Boundary diligencia between Mission Santa Clara and Pueblo San Jose. Opening: 'En virtud de la orn. de V.S. de 15 de Mayo de 1797 pase con los Pobladores fundadores Manl. Gonzales, Tib.o Vasquez, Ign.o Archuleta y Manl. Amesquita al parage donde cita D.n Jose Joaq.n Moraga, q.e es la linea divisoria de las tierras de la Mis.n y Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe, esto es la distancia de 1958 varas de la presa vieja a la mojonera: Y preguntados respondieron lo sig.te' [= under Borica's order of 15 May 1797 the four surviving founding settlers were taken to the boundary marker 1,958 varas from the old dam and examined]. Each is asked whether the surviving mojonera, the one 'q.e se halla dentro del Potrero de los Padres', is the one set at the original division, and whether the bearings match the Plano, 'esto es la una al Norte, 5 grad.s Nordeste; y la otra a Sur-Sudoeste'; all answer yes, 'q.e son las mismas q.e le senalo D.n Jose Moraga'. Gonzalez and Amesquita cannot sign; Tiburcio Vasquez signs for them. In the 3a declaracion Ignacio Archuleta adds that when the padres began sowing beyond the line the settlers complained to the then alcalde: 'representaron al Alcalde q.e lo era entonces Manl. Amesquita, y q.e en conversac.n le dijeron ivan introduciendose en las tierras del Pueblo, y q.e cuando las necesitasen les costaria mucho trabajo alcanzarlas; pero q.e dho. Alcalde no hizo caso a dha. conversac.n' [= the alcalde ignored the settlers' protest against mission encroachment]. Closing certification: 'Esto es lo q.e espusieron los testigos arriba citados, y presenciaron las medidas de mojoneras en el ano de 1782, cuando repartio las tierras y solares D.n Jose Moraga (ya difunto)' [= the witnesses had been present at Moraga's 1782 distribution of the pueblo's lands and lots]; signed 'Tiburcio Vasquez = Alberto de Cordova = Jose Tiburcio Vasquez'. Spans n271-n273; declarations numbered 1.a, 2.a, 3.a, then 5.a (no 4.a appears).
| Date | 1797-07-29 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Alberto de Cordova (teniente de ingenieros, comisionado) taking declarations from the pobladores fundadores of San Jose; certified 'Es copia = Borica' to Gov. Diego de Borica |
| Place | Savage's heading leaves the place blank: '1797 - Julio 29 - ( )'; the act was performed at the linea divisoria between Mision de Santa Clara and Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe |
| Series | State Papers, Missions and Colonization |
| Tomo | I |
| Original tomo page | pp. 705-6 (Savage's cite at the document's end, n273) |
| Savage copy page | 273 [stamp] / 276 [hand] |
| Scan leaf | n271–n273 |
| Document type | diligencia; five sworn declaraciones de testigos, certified copy |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Alberto de Cordova (teniente de ingenieros, comisionado) taking declarations from the pobladores fundadores of San Jose; certified 'Es copia = Borica' to Gov. Diego de Borica, Savage's heading leaves the place blank: '1797 - Julio 29 - ( )'; the act was performed at the linea divisoria between Mision de Santa Clara and Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe, 1797-07-29, State Papers, Missions and Colonization, I, pp. 705-6 (Savage's cite at the document's end, n273), Archives of California, C-A 52, 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/ca52/ca52-d44.html