Los Angeles 1786 possession dossier (roster ~COMPLETE, item-read) — the formalization of the LA…

State Papers, Missions and Colonization, tomo I · BANC MSS C-A 52, document 47

Los Angeles 1786 possession dossier (roster ~COMPLETE, item-read) — the formalization of the LA founders' titles: per Fages's mandate & Neve's Reglamento, the 'nueve Pobladores' each granted a solar (20×40 varas) + 4 suertes (200 v²) + a registered brand. ⭐ COMPLETE 9-poblador roster: Antonio Clemente (José proxy), Antonio Navarro (absent, Clemente proxy), José Vanegas, Pablo Rodríguez, José Moreno, Basilio Rosas, Alejandro Rosas, José Sinova, Manuel Camero (n288); witnesses Vicente Feliz & Roque de Cota; most illiterate (signed by cross). ⭐⭐ Ends with a 1786 PLANO/MAP of the pueblo (n302 — plaza+church-cross, grid of solares, suertes, Río de Porciúncula, Acequia Madre). + land-measure policy (peonía/caballería/sitio; 4-legua grants, n320) ⚠ SPAN NARROWED 2026-08-27 (Phase-4 audit): this band read n280–305 and swallowed TWO unrecorded documents beginning on n304. The dossier CLOSES on n303 (stamp 305 / ink 308): 'En el Rl Pres.o de Sta Barba a 18 dias del mes de Set.re de 1786. Yo D.n Jose Arguello... firme de que day fe = Jose Arguello', Savage's cite 'pp. 710-727 y 29-30'.

Date1786-09-04 (exact)
FromAlférez José Argüello
PlaceLos Ángeles; comisionado
SeriesState Papers, Missions and Colonization
TomoI
Original tomo pagep.285–307
Savage copy page—
Scan leafn280–n303
Document typetranscription (posesión + map)
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentAlférez José Argüello, Los Ángeles; comisionado, 1786-09-04, State Papers, Missions and Colonization, I, p.285–307, 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-d47.html
The originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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