'No es conveniente se establezca en la finca gente de razon.' Answering a government order of 23 June

State Papers, Missions, tomo VI–XI · BANC MSS C-A 51, document 327

'No es conveniente se establezca en la finca gente de razon.' Answering a government order of 23 June. Verbatim: 'no le parece conveniente qe se establezca en la finca gente de razon, pr qe como es general, pretenderán vivir á costa de los indios, y esto introducirá la desmoralizacion y el desórden.' [Gloss: the administrator formally opposes settling non-Indians on mission land, on the ground that as a rule they will live off the Indians.] Land/settler encroachment argued against from inside the administration.

Date1841-07-03 (exact)
FromRafael Gonzales
ToSrio del Gbno.
PlaceSan Buenaventura
SeriesState Papers, Missions
TomoIX
Original tomo pagep.478-9
Savage copy page228/51
Scan leafn228
Document typeletter
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentRafael Gonzales to Srio del Gbno., San Buenaventura, 1841-07-03, State Papers, Missions, IX, p.478-9, Archives of California, C-A 51, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.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/ca51/ca51-d327.html
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