the Assembly's initiatives to Mexico — (14 Jul) asks Congress for 'leyes excepcionales para gobernar el…

Departmental Records, tomo IX–XIV · BANC MSS C-A 49, document 1214

the Assembly's initiatives to Mexico — (14 Jul) asks Congress for 'leyes excepcionales para gobernar el Departamento'; (26 Jul, approved 25th under the Bases Orgánicas) seeks to adopt the *sistema Federal*, 'quitando á la Carta de 824 la ingerencia qe le daba al poder central en lo peculiar de los Estados' and to make reforms 'para afianzar las garantías individuales' — the Californios' constitutional-autonomy / federalist program; + indemnification for lands the authority took from Leonardo Cota

Date1845-07-16 / 07-26 / 08-18 (exact)
FromPico & Olvera (Asamblea)
ToCongreso General
PlaceLos Angeles
SeriesDepartmental Records
TomoIX–XIV (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pageXIV·152–154
Savage copy pageXIV·44
Scan leafn489
Document typedraft
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentPico & Olvera (Asamblea) to Congreso General, Los Angeles, 1845-07-16 / 07-26 / 08-18, Departmental Records, IX–XIV, XIV·152–154, Archives of California, C-A 49, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within IX–XIV]Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca49/ca49-d1214.html
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