-08-01 · doc 724 · orders payment of the salary of Prefect [Santiago] Argüello
725. 1840-08-21 · doc 725 · notice that Prefect Villavicencio ceased 20 Aug, replaced by José Tiburcio Castro
726. 1840-08-21 · doc 726 · payment order to Argüello
727. 1840 · doc 727 · (bundle) Jun 12 pay Secretary Fernández; Oct 8 pay Antonio Aguirre; Oct 10 $144 freight of a National ship
728. 1840-10-15 · doc 728 · (2 docs) interim-government notice (Alvarado's illness)
729. 1840-10-12 · doc 729 · 'Conducción de presos extranjeros' — pay José Antonio Aguirre $4,000 for the brig 'Leonidas' that carried the [Graham-Affair]…
730. 1840-11-12 · doc 730 · pay the salary of Capt. Santiago Estrada
731. 1840-12-16 · doc 731 · apply the duties of the barque 'Clarita' & part of the brig 'Catalina' to the Government's debt to Enrique (Henry) Virmond
732. 1840-12 · doc 732 · (2 docs) Dec 17 payment to Eulogio de Célis; Dec 24 sends list of government expenses
733. 1840-01-10 · doc 733 · land grant to Antonio María Lugo
734. 1840-02-04 · doc 734 · (3 docs) ⭐ land petitions of P. Ontiveros, Márquez & Reyes
735. 1840-02-10 · doc 735 · land grant to E. Sepúlveda
736. 1840-02-27 · doc 736 · land grant to Esteban Espinosa
737. 1840-03-28 · doc 737 · land grant to Santiago Argüello
738. 1840-03-18 · doc 738 · land grant to F. Murphy (foreigner)
739. 1840-03-04 · doc 739 · land grant to Ramón & J. Río
740. 1840-11-21 · doc 740 · on sale of roof-tiles
741. 1840-11-01 · doc 741 · handover of goods to F. Sepúlveda
742. 1840-03-12 · doc 742 · Junta names him 2nd Minister of the Superior Tribunal of Justice
743. 1840-03-12 · doc 743 · Junta names him 4th Minister of the Superior Tribunal
744. 1840-03-13 · doc 744 · Junta names him 3rd Minister of the Superior Tribunal
745. 1840-03-12 · doc 745 · Junta names him 1st Minister of the Superior Tribunal
746. 1840-03-18 · doc 746 · Junta names Bandini Fiscal of the Tribunal
747. 1840-01-01 · doc 747 · (3 docs) decrees: JPs to act as 1st-instance courts; renewal of half the Chamber of Deputies
748. 1840 · doc 748 · (bundle, ~9 docs) the year's published decrees: Police Ordinances; ⭐ territorial division of the Republic into 24 Departments
749. 1840-03-10 · doc 749 · dispatch on the peaceful state of the country, dismissing a departed officer's alarming public reports as the product of his…
750. 1840-04-22 · doc 750 · forwards the Junta's resolutions proposing the Port of Monterey as capital of the Department
751. 1840-04-22 · doc 751 · forwards the judicial proceedings against the conspiring foreigners (Graham Affair)
752. 1840-04-22 · doc 752 · 'Conspiración de Extranjeros' — reports that the FIRST warning of the foreign (North-American) conspiracy came from Fr
753. 1840-04-22 · doc 753 · the full Graham-Affair narrative to Mexico: a private denunciation → Castro ordered to act in the 1st District → a force of…
754. 1840-05-01 · doc 754 · notifies that the Junta named José J. Fernández 2nd Secretary
755. 1840-10-15 · doc 755 · interim-gubernatorial notice to Mexico (Alvarado's illness), per art. 20 of the law of 20 May 1837
756. 1840-12-15 · doc 756 · 'Rusos en California' — relays the RAC governor's note (23 Nov, from San Francisco) that the Emperor has consented to ABANDON…
757. 1840-11-15 · doc 757 · congratulatory note on the Prefect's having averted the 'conspiración de la Capital' of 15 July
758. 1840-07-22 · doc 758 · forwards the Junta's request that Mexico approve its land grants made from ex-mission lands and within the 10 littoral leagues of…
759. 1840-12-10 · doc 759 · 'Comercio de Extranjeros' — asks Mexico to bar non-naturalized foreigners from retail trade (their monopoly harms national &…
760. 1840-12-15 · doc 760 · on entering foreigners' filiaciones (descriptions) in their passports & registering resident foreigners
761. 1840-12-01 · doc 761 · 'Rentas Públicas' — recommends José M. Abrego as Chief of Treasury
762. 1840-12-01 · doc 762 · forwards foreigners' petitions for cartas de seguridad (safe-conducts)
763. 1840-12-12 · doc 763 · 'Reclamos de Extranjeros' — the US frigate 'St
764. 1840-12-12 · doc 764 · 'Reclamos de Extranjeros' — asserts no property was seized (contra the US frigate commander's claim)
765. 1840-12-13 · doc 765 · 'Organización de fuerza' — has raised a 25-man auxiliary force to pursue the cattle-thieves, whom he calls 'aventureros de los…
766. 1840-12-13 · doc 766 · 'Reparación de Buques' — the national schooner 'California' (repaired in the Sandwich Islands after damage en route to Acapulco)…
767. 1840-12-13 · doc 767 · reports he has resumed the governorship from interim-holder Casarín [closes the illness arc]
768. 1840-12-13 · doc 768 · announces he will decree, effective 1 Jan, the prohibition of the coastal (cabotage) trade by foreign ships
769. 1840 · doc 769 · register of letters of naturalization & passports issued to foreigners in 1840 (pp.251–260)
770. 1841-01-01 · doc 770 · notifies that Alvarado has returned to the Governorship
771. 1841-01-02 · doc 771 · order to give possession of lands to [William] T. Richardson
772. 1841-01-04 · doc 772 · 'Indios = Compañía de la Colombia' — (1) approves stopping the San José Indians from carrying off gentile women
773. 1841-01-22 · doc 773 · (3 docs) Concepción Hernández accused of incontinencia; soldier A. Mendoza's arrears; vacating a plot
774. 1841-01-24 · doc 774 · 'Expedición contra Gentiles' — after the neophyte Julián's clash with the Gentiles, orders San José to hand over 20 bows &…
775. 1841-01 · doc 775 · 'Alcalde indio' — names the Indian Nemesio auxiliary Alcalde of 'Los Álamos', to police the Indians there under the SB partido…
776. 1841-01-02 · doc 776 · notifies Jimeno Casarín has resumed the Secretariat
777. 1841-01 · doc 777 · (bundle) Jan 24 a vecino asks to live with his sister; Jan 28 on tithes & vecino A. Mendoza
778. 1841-01-28 · doc 778 · approves Francisco Arce as substitute Prefect
779. 1841-02-01 · doc 779 · 'Desertores' — agrees to remove the Helena's deserters from the barque 'Clarita' and hand them to the Commander of Ross
780. 1841-02-07 · doc 780 · the Prefects must bear their own secretariat expenses
781. 1841-02-07 · doc 781 · approves Rosario Aguilar (proprietary Judge) & Jesús Moreno (substitute Judge)
782. 1841-02-07 · doc 782 · (3 docs) approves judges: JP1 Ignacio Palomares, JP2 Ignacio M
783. 1841-02-07 · doc 783 · (5 docs) resolutions on lands petitioned for
784. 1841-02-07 · doc 784 · orders slates (ternas) proposed to elect the Sub-Prefect replacing Raymundo Carrillo
785. 1841-02 · doc 785 · (bundle, 12 docs) Feb 7 various (11); Feb 9 ⭐ exemption from duties on foreign liquors
786. 1841-02-09 · doc 786 · 'Salida contra Indios' — acknowledges Capt. S. Estrada went out in pursuit of the 'indios bárbaros' (cf. #774)
787. 1841-02-16 · doc 787 · (2 docs) timber-cutting; land petitioned for
788. 1841-03-07 · doc 788 · (3 docs) on vagrants; foreigners, etc.
789. 1841-03 · doc 789 · (3 docs) Mar 21 lands (×2); Mar 27 sale of liquors
790. 1841-03-27 · doc 790 · 'Decreto de fusilamiento de 3 delincuentes' — authorizes the execution of Ascensión Valencia, Santiago Linares & José Duarte for…
791. 1841-03-31 · doc 791 · report of good conduct of the vecino F. Hernández
792. 1841-04 · doc 792 · (bundle, 5 docs) Apr 2 land grant; Apr 16 land + the execution of Fink's murderers; Apr 21 liquor sale & an order on foreigners
793. 1841-05-03 · doc 793 · orders the Judge of San José fined $25 for dereliction of duty
794. 1841-05-03 · doc 794 · leave granted to a Judge
795. 1841-05-07 · doc 795 · (4 docs) receipt of notes; on contraband, etc.
796. 1841-05-07 · doc 796 · 'Pesca' — fishing licenses are the government's to grant, not the Prefects'
797. 1841-05-07 · doc 797 · 'Barca inglesa robada' — relays Mexico's order to apprehend Tomás [—], who fled Mazatlán with the English barque 'Isabel'
798. 1841-05-07 · doc 798 · (4 docs) transcription of Supreme orders
799. 1841-05-07 · doc 799 · 'Revolución de Graham' — transcribes Mexico's Supreme order of 23 Sept 1840 on the 'Foreign Revolutionaries' (Graham Affair
800. 1841-05-10 · doc 800 · (2 docs) lands
801. 1841-05-11 · doc 801 · memorandum of Supreme orders transcribed to the 2nd-district Prefect
802. 1841-05-29 · doc 802 · forwards a defendant's petition
803. 1841-06-07 · doc 803 · (5 docs) June-7 bundle
804. 1841-06-07 · doc 804 · lands
805. 1841-06-08 · doc 805 · expulsion of the paisano Manuel González
806. 1841-07-12 · doc 806 · land grant
807. 1841-07-13 · doc 807 · orders the culprits found in the assassination of the Frontier Commander José Antonio [Guzareta?]
808. 1841-07-13 · doc 808 · (2 docs) 'Indios sublevados' — informed of the uprising of the Indians of the Sierra [Jamuros?], orders the greatest vigilance…
809. 1841-07-13 · doc 809 · on judicial jurisdiction
810. 1841-07-15 · doc 810 · the suit of José Antonio Carrillo vs. M. Domínguez
811. 1841-07-20 · doc 811 · order that J. Sepúlveda not be disturbed in his property
812. 1841-07-21 · doc 812 · 'Ingleses expulsos' — regarding expelled Englishmen (cross-ref Vallejo, Documentos)
813. 1841-07-22 · doc 813 · names him provisional Prefect of the 1st district pending the proprietor
814. 1841-07-22 · doc 814 · notice of J.R. Estrada's appointment as Prefect
815. 1841-07-29 · doc 815 · (2 docs) 'Emancipación de Neófitos de San Juan Capistrano' — the emancipation of the San Juan Capistrano neophytes (Bandini as…
816. 1841-07 · doc 816 · (bundle) propose a Juez de 1ª Instancia; Jul 19 Sub-Prefect election; Jul 30 approval of his proclamation
817. 1841-07-30 · doc 817 · transcribes Mexico's Supreme order of 31 Dec 1840 on the protection to be given to foreigners
818. 1841-07-30 · doc 818 · land question (cuestión de terrenos)
819. 1841-08-07 · doc 819 · approves Antonio Suñol as Sub-Prefect
820. 1841-08-01 · doc 820 · order for the San José judge to report on the death of the Englishman Antonio Campbell
821. 1841-08-23 · doc 821 · permits the supercargo of the English barque 'Cariótide' to unload cargo & establish a warehouse at San Francisco
822. 1841-08 · doc 822 · (bundle, 12 docs) land grants — Aug 23 (5), Sep 7 (5), Sep 10 (2)
823. 1841-09-10 · doc 823 · on jurisdiction over the Comandante Guzareta murder trial (which authority judges the defendants; cf. #807)
824. 1841-09-21 · doc 824 · notifies that, ill again, he withdraws from the Government, entrusting it to Jimeno from 23 Sept
825. 1841-09-21 · doc 825 · entrusts him with the interim government
826. 1841-09-23 · doc 826 · notifies he has taken interim charge of the Government
827. 1841-09-23 · doc 827 · notifies he named J.J. Fernández interim Government Secretary
828. 1841-09-23 · doc 828 · Fernández's appointment as Govt Secretary
829. 1841-09-24 · doc 829 · (2 docs) judicial investigation into the murder of the Englishman Campbell
830. 1841-09 · doc 830 · (2 docs) Sep 28 wheat owed to J.M. Amador; Oct 7 payments to the Prefecture
831. 1841-10-07 · doc 831 · approves JPs: Antonio Buelna (San José), Isidoro Guillén (substitute), Guillermo Castro (Contra Costa)
832. 1841-10-07 · doc 832 · receipt of the investigation into the sailors' desertion 'protegida por Graham'
833. 1841-10-11 · doc 833 · failure to observe Bandos (unspecified)
834. 1841-10-20 · doc 834 · sentence in a land suit against J. Serrano
835. 1841-10-21 · doc 835 · acknowledges the San José JP's proceedings on the murder of Anthony Campbell
836. 1841-10-25 · doc 836 · on lists of prisoners (relaciones de presos)
837. 1841-10-28 · doc 837 · payment of debts
838. 1841-11-05 · doc 838 · (3 docs) dispositions on lands
839. 1841-11-05 · doc 839 · the law bars naming 'Directores de Juzgados'; judges may only seek learned advisors on questions of law
840. 1841-11-05 · doc 840 · resolutions on lands
841. 1841-11-05 · doc 841 · (2 docs) 'Carreras de Caballos' — vecinos' proposed police rules for horse races; on lost correspondence
842. 1841-11-05 · doc 842 · receipt of the [secularization] inventory
843. 1841-11-05 · doc 843 · decree on land
844. 1841-11-08 · doc 844 · land grant
845. 1841-11-08 · doc 845 · 'Tratamiento cruel de Indios' — the Indians complained of ill-treatment by their Administrator
846. 1841-11-08 · doc 846 · (2 docs) on lands, etc.
847. 1841-11-16 · doc 847 · (2 docs) on wheat and lands
848. 1841-11-18 · doc 848 · requests a report on the houses & properties at San Bernardino belonging to Mission San Gabriel
849. 1841-11-30 · doc 849 · (bundle) land grant; ⭐ receipt of the case vs an Indian homicide defendant; substitute Judge José Castro takes the Monterey court
850. 1841-11-30 · doc 850 · (2 docs) Nov-30 bundle
851. 1841-11-30 · doc 851 · orders him to name a 'Juez de Campo' to oversee the ranchos of Santa Bárbara & La Purísima
852. 1841-11-30 · doc 852 · (2 docs) permits J. Ramírez to cut timber; asks for news on prisoners
853. 1841-12 · doc 853 · (bundle, 4 docs) Dec 4 timber; Dec 22 A. Mendoza's complaint; Dec 23 court accounts
854. 1841-12-27 · doc 854 · (2 docs) approves González as proprietary Judge of Branciforte; the San José & Contra Costa judges continue next year
855. 1841-12-28 · doc 855 · land grant/concession to Sutter (New Helvetia frontier; cf. #582 / Expanded Entry 4)
856. 1841-12-30 · doc 856 · approves Francisco Sánchez as JP of San Francisco
857. 1841-12-30 · doc 857 · rejects the district Juez de 1ª Instancia appointment (Teodoro González substitute)
858. 1841-12-30 · doc 858 · (3 docs) circular: Gov. Alvarado resumes office next day; Casarín back to the Secretariat
859. 1842-01-01 · doc 859 · order to hand money to Eulogio de Célis
860. 1842-01-02 · doc 860 · 'Comercio Extranjero' decree: foreign ships admitted only at Monterey (pay tariff duties, observe formalities)
861. 1842-01 · doc 861 · (bundle, 4 docs) salaries to Castañares & F. Arce; 2 horses; the Port Captain's salary
862. 1841-02-07 · doc 862 · cabotage permit to the American ship 'Alerta' (Alert)
863. 1841 · doc 863 · (bundle, ~17 docs) treasury payments: Govt-Secretary salary $1,948; ⭐ A
864. 1841-07-25 · doc 864 · orders $2,000/yr paid to the interim Prefect of the 1st district
865. 1841-08-27 · doc 865 · orders $200 for the 16 Sept Independence-Day celebration
866. 1841-08-27 · doc 866 · payment to a carpenter
867. 1841-09-20 · doc 867 · orders merchant experts named to decide a contraband case
868. 1841-09-23 · doc 868 · interim-government notice (Alvarado's illness) to customs
869. 1841-09-23 · doc 869 · interim-government notice (Alvarado's illness)
870. 1841-09 · doc 870 · (bundle, 3 docs) clerk F. Rico's order; F. Arce's salary; Prefect's office expenses
871. 1841-09-22 · doc 871 · 'Armamento' — pay Eulogio de Célis $1,826 for 120 carbines bought for the Department's Auxiliaries
872. 1841-11-24 · doc 872 · orders employees' salaries paid in the same 'especie' (in-kind goods) as ships pay their duties
873. 1841-12 · doc 873 · (bundle, 3 docs) Dec 2 on salary payments; Dec 6 payment to a resident
874. 1841-12-31 · doc 874 · (2 docs) notice that Alvarado resumes the government next day
875. 1841-01-21 · doc 875 · accounts of funds (cuentas de caudales)
876. 1841-01-21 · doc 876 · (2 docs) remainder of arms (dragoon muskets from the Californian National Junta); on the organization of the Auxiliaries
877. 1841-01-21 · doc 877 · Treasury accounts
878. 1841-01-21 · doc 878 · complains the Diputación shows little interest in its duties — he cannot get it to convene
879. 1841 · doc 879 · responds (to an oficio of 11 March) that he will take possession of the Point of Ross as soon as formally notified, acting with…
880. 1841-01-21 · doc 880 · Treasury accounts
881. 1841-01-21 · doc 881 · reports the Department remains peaceful
882. 1841-07-26 · doc 882 · 'Reclamantes' — on claimants; the gratuities needed to convene the Diputación
883. 1841-07-26 · doc 883 · (3 docs) receipt of dispatches, etc.
884. 1841-11-12 · doc 884 · 'Reclamantes ingleses' — the English corvette 'Curacoa' under Capt. F
885. 1841 · doc 885 · register of safe-conduct cards (cartas de seguridad) issued to foreigners in 1841 (pp.128–139)
886. 1841-01-01 · doc 886 · notifies Alvarado's return to the government administration (cross-ref Vallejo, Documentos)
887. 1841-01-07 · doc 887 · 'Cólera Morbo' — physicians found no cholera present; cease anti-disease preparations
888. 1841-01-07 · doc 888 · provisions for the Cavalry Company
889. 1841-01-08 · doc 889 · reprimands him for firing 4 cannon-shots in town against cholera (which is not present)
890. 1841-02-07 · doc 890 · praises his effort upholding government authority in the southern points; thanks for his services
891. 1841-11-07 · doc 891 · (2 docs) on couriers and mules
892. 1841-03-27 · doc 892 · ships 25 muskets & 15 carbines to the SB command
893. 1841-03-27 · doc 893 · send the SB force to Los Angeles to keep order during an execution
894. 1841-04-20 · doc 894 · orders arms handed over for the SB command
895. 1841-06-14 · doc 895 · 'Muerte de 2 indios' — transcribes the 1st-district Prefecture's charge that Estrada killed 2 gentile Indians
896. 1841-06-08 · doc 896 · replies he will conduct proceedings on the murder of the Englishman Antonio Campbell
897. 1841-06-25 · doc 897 · transcribes Mexico's Supreme orders of 11 March on establishing auxiliary forces in the Department
898. 1841-07-02 · doc 898 · 'Establecimiento de Ross' — transcribes Mexico's Supreme order that the Department NOT take possession of Ross until the Russian…
899. 1841-07-27 · doc 899 · 'Asesinato de un francés' — replies to his 20 July note on the murder of the Frenchman Pedro Duvose by an Indian
900. 1841-07-28 · doc 900 · 'Asunto de Ross' — says he answered Vallejo's note of 27 July (cross-ref Vallejo, Documentos)
901. 1841-08-14 · doc 901 · 'Entrega de Ross' — the handover of Ross (cross-ref Vallejo, Documentos)
902. 1841-08-01 · doc 902 · transcribes Duflot de Mofras's note on the murder of the Frenchman Pedro Dubose (cf. #899)
903. 1841-09-21 · doc 903 · Alvarado's illness & withdrawal (cross-ref Vallejo, Documentos)
904. 1841-09-23 · doc 904 · interim-government notice to Vallejo
905. 1841-11-25 · doc 905 · 'Indio procesado' — sends the case-file of the Indian Pedro (likely the Frenchman Dubose's killer) to be tried militarily
906. 1841-12-31 · doc 906 · notifies that Alvarado resumes the government
907. 1841 · doc 907 · decree imposing the death penalty on the murderers of Nicolás Fink (cf. #790)
908. 1841-04-02 · doc 908 · (2 docs) summons to take up their posts & declare any impediments
909. 1841-04-02 · doc 909 · summons to take up his post
910. 1841-05-17 · doc 910 · summons to the installation of the Superior Tribunal at 10 am on 30 May
911. 1841-05-21 · doc 911 · forwards Bandini's reply alleging impediments to serving as Fiscal
912. 1841-05-21 · doc 912 · Tribunal names Botello its Secretary
913. 1841-05-29 · doc 913 · the Tribunal accepts Bandini's excuses for declining the Fiscal post
914. 1841-05-29 · doc 914 · congratulatory note (on the Tribunal's installation)
915. 1841-05-29 · doc 915 · formal appointment of N. Botello as Tribunal Secretary
916. 1841-06-02 · doc 916 · Junta named him 1st substitute Minister of the Tribunal
917. 1842-01-01 · doc 917 · circular notifying Alvarado's return to office — now including the Bishop [García Diego]
918. 1842-01-08 · doc 918 · Gov. orders $80 for the church works
919. 1842-01-07 · doc 919 · cattle handover
920. 1842-01-07 · doc 920 · cattle handover
921. 1842-02-07 · doc 921 · 'Indios' — orders him not to punish the Indians with more lashes than the ex-Visitador [Hartnell] set
922. 1842-02-11 · doc 922 · cattle handover to J. Warner (the American ranchero)
923. 1842-02-11 · doc 923 · handover of farm-yields (esquilmos) to J. Warner
924. 1842-02-24 · doc 924 · asks for a cattle-count report
925. 1842-02-24 · doc 925 · payment order of $332 to Padre [Bachelot?]
926. 1842-03-01 · doc 926 · handover of mares
927. 1842-03-06 · doc 927 · payment order to Francisco de Haro
928. 1842-03-03 · doc 928 · conservation of goods
929. 1842-03-16 · doc 929 · cattle handover to J.M. Covarrubias
930. 1842-03-16 · doc 930 · handover of a dwelling
931. 1842-03-16 · doc 931 · 'Indios' — orders him to go to LA & Santa Bárbara to round up the Indians who have no license (vía del Gobierno)
932. 1842-03-16 · doc 932 · provisions
933. 1842-03-16 · doc 933 · accepts the administrator's resignation; a successor to be named
934. 1842-03-16 · doc 934 · 'Indios' — authorizes licensing the Indians to seek their subsistence elsewhere without leaving the establishment (off-mission…
935. 1842-03-16 · doc 935 · 'Indios viciosos y delincuentes' — orders them to send to Monterey all the vicious & delinquent Indians of their establishments
936. 1842-03-16 · doc 936 · settlement of the account of Concepción Argüello (the Rezánov-romance californiana, now a lay religious)
937. 1842-03-30 · doc 937 · Bandini's resignation accepted; hand San Juan Capistrano to Agustín Olvera
938. 1842-03-30 · doc 938 · on receiving the San Juan Capistrano establishment
939. 1842-03-30 · doc 939 · permits rounding up stray cattle (ganado mesteño)
940. 1842-04-05 · doc 940 · payment order to Juan Malarín
941. 1842-04-14 · doc 941 · names him administrator (SLO) replacing Vicente Cané
942. 1842-04-14 · doc 942 · orders him to hand his establishment (SLO) to Bonilla
943. 1842-04-12 · doc 943 · cattle
944. 1842-04-12 · doc 944 · cattle
945. 1842-04-20 · doc 945 · acknowledges 3 notes & congratulates Bishop [García Diego] on his appointment
946. 1842-06-01 · doc 946 · reports the Junta's 31 May reconstitution of the Tribunal: Fiscal Manuel Castañares
947. 1842-06-01 · doc 947 · rebukes Durán for holding a sealed ministerial packet for a year instead of forwarding it: 'es de la responsabilidad de V.R
948. 1842-04-29 · doc 948 · 'Residencia del Obispo' — the Bishop [García Diego] fixes his residence at Santa Bárbara, requesting mission buildings
949. 1842-05-02 · doc 949 · order to slaughter cattle
950. 1842-05 · doc 950 · (bundle) May 10 permission [land/shear]; May 16 oxen
951. 1842-05 · doc 951 · (bundle, 4 docs) May 2 ⭐ schoolteachers ($20/mo) + cavalry-herd cattle; May 18 occupation of properties
952. 1842-05-21 · doc 952 · (6 docs) orders on lands & cattle, etc.
953. 1842-05-21 · doc 953 · the mission Music Master 'Luis' reassigned to Fr. José Jimeno
954. 1842-05 · doc 954 · (bundle, 3 docs) May 21 sacristan Gregorio to the friar; May 30 disposal of the mission's liquor stocks; Jun 1 supplies
955. 1842-06-01 · doc 955 · supplies
956. 1842-06-01 · doc 956 · 'Indios labradores' — orders that Joaquín Carrillo not impede the Indians' use of the water to irrigate their crops
957. 1842-06-01 · doc 957 · names him administrator of La Purísima at $10/month
958. 1842-06-21 · doc 958 · 'Alojamiento del Obispo' — place all rooms the Bishop needs for lodging & the Bishopric offices at his disposal
959. 1842-07-24 · doc 959 · permission to round up feral cattle (ganado alzado)
960. 1842-07-24 · doc 960 · resignation accepted; hand the establishment to Crisógono Ayala
961. 1842-07-24 · doc 961 · his appointment as administrator of San Buenaventura
962. 1842-08-08 · doc 962 · handover of farm-yields (esquilmos)
963. 1842-08-08 · doc 963 · debt payment order
964. 1842-08-12 · doc 964 · order to take animals in payment of his salary (in-kind)
965. 1842-08-12 · doc 965 · debt payment to E. Célis
966. 1842-09-09 · doc 966 · order to render assistance to the Comandante General
967. 1842-09 · doc 967 · (2 docs) Sep 15 cattle-branding (venteamiento); Sep 13 ⭐ collection of cattle loaned to Daniel Hill (American settler)
968. 1842-01 · doc 968 · [draft, treasury] Jan 1 resumed the government from interim Jimeno; Jan 26 Arce's +$10/mo
969. 1842-02-01 · doc 969 · [draft, cont.] ⭐⭐ Graham-deportation payments — Francisco Badillo for aiding Castro at Santa Bárbara 'cuando conducía los presos…
970. 1842-03/06 · doc 970 · [draft, treasury] Mar 4 tonnage duty from a ship; Apr 1 $12/mo to the Jailer (prisoners in public works); May 1 ⭐ Santiago R
971. 1842-06/08 · doc 971 · [draft, treasury] Jun 2 Tribunal office expenses
972. 1842-09 · doc 972 · [draft] ⭐⭐⭐ Sep 10 pay Joaquín Gómez $1,409 for outfitting Capt. José Castro's expedition to the Tulares (interior valley)
973. 1842-11-07 · doc 973 · [draft] a deputy's excuse for missing the Assembly rejected; ordered to comply with the 2nd summons
974. 1842-01-11 · doc 974 · major dispatch (topic-header: Tulares; fleet; Dept. commerce; American-adventurer & wild-Indian threats
975. 1842-01-11 · doc 975 · 'Incursión de aventureros armados' — the Missouri party's total = 60 (≈30 continued to the Columbia/Oregon, ≈30 stayed)
976. 1842-01-13 · doc 976 · [draft] 'Goleta California' — the schooner California departs with dispatches + a lumber freight to the Sandwich Islands to cover…
977. 1842-06-03 · doc 977 · [draft] the schooner California's storm-forced diversion to the Sandwich Islands en route to Acapulco
978. 1842-06-02 · doc 978 · 'Incursión de aventureros' — ~200–300 persons entered Los Angeles from New Mexico (mostly armed men + 11 'hijos del país,' all…
979. 1842-06-03 · doc 979 · 'Abandono de Ross por los Rusos. Desavenencias entre el Gobernador y la Comandancia General' — recaps the Russian abandonment
980. 1842-06-03 · doc 980 · [draft] on not receiving Supreme-Government dispatches; ⭐ congratulates Santa Anna on retaking the supreme command of Mexico
981. 1842-06-03 · doc 981 · 'Organización del Departamento. Dificultades que ofrece la Baja California' — though law joins Alta & Baja California as one…
982. 1842-06-05 · doc 982 · [draft] reports public order remains unaltered in the Department
983. 1842-06-05 · doc 983 · on the criminal case of Samuel [Sagget?] & Enrique (Henry) Richard (LA 1st-instance court, sent straight to the Tribunal)
984. 1842-01-08 · doc 984 · [draft] on the return of a plot of land
985. 1842-01-15 · doc 985 · orders permission for those of the New Mexico Company [Rowland–Workman party] to return to their country
986. 1842-01-22 · doc 986 · enforce the law barring Sunday/holiday sales (to curb drunkenness)
987. 1842-01-28 · doc 987 · on a foreigner's matter
988. 1842-02-07 · doc 988 · [draft, 4 docs] a land petition; ⭐ acknowledges the Bishop's arrival & orders tonnage duties from the ship 'Rosalind'
989. 1842-02-21 · doc 989 · [draft] clarifies the Branciforte JP's jurisdiction
990. 1842-02-19 · doc 990 · shops may open on holidays but not sell liquor (modifies #986)
991. 1842-03-04 · doc 991 · (2 docs) prevent Francisco Figueroa's land sale (extended to all private parties); adjudicate a plot
992. 1842-03-04 · doc 992 · [13 docs] grants John [Juan] Rowland a safe-conduct to New Mexico, no proof of the suspicion tying him to the 'plan de los…
993. 1842-03-31 · doc 993 · [draft, 4 docs] approves Juan Camarillo as substitute JP of Santa Bárbara; a Prefecture resignation; land demasías
994. 1842-04-02 · doc 994 · [draft, 2 docs] forwards oficios; district judges to ready all criminal cases for Tribunal review
995. 1842-04-14 · doc 995 · approves Máximo Bonilla as auxiliary JP of San Luis Obispo
996. 1842-05-01 · doc 996 · [draft] on the Capital's fund shortage & night-lighting/court costs
997. 1842-05-02 · doc 997 · orders rancho judges near San Luis Rey, Las Flores & Los Álamos not to impede those establishments' timber-cutting & community…
998. 1842-05-10 · doc 998 · [draft] routine circular to the judges
999. 1842-05-14 · doc 999 · [draft] rejects the Monterey JP's resignation; ordered to continue
1000. 1842-05-14 · doc 1000 · (2 docs) 'placer de oro' — the Government, surprised not to have been notified of the DISCOVERY OF A GOLD PLACER in the [LA/2nd]…
1001. 1842-05-21 · doc 1001 · [draft, 3 docs] mission-supply for San Gabriel
1002. 1842-05-29 · doc 1002 · [draft] resolution on a plot dispute
1003. 1842-06-01 · doc 1003 · [draft of #956] orders Joaquín Carrillo not impede the Indians' irrigation waters at the 'Misión Vieja'
1004. 1842-06-01 · doc 1004 · land title to 'El Zanjón' granted to Lt. Ignacio Martínez
1005. 1842-06-02 · doc 1005 · [draft, 2 docs] forwards cases to the Tribunal; the San Juan Capistrano court to be auxiliary to Los Angeles
1006. 1842-06-21 · doc 1006 · order to give possession of a plot
1007. 1842-08-08 · doc 1007 · legal possession to Pío & Andrés Pico of 'Santa Margarita'
1008. 1842-08-12 · doc 1008 · (2 docs) [re a judge]; + acknowledges the report on the order established in the gold placer, ordering continued reports on the…
1009. 1842-08-13 · doc 1009 · recognizes Eulogio de Célis as attorney to collect Nicolás Fink's goods; judge to do an inventoried handover
1010. 1842-09-12 · doc 1010 · a commander arrived at San Diego with troops [Micheltorena army?]; facilitate resources
1011. 1842-09-13 · doc 1011 · take 100 head from the San Gabriel matanza & 100 from Antonio M. Ávila for troop consumption
1012. 1842-09-13 · doc 1012 · on land-surplus (demasías) deduction
1013. 1842-09-09 · doc 1013 · (2 docs) distribute plots of land (suertes) to the Indians among the vacant mission lands (per the latest plan)
1014. 1842-09-24 · doc 1014 · forwards a proclamation of the Governor to the Department's inhabitants
1015. 1842-09-24 · doc 1015 · [draft] same governor's proclamation forwarded for publication
1016. 1843-02 · doc 1016 · re Comisario accounts & Padre Fray Gabriel González's property
1017. 1843-02-22 · doc 1017 · on establishing a postal service between Alta & Baja California
1018. 1843-02-22 · doc 1018 · requires assistance to Padre González for the Alta–Baja mail
1019. 1843-02-22 · doc 1019 · suspend land-colonization proceedings; prior grantees to revalidate titles [Micheltorena land policy, extended to Baja]
1020. 1843-02-22 · doc 1020 · on a dispute between Miguel Cortez & Valentín Cota
1021. 1843-03-01 · doc 1021 · on the payment of tithes (diezmos)
1022. 1843-03-01 · doc 1022 · publish the communication to the Bishop (tithes)
1023. 1843-03-01 · doc 1023 · (2 docs) orders him to hand San Gabriel's goods & administration back to Fray Tomás Estenaga [Micheltorena's mission restoration]
1024. 1843-03-13 · doc 1024 · [3 docs] suspend the former governor's salary since 31 Dec 1842 (Micheltorena's takeover)
1025. 1843-03-13 · doc 1025 · [draft, 3 docs] 1843 sealed paper; reiterate back-pay suspension; ⭐ payments to Larkin & Capt
1026. 1843-03-13 · doc 1026 · procure the means to convene the Diputación so citizens can express their free opinion
1027. 1843-03-15 · doc 1027 · forwards a rancho title; requests silver to relieve the troops (treasury shortage)
1028. 1843-03-15 · doc 1028 · help promote the schooner California's lumber cargo
1029. 1843-03-17 · doc 1029 · order an archive search for the 1838 Supreme order on colonizing the Channel Islands of Santa Bárbara
1030. 1843-03-15 · doc 1030 · raise the Govt Secretary's salary $50; Francisco Arce as 1st Officer
1031. 1843-03-29 · doc 1031 · Vicente M. González (jailed for threatening the SB mission Mayordomo with a firearm) sentenced to labor the lands
1032. 1843-03-31 · doc 1032 · orders him to hand San Luis Rey's administration & goods to Fray José María Zalvidea (inventory by Judge Santiago Argüello & Cmdr…
1033. 1843-03-31 · doc 1033 · communicates the San Luis Rey restoration order
1034. 1843-03-31 · doc 1034 · approves Félix Pacheco as JP of San José
1035. 1843-03-31 · doc 1035 · acknowledges cash statement
1036. 1843-03-31 · doc 1036 · return the land file of Tomás A. Yorba
1037. 1843-03-31 · doc 1037 · congratulates Sutter (no complaints against him)
1038. 1843-03-31 · doc 1038 · Tribunal ministers paid a % of certain duties; + the Monterey 1st-instance judge's court-furnishing budget ($166 to Judge José J
1039. 1843-03-31 · doc 1039 · pay José M. Castañares $203.5 for supplying the 100 men under arms 'en los días de la invasión Americana' [= the Commodore T
1040. 1843-03-31 · doc 1040 · pay J.B. Alvarado $1,300 in arrears as former Governor
1041. 1843-03-31 · doc 1041 · court-furnishing budget notice
1042. 1843-04-02 · doc 1042 · surprised at the imprisonment of José M. Domínguez; orders his immediate release
1043. 1843-04-03 · doc 1043 · (2 docs) CIRCULAR ordering ALL missions handed back to the Reverend Fathers [the comprehensive Micheltorena mission-restoration…
1044. 1843-04-25 · doc 1044 · acknowledges $5,000 from Eulogio Célis (supercargo of the barque 'Clarita')
1045. 1843-04-27 · doc 1045 · forwards a land petition of the Indians Ángel & Hilario of Mission Santa Inés
1046. 1843-04-28 · doc 1046 · on the theft case of José Antonio Romero
1047. 1843 · doc 1047 · on Francisco Verdillo's petition for the 'Pecho' del Tular lands
1048. 1843-05-01 · doc 1048 · forwards José Aguirre's file on the 'Tía Juana' (Tijuana) land; requests his opinion
1049. 1843-05-01 · doc 1049 · forwards Juan J. Nieto's land file for report
1050. 1843-05-06 · doc 1050 · existing authorities to continue until the Bases Orgánicas (1843 constitution) arrive & are published
1051. 1843-05-06 · doc 1051 · dismissed & arrested officers of the Batallón de California (Lt. Manuel, Sub-Lt. José M
1052. 1843-05-10 · doc 1052 · approves pay to officers Mejía & Villa (future pay via Sub-Comisaría)
1053. 1843-05-10 · doc 1053 · [5 docs] pay José Castro (Monterey cmdr) to distribute among the men on campaign against the indios bárbaros; a $200 payment
1054. 1843-05-09 · doc 1054 · hand San Juan Capistrano's administration to Fray Tomás Estenaga [mission restoration]
1055. 1843-05-15 · doc 1055 · on Nicholas [Nicolás] Den's commission re a land title (Sta Bárbara jurisdiction)
1056. 1843-05-13 · doc 1056 · (2 docs) on his salary as San Luis Rey administrator & the mission's finances
1057. 1843-05-16 · doc 1057 · accepts the Prefect's resignation; interim handover to JP Manuel Domínguez
1058. 1843-05-16 · doc 1058 · grants him leave; a substitute during his absence
1059. 1843-05-16 · doc 1059 · order a survey of the ranchos San Vicente y Santa Mónica & others to settle a boundary dispute
1060. 1843-05-20 · doc 1060 · approves JP appointments (incl. Rafael Gallardo as substitute)
1061. 1843-05-30 · doc 1061 · grants Carrillo communal irrigation-water use WITH the neophytes of the 'Misión Vieja' [resolves the water dispute of #956/#1003]
1062. 1843-05-31 · doc 1062 · [5 docs] pay re barque 'Jorge Henríquez'; Mazatlán-customs drafts ($2,000/mo); ⭐ $3,000 to Thomas O. Larkin (3 installments)
1063. 1843-05-31 · doc 1063 · [3 docs] on paying the sum owed to Thomas O. Larkin
1064. 1843-01-15 · doc 1064 · forwards a decree on lands (private matter)
1065. 1843-01-15 · doc 1065 · on a money obligation
1066. 1843-01-22 · doc 1066 · suspend tax execution pending the Assembly's revival
1067. 1843-01-22 · doc 1067 · observations on the Arancel (fee schedule) sent by the Tribunal
1068. 1843-02-21 · doc 1068 · Police Bando & new appointments (Auxiliares, Juez de Campo) not to take effect; current ones continue pending the Junta
1069. 1844-01-08 · doc 1069 · forwards the new 1844 Commerce regulation for national & foreign ships to circulate
1070. 1844-01-30 · doc 1070 · (3 docs) authorizes the labor occupation of an Indian; ⭐ orders a primary school in Los Angeles ($200/mo to the ayuntamiento)
1071. 1844-01-30 · doc 1071 · (cont., items 5–8) ⭐ recommends Guadalupe Medina to direct the LA school; returns a Teodoro González memorial
1072. 1844-02-07 · doc 1072 · orders embargoed hides returned to owners; half-a-real duty per hide
1073. 1844-02-12 · doc 1073 · on a private-land writ
1074. 1844-02-12 · doc 1074 · forwards a Felipe Munrás / José Amesti file
1075. 1844-02-13 · doc 1075 · circular: a Bando listing the Department's subaltern judges
1076. 1844-02-20 · doc 1076 · approves appointments (Ortega; police agent Silverio Chávez)
1077. 1844-02-21 · doc 1077 · (2 docs) returns files re Antonio M. Cruz; a Pedro Corvato land denunciation
1078. 1844-02-22 · doc 1078 · establishing a customs Receptoría at the Port of San Francisco; provide a house
1079. 1844-02-22 · doc 1079 · note re a carpenter request
1080. 1844-02-23 · doc 1080 · routine — a Fomento/Hernández file
1081. 1844-02-24 · doc 1081 · forwards a plan/map of the City of Monterey (commissioned by Micheltorena)
1082. 1844-02-27 · doc 1082 · (3 docs) Sonoma judge matters; court-archive inventory handed over; Junta/Juez-de-Campo
1083. 1844-02-29 · doc 1083 · on customs funds & the classification of oils/duties (raised to the Supreme Govt)
1084. 1844-01-22 · doc 1084 · appointment as customs/Government-office clerk
1085. 1844-01-22 · doc 1085 · appointment as Departmental Treasury clerk
1086. 1844-02-29 · doc 1086 · resolves the oils/customs consultation (per the 1837 rule + Arancel)
1087. 1844-03-08 · doc 1087 · [5 docs] land petition (Emigdio Vejar, José Ávila)
1088. 1844-03-04 · doc 1088 · resolves the liquids-duty consultation
1089. 1844-03-09 · doc 1089 · returns a land matter (Pacheco, Chabolla)
1090. 1844-03-10 · doc 1090 · transfer mission property to the Fathers; court to the judge's house (mission restoration, Sonoma)
1091. 1844-03-14 · doc 1091 · notifies Vicente de la Osa his granted land is not entailed (mayorazgo)
1092. 1844-03-14 · doc 1092 · report requested on the Carrillos' island grant (possible void sale)
1093. 1844-03-14 · doc 1093 · JPs not to authorize the sale of governor-granted goods (reserved for personal/family use)
1094. 1844-03-14 · doc 1094 · on the LA ayuntamiento's police bando (21 Dec) re drunkenness & hide-theft
1095. 1844-03-14 · doc 1095 · circular seeking opinions on the drunkenness/theft measures
1096. 1844-03-16 · doc 1096 · forwards the title/decree endowing the Santa Inés Seminary — first college in CA — with $500 silver/yr, open to every inhabitant
1097. 1844-03-16 · doc 1097 · endorses the Santa Inés Seminary (education as the basis of public happiness; young men already studying sciences
1098. 1844-04-09 · doc 1098 · (2 docs) recognizes Larkin's exequatur as first US Consul in California & authorizes the US flag over the Monterey consulate (per…
1099. 1844-04-09 · doc 1099 · circular announcing Larkin's appointment as US Consul at Monterey
1100. 1844-04-01 · doc 1100 · on whether Juan Gallardo's house (a hospital) suits a school
1101. 1844-04-01 · doc 1101 · approves a police measure on cattle-slaughter
1102. 1844-04-25 · doc 1102 · department-wide school mandate — schools in every town by 1 July 1844, children of both sexes, each ayuntamiento to name 3…
1103. 1844-04-25 · doc 1103 · lumber tax on sawyers → municipality/school funds
1104. 1844-04-30 · doc 1104 · (2 docs) Judge José Mercado summoned re San José disputes; inquiry into a corrida at Rancho de las Yeguas
1105. 1844-04-30 · doc 1105 · (3 docs) publish municipal accounts semi-annually; ⭐ reconcile vecinos José [Amanza] & William Wiggins
1106. 1844-04 · doc 1106 · appoints Hartnell 1st officer of the Maritime Customs
1107. 1844-05 · doc 1107 · measures against a merchant 'mal' ('la Cruzadera')
1108. 1844-05-10 · doc 1108 · municipal liquor-tax — continue duties on foreign aguardientes (per the 6 Aug 1839 bando), extended to personal consumption
1109. 1844-05-11 · doc 1109 · requests the 'Cartilla' (manual) for instructing judges
1110. 1844-05-14 · doc 1110 · places customs guard Joaquín de la Torre at Col. José Castro's disposal for the detachment forming at the Tulares
1111. 1844-05-14 · doc 1111 · collect the cattle donated by vecinos for the detachment going into the Tulares
1112. 1844-05-14 · doc 1112 · friars to give 15 Indians (with their alcaldes) to Castro for the Tulares detachment
1113. 1844-05-20 · doc 1113 · (3 docs) guard Joaquín de la Torre to the Tulares (3 mo, 2 mo advanced); build the San Francisco customs Receptoría
1114. 1844-05-20 · doc 1114 · forwards an order to facilitate the SF Receptor
1115. 1844-05-20 · doc 1115 · on the LA receptor & a school
1116. 1844-05-20 · doc 1116 · monthly lists of fines + names of those fined
1117. 1844-05-20 · doc 1117 · bandos to publish (re medical practitioners)
1118. 1844 · doc 1118 · on the LA Junta qualifications
1119. 1844-05-11 · doc 1119 · enabling the customs Renta at Santa Bárbara (roadstead for coastal/cabotage commerce)
1120. 1844-07-15 · doc 1120 · pay Florencio Serrano as preceptor of the Monterey primary school (Hartnell's former salary, who resigned)
1121. 1844-07-15 · doc 1121 · order the 'free Indians' of San Buenaventura to leave the community pueblos & resettle (to curb continual thefts, killings…
1122. 1844-07-15 · doc 1122 · fines the Villa alcalde Manuel Rodríguez $25 for non-compliance
1123. 1844-07-01 · doc 1123 · suspend sawyers delinquent in duties
1124. 1844-07-20 · doc 1124 · denied José Antonio Serván a stray-cattle-roundup license; no such roundups permitted
1125. 1844-07-08 · doc 1125 · legal division of 'San Ramón' land between José M. Amador & Íñigo Tolosa
1126. 1844-07-07 · doc 1126 · (2 docs) circular of bandos on auxiliary militias
1127. 1844-07-26 · doc 1127 · forwards the padrones of San Juan, San José, San Francisco & Sonoma + the militia bando
1128. 1844-08-01 · doc 1128 · (2 docs) customs clerk appointment (Tomás Salvanes)
1129. 1844 · doc 1129 · (2 docs) denies Lt. José Ramírez's land petition (belongs to a third party)
1130. 1844-07-26 · doc 1130 · (3 docs) a case vs Santiago [Berreyesa?]; ⭐⭐ thanks to those who offered to fight 'in case of war with North America'
1131. 1844-08-20 · doc 1131 · (2 docs) on the possibility of war between Mexico & the US, will form Regiments of Auxiliaries & establish means to sustain them
1132. 1844-08-21 · doc 1132 · procure hardtack (galleta) for the Monterey garrison
1133. 1844-08-23 · doc 1133 · on judicial jurisdiction (1st vs 2nd instance) at San Diego
1134. 1844-08-23 · doc 1134 · 2nd judge to stop issuing rulings; his rulings void
1135. 1844-08-23 · doc 1135 · on a San Rafael vecinos' petition via Capt. William Richardson (Port Captain)
1136. 1844-08-24 · doc 1136 · watch a suspected English schooner off the coast; act if any boat lands
1137. 1844-08-24 · doc 1137 · suspend sawyers (Ávila, Sáinz) for non-payment
1138. 1844-08-24 · doc 1138 · rebukes him for letting vecinos sell heifers in breach of the [cattle-price] order (cf. #1126)
1139. 1844-08-24 · doc 1139 · apprehend Fernando Diego Salazar for horse theft
1140. 1844-08-30 · doc 1140 · confirms him Captain of the Port of Santa Bárbara
1141. 1844-08-31 · doc 1141 · do the matanza; pay William Hartnell with the hides & tallow
1142. 1844-09-14 · doc 1142 · forwards a communication from the English Consul James A. Forbes re settler [Thomas] Hardy
1143. 1844-09-26 · doc 1143 · approves reducing the stray cattle (ganado mesteño)
1144. 1844-09-26 · doc 1144 · mark the boundaries of the land granted to the Santa Inés Seminary College
1145. 1844-09-26 · doc 1145 · jurisdiction over the 'reduced Indians' reverts to the Padres Ministros
1146. 1844-09-13 · doc 1146 · on the criminal case of Ricardo Uribes (wounding a corporal) & other defendants
1147. 1844-10-05 · doc 1147 · orders Antonio [Cooksey?] of San Francisco to present himself at Monterey
1148. 1844-11-08 · doc 1148 · divides the San Rafael/Sonoma jurisdiction (separate judge at San Rafael, bounded from the Petaluma Estuary)
1149. 1844-11-01 · doc 1149 · (2 docs) appoints Murphy JP of San Rafael (hold elections per the 14 Nov bando); later hand the court to Osio
1150. 1844-11-11 · doc 1150 · (2 docs) receive the San Rafael court from Murphy
1151. 1845-01-28 · doc 1151 · [PICO ERA] Pico forwards an Assembly decree & his speech as its President
1152. 1845-01-28 · doc 1152 · on the state of the country [Micheltorena crisis] (cross-ref Vallejo, Documentos)
1153. 1845-02-01 · doc 1153 · calls him as Assembly secretary
1154. 1845-02-03 · doc 1154 · acknowledges their report on the causes of the uprisings [the revolt against Micheltorena]
1155. 1845-02-03 · doc 1155 · names a commission of influential californios to clarify the facts of the [Micheltorena] disturbance & restore peace
1156. 1845-02-08 · doc 1156 · sends the commission president's credential & instructions
1157. 1845-02-12 · doc 1157 · forwards a note (sent to Coronel)
1158. 1845-02-14 · doc 1158 · calls a substitute to fill Assembly vacancies left by members absent 'con motivo de la revolución'
1159. 1845-02-24 · doc 1159 · thanks him for the successful peace-commission report [on the Micheltorena revolt]
1160. 1845-03-04 · doc 1160 · the Assembly finalizes the formal accusation against Gen
1161. 1845-03-04 · doc 1161 · names them commissioners to render the report clarifying the accusation against Gen. Micheltorena
1162. 1845-03-20 · doc 1162 · forwards the commission's opinion on Juan Malarín's complaint of removal as Tribunal Minister
1163. 1845-03-27 · doc 1163 · congratulates the Michoacán Assembly on its installation
1164. 1845-03-27 · doc 1164 · establishes friendly relations with the México Assembly
1165. 1845-03-27 · doc 1165 · on the departmental-revenues initiative
1166. 1845-06-05 · doc 1166 · forwards the Assembly's decree on the Missions [Pico's 1845 mission policy]
1167. 1845-06-18 · doc 1167 · (2 docs) on Antonio Machado's complaints
1168. 1845-05-23 · doc 1168 · a vote of thanks to Fr. Durán for the missions' progress
1169. 1845-05-23 · doc 1169 · a vote of thanks to Bandini [Pico's secretary]
1170. 1845 · doc 1170 · Assembly calls substitutes (proprietary members won't attend)
1171. 1845-04-23 · doc 1171 · Assembly displeased Munrás cannot attend as substitute
1172. 1845-04-23 · doc 1172 · Assembly surprised he still won't attend
1173. 1845-07-13 · doc 1173 · reciprocity promises
1174. 1845-02-26 · doc 1174 · returns (for clarification) an accusation by govt officers against the Indians of Nueva Helvecia [Sutter's New Helvetia]
1175. 1845-02-28 · doc 1175 · approves a sentence against Cristóbal Aguilar
1176. 1845-03 · doc 1176 · (bundle) ⭐ the neophyte José Lema's petition; a boat for Antonio Castro; Tomás Talamantes land (Corral de Lugo/La Iglesia)
1177. 1845-03 · doc 1177 · (bundle) land petitions — ⭐ J. B. Alvarado (San José); ⭐ Henry Dalton (timber + land); ⭐⭐ Hugo Reid (title to Santa Anita)
1178. 1845-03 · doc 1178 · (bundle, ~9 land decrees) petitions of Juan M
1179. 1845-03 · doc 1179 · (bundle) land petitions (Agustín Dávila / Cañada de la Saca near Santa Inés; +7 more)
1180. 1845-04 · doc 1180 · (bundle, ~16 decrees) land petitions (Francisco Sepúlveda, Rita Villa + many)
1181. 1845-04 · doc 1181 · (bundle, ~24 decrees) numerous land/rancho/solar petitions by diverse persons (incl. ⭐ Francisco Townsend)
1182. 1845-04 · doc 1182 · (bundle, ~17 decrees) numerous land/particular petitions (incl. ⭐ John [Juan] Wilson)
1183. 1845-04/05 · doc 1183 · (bundle, ~14 decrees) ⭐ Matías Zalvidea — return of an adopted daughter; ⭐⭐ an indigenous person's land petition
1184. 1845-05/06 · doc 1184 · (bundle, ~10 decrees) land petitions (José A. García et al.); ⭐ Marcos Alanís accuses the LA 2nd alcalde of collusion
1185. 1845-06 · doc 1185 · (bundle, ~21 decrees) numerous land/solar grants; ⭐ Dr. Francisco López land denunciation
1186. 1845-06/07 · doc 1186 · (bundle, ~13 decrees) numerous land/solar grants (José Valenzuela, José Armas, contract-fulfillment)
1187. 1845-07-05/15 · doc 1187 · (bundle, ~6 decrees) land petitions — Feliciano Soberanes/La Soledad; Matías Savichi (return of an *india*)
1188. 1845-07-19/08-01 · doc 1188 · (bundle, ~6 decrees) land petitions — Miguel Pico; Felipe Talamantes/solar; Vicente Botiller/terreno en el Temescal
1189. 1845-02-24/25 · doc 1189 · orders them to publish & circulate the Convención celebrada en Cahuenga (the Feb-1845 capitulation ending Micheltorena's govt)…
1190. 1845-02-25/26 · doc 1190 · orders the captain of the American frigate (ms. 'Fasso,' prob. the *Tasso*) to set sail for Monterey without delay
1191. 1845-02-26 · doc 1191 · embarkation of the *electos* [the deported Micheltorena men] aboard the *Quijote* ('Véase Sall docs.') — the ship carrying the…
1192. 1845-02-28 · doc 1192 · thanks Weber for his efforts on behalf of peace, whose conduct brought on him the imprisonment Sutter made him suffer, and asks…
1193. 1845-02-28/03-03 · doc 1193 · encloses the *proceso* formed against José Antº Flores
1194. 1845-03-04/13 · doc 1194 · (bundle) list of persons ordered to supply horses; a decree on protection of properties
1195. 1845-03-12 · doc 1195 · thanks Larkin, in the Govt's name, for his good disposition in provisioning the *Quijote* (the deportation ship) with *víveres*
1196. 1845-03-26/28 · doc 1196 · notice that the Govt has learned Simplicio Valdez was plotting a *conspiración* — gather intelligence on the case
1197. 1845-03-20/31 · doc 1197 · Guerrero restored to his office after a violent dispossession (pending Assembly ruling); the Cordero/Montalvo criminal case
1198. 1845-03-31/04-04 · doc 1198 · Matías Moreno interrogatory (cont.) — the 'mil aberraciones cometidas con capa de ley,' the distrust 'unos á otros,' his demand…
1199. 1845-04-04/12 · doc 1199 · (bundle) closes the Moreno case (account of the *acuerdo*)
1200. 1845-04-13/22 · doc 1200 · the Govt, unable to organize a suitable force to pursue the Indians in their frequent raids ('las frecuentes excursiones qe…
1201. 1845-04-22/28 · doc 1201 · (bundle) the Govt will cooperate with Leonardo Cota's proposal to the LA ayuntamiento
1202. 1845-04-29/05-08 · doc 1202 · 4 horses for the Commissioners leaving for the [BC] Frontier
1203. 1845-05-10/23 · doc 1203 · the 1845 anti-Indian campaign logistics — deliver 12 aparejadas [packed] mules to 'las personas qe abrirán la campaña contra los…
1204. 1845-05-23 · doc 1204 · (bundle) can't grant the Sta Bárbara 1º judge's license (given to the 2º)
1205. 1845-05-24/26 · doc 1205 · Yerba Buena / San Francisco municipal disorder — on the 'acontecimientos desgraciados' the SF judge reports, the Govt puts the…
1206. 1845-06-03 · doc 1206 · modifies the *bando* for the expedition against the Indians — (1) instead of Mission San Fernando they assemble on the 10th at…
1207. 1845-06-03/05 · doc 1207 · the expedition against the Indians — muster day: 5 June, place: Rancho de San José
1208. 1845-06-05 · doc 1208 · jurisdiction ruling — Rancho Santa Margarita always belonged to San Diego (not San Juan Capistrano)
1209. 1845-06-05 · doc 1209 · Bandini resigns the Secretaryship of Government citing 'muy quebrantada su salud,' and asks for a free order to the Treasury to…
1210. 1845-06-06/18 · doc 1210 · temporary license; report on the indios sirvientes de Da Mª Ignacia Lugo (Mission San Buenaventura)
1211. 1845-06-19 · doc 1211 · Mariano Soberanes to take charge of Mission San Antonio (forming inventories)
1212. 1845-02-01/05 · doc 1212 · the constitutional prelude to the revolt — the 'desórdenes' obliged Pico to convene the Assembly, which met at LA on 28 Jan and…
1213. 1845-02-12 / 07-10/11 · doc 1213 · the Assembly's one-hour ultimatum — given the delay of the reply Micheltorena offered (his note dated at Arroyo Hondo, 4 Feb), it…
1214. 1845-07-16 / 07-26 / 08-18 · doc 1214 · the Assembly's initiatives to Mexico — (14 Jul) asks Congress for 'leyes excepcionales para gobernar el Departamento'
1215. 1845-08-02 · doc 1215 · California's Departmental Assembly casts its vote in the national presidential election — José Joaquín de Herrera elected…
1216. 1845-08-02 / 08-13 / 08-19 / 08-23 · doc 1216 · the 1845 US-war scare & militia mobilization — the Comandante General's note (6 Aug) reports that, per an official dispatch…
1217. 1845 / 1845-06-21 · doc 1217 · Savage notes a block of 'Comunicaciones en borrador, todas tachadas y algunas truncas,' tomo pp
1218. 1845-05-16 / 06-25 / 06-09 · doc 1218 · Assembly decree of 16 May on timber-cutting (*corte de madera*)
1219. 1845-05-27 · doc 1219 · the Govt is obliged to suspend payments owing to the political events
1220. 1845-06-11 · doc 1220 · congratulates Híjar (the 1834-colony leader, now back) on his arrival; acknowledges his supreme orders
1221. 1845-06-12/16 · doc 1221 · communicates the Minister of Relations' note on Híjar's mission and the manner of receiving him
1222. 1845-06-16/21 · doc 1222 · jail-security aid to the Military Cmdr; E. Galindo named Juez de Campo for Santa Clara
1223. 1845-06-21/28 · doc 1223 · formally accepts Bandini's resignation (thanks for the activity, zeal & honesty with which he served)
1224. 1845-06-28/30 · doc 1224 · on militia recruits; ⭐⭐⭐ per the Assembly Decree of 18 May, the Govt names Capt
1225. 1845-07-01 · doc 1225 · the mission-inventory commission's object is expressly 'que se proceda á su *arrendamiento*' (the LEASE of the Missions) — it…
1226. 1845-07-01 · doc 1226 · report on Híjar's arrival — reached Santa Bárbara 8 June, Los Angeles 21 June 1845 — as the Supreme Govt's Commissioner 'para…
1227. 1845-07-01 · doc 1227 · circular announcing the Govt has named Capt. Andrés Pico and Juan Manso as Commissioners for the *arriendo* (lease) of the…
1228. 1845-07-01/02 · doc 1228 · doc-receipt; San Gabriel mission-*arrendamiento* (trunco); ⭐⭐ the Govt's lease orders 'no se pueden variar' — expects Fr
1229. 1845-06-25/26 · doc 1229 · the passport/order sending Matías Moreno to San José del Cabo is annulled — 'queda en libertad de residir donde le acomode' (the…
1230. 1845-06-28 · doc 1230 · measures for the Bishop to provide a parish priest to a neighborhood 'en vista de su indiferencia,' returning the subscription…
1231. 1845-06-29/07-01 · doc 1231 · make the Moreno fine effective; ⭐ Manso & Andrés Pico to come receive instructions if they accept the mission commission
1232. 1845-07-01/05 · doc 1232 · the Govt has learned of Fr. Tomás Estenaga's resistance to the handover of Mission San Gabriel — the commissioners are to get him…
1233. 1845-07-06/08 · doc 1233 · provide a res (beef) to Capitancillo Juan Bautista for his people's ration
1234. 1845-07-10/11 · doc 1234 · the San Gabriel Indians' fear of enslavement — Juan Pérez to present himself 'con tres ó cuatro indios de los más influyentes de…
1235. 1845-07-12/15 · doc 1235 · Abel Stearns's denouncement of part of the house-lot of Mª Rita Valdez (file to be sent up)
1236. 1845-07-16/18 · doc 1236 · per the Assembly Decree of 4 July on the political division of the Department into Districts and Partidos, names Manuel Castro…
1237. 1845-07-18/19 · doc 1237 · the new District Prefect Manuel Castro 'ha ofrecido interponer su influencia para qe los jueces del Norte no sean interrumpidos…
1238. 1845-07-21 · doc 1238 · [FINAL LEAF] remits copies of the year's key acuerdos: Assembly 23 May (corte de maderas) + the sovereign Congress