1. 1828-11-21 · doc 1 · the 17-article general regulations implementing the 18 Aug 1824 Colonization Law — Jefes Políticos grant *terrenos baldíos* to…
2. 1828-10-23 · doc 2 · order that the Indian children ('criaturas') brought from the Tulares and distributed among the vecinos be returned to their…
3. 1828-10-10 · doc 3 · requests a report on the state of the Reglamento de Colonización in the Territory
4. 1829-06-16 · doc 4 · report on the Rancho de Tepa[?] (land-grant)
5. 1829-09-22 · doc 5 · re the adhesion of the Pueblo of San José de Guadalupe to the Comandante Gral
6. 1829-09-22 · doc 6 · petition NOT to expel the Spanish friar-missionaries (nor the Spanish heads-of-family) under the 20 Mar 1829 expulsion law — 25…
7. 1829-06-13 · doc 7 · forwards documents for delivery to interested parties
8. 1827-05-31 · doc 8 · reports a campaign 'en los Ríos' (the Delta) against the runaway/rebel Indians of Missions San José & Santa Clara — 2 soldiers…
9. 1829-06-04 · doc 9 · Vallejo's battle report of his (2nd, successful) 1829 campaign — the ESTANISLAO REVOLT — set out 26 May w/ 107 armed men + a…
10. 1829-05-16 · doc 10 · report of the FIRST (failed) expedition against Estanislao, May 1829 — the rebels fortified on the Río de los Laquisimes…
11. 1827-05-23 · doc 11 · send a competent person to form the mission's padrón (census)
12. 1827-05-02 · doc 12 · forwards the land titles (títulos de terrenos) presented, to be delivered to their owners
13. 1828-10-15 · doc 13 · on taking charge of the Mission + a theft of arms & munitions
14. 1827-12-31 · doc 14 · Mission San Francisco habilitado accounts for the year — $234.6.8
15. 1826-10-26 · doc 15 · description of Mission Santa Clara's lands (6 leguas N–S, 3 E–W) — bounded by the Estero, Río Guadalupe, the Pueblo of San José &…
16. 1827-11-24 · doc 16 · municipal election for 1828 — incoming Alcalde Salvio Pacheco, Regidores Cornelio Bernal & José Antonio Alviso, Síndico Carlos…
17. 1827-12-31 · doc 17 · SF Habilitación accounts re Mission Santa Cruz — Cargo $505.5 / Data $527.3.10 (owes $24.3.10)
18. 1827-11-03 · doc 18 · requests approval of a name change + the Ciudad de los Ángeles + a coat of arms (escudo de armas) for the territory (xref C-A 59…
19. 1827-11-07 · doc 19 · asks which are the authorized ports of entry — recalls only SF, Monterey & San Diego; the presidio cmdrs don't know the decree
20. 1827-05-29 · doc 20 · rancho census of the Monterey jurisdiction — 24 vecino-ranchos (w/ titles)
21. 1826-12-31 · doc 21 · Habilitación accounts
22. 1827-11-19 · doc 22 · a decree of the Constituent Congress on the admission of FOREIGN SETTLERS (*extranjeros pobladores*) & the conditions for…
23. 1827-05-05 · doc 23 · bando de policía y buen gobierno (14 arts) — obligatory Mass on feast-days (fines + jail); rules for religious processions
24. 1826-05-29 · doc 24 · census of the Monterey jurisdiction's vecindario — gente de razón 75 m / 98 w / 82 boys / 56 girls
25. 1831-01-27 · doc 25 · royalist conspiracy — letters (via Joaquín Ortega, returned via Martín Olivera, mayordomo of Mission San Miguel) urging the…
26. 1830–1834 · doc 26 · bundle of money-receipts (recibos de dinero) — vecinos Mariano Duarte, Pedro Chaboya, Salvio Pacheco, Juan Alviso, Juan Mª…
27. 1834-05-17 · doc 27 · federal critique & REVERSAL of Echeandía's secularization bando — Echeandía invoked the 1813 Spanish Cortes decree (missions 10+…
28. 1831-01-14 · doc 28 · condemns Echeandía's mission-'innovation' bando as opposed to his own instructions; has taken measures to prevent its effects
29. 1831-01-06 · doc 29 · THE SECULARIZATION DECREE — 'Ley secularizando las Misiones, declarándolas pueblos, y señalándoles nueva administración y…
30. 1832-07-07 · doc 30 · will, on arriving in Alta California, suspend Echeandía's bando & handle mission extinction/restoration per the 1813 law
31. 1833-02-07 · doc 31 · transmits the 17 May Supreme Order (= Doc 27) & asks Echeandía to explain the reasons for his bando for report to the Superior…
32. 1834-05-17 · doc 32 · Echeandía's long apologia DEFENDING his 6 Jan 1831 secularization bando (a major statement of liberal-secularization ideology…
33. 1834-05-22 · doc 33 · acknowledges Echeandía's motives for the secularization bando
34. 1832-11-18 · doc 34 · companion secularization brief / circular to the San Diego-department friars — reprises Doc 32's argument (the Recopilación /…
35. 1835-05-25 · doc 35 · table of the founding dates of all the Alta California missions, San Francisco → San Diego (SF de Asís 9 Oct 1776, San Carlos 3…
36. 1833-08-02 · doc 36 · 'Consulta sobre cuáles misiones deben secularizarse' — asks Fr. Narciso Durán (President-Prefect, San Fernando college) & Fr
37. 1833-10-05 · doc 37 · Figueroa's comprehensive report against TOTAL / foreign-favoring secularization — (a) general secularization is 'inmatura'
38. 1833-09-24 · doc 38 · the Zacatecan friars' formal *parecer* AGAINST secularization (answering Figueroa's 4 questions, cf. Doc 37)
39. s.f. [1833] · doc 39 · short *carta particular* on secularization (tomo p.201) — reluctance / secularizing the missions seems premature [rough reading]
40. 1833 [Sept–Oct] · doc 40 · Durán's *Manifiesto/Informe* on the secularization of the missions — his reply to Figueroa's 29 Aug 1833 charge to report which…
41. 1833-10-03 · doc 41 · short transmittal note enclosing the *informe* on which missions 'de esta Demarcación de mi cargo' may be secularized under the…
42. 1833-07-07 · doc 42 · transmittal offering reports on the state of the missions, per the order of the Minister of Relations interiores y exteriores (2…
43. 1833-10-19 · doc 43 · pro-secularization report on the northern missions — the missions of San Francisco Solano, San Rafael, Santa Clara, San Francisco…
44. 1833-03-27 · doc 44 · response on foreigners entering the Mexican territory without passport, to exclude [Protestant] 'Pastores'
45. 1833-05-05 · doc 45 · 'Informe RESERVADO sobre el Establecimiento de Ross' — Vallejo's first-person military reconnaissance of the Russian…
46. 1833-01-29 · doc 46 · 'Reglamento para los encargados de justicia y de la policía de las Misiones del Departamento de San Diego' — assigns each mission…
47. 1833-08-17 · doc 47 · secularization of the Alta-California missions — a brief note, 'Véase 2 documentos de Vallejo, Ag.to 17 de 1833' (a…
48. 1833-01-30 · doc 48 · communication on the change of military-service employees and where they serve their commissions
49. 1833-12 · doc 49 · a padrón/census of the San José demarcation — 'gente de razón de ambos sexos y edades 431, indígenas avecindados 171, total…
50. 1834-02-03 · doc 50 · the Vice-President of México authorizing the army a fiscal resource 'por medio del gravamen menos posible'
51. 1833-07-15 · doc 51 · the order itself — the Vice-President exonerates Figueroa, names Híjar, and directs the immediate handover of the mando
52. 1834-04-14 · doc 52 · transmits the 15 Jul 1833 order exonerating Figueroa as Jefe Político of Alta California and naming José María Híjar to succeed…
53. 1833-07-16 · doc 53 · names Híjar Director of the colonization establishments — to direct 'las familias que deben ir a la Alta California con el…
54. 1834-10-16 · doc 54 · instructions commencing his commission — the missions' property excepted from the colony, but requests the missions & military…
55. 1834-10-16 · doc 55 · reply — he will order the missions & military to aid per the Supreme Govt's art
56. 1834-10-17 · doc 56 · urgent reply pressing for a quick resolution — describes the disorder in the missions he passed through (the missionaries 'temen…
57. 1834-10-19 · doc 57 · transmits the Diputación Territorial's resolution (sesión 18 Oct) that Híjar communicate his orders & instructions from the…
58. 1834-10-19 · doc 58 · submits his orders/instructions as Director de colonización per the Diputación's request; asks his originals be returned
59. 1834-11-09 · doc 59 · report on the Híjar directorate — the Diputación Territorial's 22-Oct-1834 resolution that Híjar may exercise the…
60. 1834 [n.d.] · doc 60 · a note that the Director-of-Colonization instructions Híjar brought from the Supreme Govt are in this libro, 'copiadas ó…
61. 1834-11-06 · doc 61 · Híjar's formal PROTEST & rebuttal — denies ever conceding the Diputación's authority ('Nunca he tenido tal presunción
62. 1834-11-09 · doc 62 · PROBABLE RE-COPY of Doc 59 (same 9-Nov-1834 report, different internal pagination) — Híjar exercising the…
63. 1834-02-09 · doc 63 · will remit the padrones/estadísticas of his population, but 'por las nuevas fundaciones y cambios no sabe hasta dónde comprende…
64. 1834-03-26 · doc 64 · reply — he is unsure of any civil-reform changes; meanwhile asks Vallejo remit the general statistics of his command (doc p.317)
65. 1834-06-12 · doc 65 · on the undefined jurisdiction of San Francisco — no old document fixes the límites
66. 1834-06-28 · doc 66 · a provisional resolution fixing the northern-district jurisdictional boundaries (límites not yet divided) in 4 articles
67. 1834-01-17 (encloses a 1832-05-17 orden) · doc 67 · transmits a 17-May-1832 suprema orden on taxing the otter/beaver (nutria/castor) pelt-export trade — a percentage impost on otter…
68. 1834-05-15 · doc 68 · the revenue committee reports the otter/beaver tax alone 'ni sería bastante' to create the needed fund and cannot establish it…
69. 1834-02-25 · doc 69 · the municipal-revenue ordinance (copy) — a 7-article tax schedule
70. 1834-05-07 · doc 70 · transmits copies of the Ayuntamiento committee's dictamen on augmenting the municipal fund + the note approving it
71. 1834-02-08/25 · doc 71 · the session minutes debating & approving the ordinance article-by-article — the Alcalde–Regidor-Maldonado debate over the solar…
72. 1834-02-25 · doc 72 · continuation of the minutes — the remaining propositions
73. 1834-05-15 · doc 73 · the propios-y-arbitrios committee recommends the Diputación reserve approval of Monterey's arbitrios until the general municipal…
74. 1833-10-31 · doc 74 · committee report on the arbitrios (overlaps Doc 70) — incl. ⭐ a proposed tax on public entertainments (comedias 3 pesos
75. 1834-05-09 · doc 75 · transmits the Monterey Alcalde's oficio + the arbitrios dictamen/acta for the Diputación's resolution (⚠ companion of Docs 69/70)
76. 1833-10-19 · doc 76 · session minutes approving the same propositions as Doc 75 (a re-copy/companion — dedup before ingest)
77. 1834-07-10 · doc 77 · the Diputación-side re-engrossing and July-1834 enactment of the Monterey propios-y-arbitrios ordinance (dedup vs Docs 69–76)
78. 1834-05-09 · doc 78 · Previously catalogued only within a grouped entry; itemised by the 2026-08-27 coverage audit. ⚠ Note
79. 1834-07-12 · doc 79 · Previously catalogued only within a grouped entry; itemised by the 2026-08-27 coverage audit. ⚠ Note
80. 1834-07-15 · doc 80 · Previously catalogued only within a grouped entry; itemised by the 2026-08-27 coverage audit. ⚠ Note
81. 1834-07-24 · doc 81 · Previously catalogued only within a grouped entry; itemised by the 2026-08-27 coverage audit. ⚠ Note
82. 1834-07-24 · doc 82 · Previously catalogued only within a grouped entry; itemised by the 2026-08-27 coverage audit. ⚠ Note
83. 1834-07-26 · doc 83 · Previously catalogued only within a grouped entry; itemised by the 2026-08-27 coverage audit. ⚠ Note
84. 1834-07-26 · doc 84 · Previously catalogued only within a grouped entry; itemised by the 2026-08-27 coverage audit. ⚠ Note
85. not stated on the leaf; Savage explicitly heads it 'Sin fecha ni direccion / Sin firma' · doc 85 · Previously catalogued only within a grouped entry; itemised by the 2026-08-27 coverage audit. ⚠ Note
86. 1834-07-30 · doc 86 · Previously catalogued only within a grouped entry; itemised by the 2026-08-27 coverage audit. ⚠ Note
87. 1834-07-30 · doc 87 · Previously catalogued only within a grouped entry; itemised by the 2026-08-27 coverage audit. ⚠ Note
88. 1834-08-09 · doc 88 · 'Reglamento Provisional para la secularización de las Misiones de la Alta California' (*Doc
89. 1834-08-09 · doc 89 · Instrucciones / Prevenciones para los Comisionados de secularización (12 *prevenciones*, companion to Doc 78)
90. 1834-04-17 · doc 90 · Juan Bandini, 2º teniente honorario, petitions for the Monterey port-captaincy
91. 1834-08-24 · doc 91 · reports the Sta Bárbara padre circulated the arbitrios *Bando*; since art
92. 1834-10-30 · doc 92 · the arbitrios committee opines that the missions — though still named 'Misiones' — are legally pueblos of the Republic (they…
93. 1834-10-07 · doc 93 · report that repealing the timber/firewood-extraction tax is harmful — the waste from selective cutting damages the woods
94. 1834-10-30 · doc 94 · draft reply on whether the mission adjacent to Sta Bárbara pays the *degüello* tax — notes it does not recognize the military…
95. 1834-11-03 · doc 95 · forest-conservation dictamen (29/31 Oct & 3 Nov): invoking art. 8, ch
96. 1834-11-05 · doc 96 · orders the forest-conservation *Bando* published & posted for observance, and transmits the arbitrios *Bando* to the Ayuntamiento…
97. 1834-11-05 · doc 97 · circular to the ayuntamientos & comandancias of S. José, Branciforte, Sta Bárbara, Los Ángeles, S. Francisco & S
98. 1834-04-23 · doc 98 · THE Híjar Instructions — 'Instrucciones á que deberá arreglar su conducta D.n José Mª de Híjar, Gefe Político de la Alta…
99. 1834-11-08 · doc 99 · reproaches Padrés for having long neglected his duties as Ayudante Inspector, to military discipline's detriment
100. 1834-11-08 · doc 100 · cover letter transmitting the colony roster (persons with ages, occupation & status) + 3 budgets (Nº 1 = the colonists' 30-day…
101. 1834-11-08 · doc 101 · the colonists' roster — the list of persons composing the Híjar–Padrés colony with ages, trade/occupation & civil status…
102. 1834-11-09 · doc 102 · the three itemized *presupuestos* — Nº 1: 30-day subsistence (182 persons over 4 @ 4 r/day = 2,730 p + 22 under 4 @ 2 r = 165 →…
103. 1834-11-09 · doc 103 · the consolidated colony budget — subsistence 2,895 p/month / 35,222.4 p/year (182 adults + 22 minors) + a once-only outfitting of…
104. 1834-11-12 · doc 104 · orders the missions (S. Gabriel, S. Luis Rey, S. Fernando, S
105. 1834-11-12 · doc 105 · orders that when Híjar needs boats to cross the Bay with the colony's livestock, seeds & tools, he be helped with the large…
106. 1834-12-07 · doc 106 · Figueroa's *informe reservado* on the Híjar–Padrés affair — the constitutional heart of it
107. 1834-07-18 · doc 107 · acknowledges the 12 July order that, if still ill, he retire to the Capital and hand the Comandancia general to Padrés
108. 1834-11-09 · doc 108 · (copy Nº 2, 'duplicado') Padrés declares he will serve as Subdirector de la Colonia in preference to Ayudante Inspector, since he…
109. 1835-01-12 · doc 109 · the comisionado acknowledges receiving the model form for drawing up the inventory of the missions' property (secularization…
110. 1835-05-02 · doc 110 · transmits a nominal list of the missionaries to whom Fernando Deppe advanced sums against their *síndicos*, to be repaid in…
111. 1835-05-02 · doc 111 · the itemized *síndico* advances by Fernando Deppe / Enrique Virmond — 1,200 pesos each (arrears 1830–32) to six named friars
112. 1833-04-10 · doc 112 · header of the northern-frontier fort dossier: *'Documentos para la formación de la Casa fuerte mandada construir al otro lado del…
113. 1833-04-10 · doc 113 · on the 'irregular conducta de los Rusos,' resolves to form the frontier detachment (per the Suprema orden) to secure the frontier…
114. 1833-04-10 · doc 114 · orders Vallejo to reconnoiter the frontier terrain and report which site best combines military defense & colonization — the very…
115. 1833-04-12 · doc 115 · reports founding the strong detachment at Mission San Rafael + another, and the Russian-threat rationale
116. 1833-04-12 · doc 116 · assessment of the missions' capacity to support the frontier fort: Missions S
117. 1827-06-06 · doc 117 · the 1827 supreme order (the dossier's legal root)
118. 1833-03-31 · doc 118 · reports the Russian governor comes from Sitka to visit Ross
119. 1833-04 · doc 119 · TWO scaled fort floor-plans (keyed diagrams) for the frontier *casa fuerte* →
120. 1833-05-05 · doc 120 · reports his visit to the Establecimiento de Ross — the good treatment he & his troop received
121. 1833-05-15 · doc 121 · acknowledges Vallejo's reserved note of 5 May on his reconnaissance of the depopulated lands 'en las Comarcas del Bodega y del…
122. 1833-04-10 · doc 122 · Figueroa's diplomatic overture to the Russians — introduces himself (took the political & military command 15 Jan 1833), sends…
123. 1833-04-11 · doc 123 · the companion diplomatic letter (to the Ross commander, day after Doc 112 to the Governor)
124. 1833-05-06 · doc 124 · private letter: transmits his (Ross) report he could not finish; is training the recruits in arms
125. 1833-10-03 · doc 125 · the *goleta*-cargo inventory (Vallejo, the commander & the baker doing the storing themselves 'por que no se puede más en S
126. 1833-11-26 · doc 126 · orders the alcalde to round up fugitive Indians and those sentenced for minor offenses to labor on the *calzada* (causeway) from…
127. 1833-11-25 · doc 127 · grievance against the Russians of Ross: they gravely harm the mission by sheltering fugitive Indians (advising them to hide when…
128. 1833-12-05 · doc 128 · asks the padre to specify the names of the Indians the Ross governor has detained, so a formal claim can be lodged 'sin parecer…
129. 1834-11-19 · doc 129 · having concluded his administration of the Russian colonies, Wrangel plans to return to Europe overland across the Mexican…
130. 1835-11-20 · doc 130 · announces he is Wrangel's successor as Governor of the Russian colony and offers his friendship & cordial sentiments (⚠ Figueroa…
131. 1836-01-01 · doc 131 · (undated, 1836) on taking the command of the Territory, renews the friendly considerations his predecessors held with the Russian…
132. 1831-09-27 · doc 132 · Wrangel thanks Victoria for receiving Klebnikov (per Victoria's 5 Mar 1831 Monterey letter)
133. 1831-09-27 · doc 133 · the Spanish rendering that accompanies Wrangel's French letter (how the Californios read it)
134. 1839-05-10 · doc 134 · the RAC manager's petition to build a warehouse & wharf at the Yerba Buena beach (future SF) for the Company's California grain…
135. 1835-07-05 · doc 135 · orders that at the Rancho de las Pulgas the cattle needed be slaughtered to cover the debts to the missions in the estate…
136. 1835-07-05 · doc 136 · companion to Doc 125 — orders a cattle slaughter from Luis Antº Argüello's herd to pay 1,188 pesos owed to Missions S
137. 1834-08-06 · doc 137 · the territory-wide 'Plan de propios y arbitrios y fondos municipales de los Ayuntamientos de la Alta California' — the general…
138. 1834-08-06 · doc 138 · the printed *Bando* of the Plan de Propios (Doc 127) to create *propios* funds for the Territory's ayuntamientos (notes it…
139. 1834-08-06 · doc 139 · transmits 3 copies of the *Bando* containing the plan de propios y arbitrios agreed by the Diputación Territorial 30 June last
140. 1835-05-27 · doc 140 · the mission prefect's multi-article petition for the friars during secularization
141. 1835-08-03 · doc 141 · replying to Figueroa's 13 July oficio, reiterates the 'finca piadosa' (pious rancho) proposal to secure worship as the missions…
142. 1835-05-02 · doc 142 · Comisión de Secularización de S. Luis Rey*: Padre Buenaventura Fortuny refuses to yield the ex-mission's principal rooms/keys to…
143. 1835-05-13 · doc 143 · the 1st Alcalde reports the neophytes 'no le ayuda en nada,' given to gambling (juegos de coime); he removed the Indian alcalde
144. 1835-02-20 · doc 144 · doubts whether the parish padres must account for the 500 pesos administered them per the Diputación's Reglamento of 4 Nov
145. 1835-07-01 · doc 145 · the Indians took much more than distributed to them; on the 18th a stabbing from drunkenness
146. 1835-06-19 · doc 146 · reports the comisionado has no right to demand labor of the neophyte
147. 1835-07-27 · doc 147 · replies that the Indians must use no more than what was given them, and promises help 'lo más pronto posible' against the…
148. 1835-01-01 · doc 148 · Bandini's 20-article 'Plan de observaciones sobre secularización de las Misiones de las Californias' — the californio leader's…
149. 1835-08-12 · doc 149 · transmits a copy of a letter from the minister of S
150. 1835-08-02 · doc 150 · the S. Francisco Solano friar's bitter complaint (the doc Doc 139 flagged): Mariano G
151. 1835-08-13 · doc 151 · an administrator's defense against a padre's accusations — on the 'deplorable estado de las Misiones' and the 'mal manejo de los…
152. 1835-08-23 · doc 152 · on the 31 July order to compensate J. Mª Covarrubias for his mission duties — with the mayordomo Pío Pico's agreement they await…
153. 1835-09-12 · doc 153 · reports putting the goods to cover the pro-rata assignment at Lt. M. G
154. 1835-07-31 · doc 154 · orders J. Mª Covarrubias compensated as the mayordomo Pío Pico agrees, for his duties at that mission
155. 1835-10-12 · doc 155 · Monterey's protest against the 1835 decree moving the Territory's capital to Los Ángeles — argues Monterey has been capital since…
156. 1835-10-13 · doc 156 · the Diputación's own dictamen endorsing Monterey (the ayuntamiento's expediente having been referred to it via Castro / Manuel…
157. 1835-05-30 · doc 157 · the East Bay ranchos petition to leave San Francisco's jurisdiction (too distant) and join Pueblo de San José Guadalupe as nearer…
158. 1835-09-05 · doc 158 · recommend the Diputación obtain reports from both the S. Francisco & S
159. 1835-09-28 · doc 159 · order the expediente referred to both the S. José Guadalupe & S. Francisco ayuntamientos for their reports
160. 1835-11-04 · doc 160 · supports the Ranchos-del-Norte petition — the residents suffer 'graves perjuicios' traveling 40 leagues to S
161. 1835-12-20 · doc 161 · opposes the petition — the residents' reasons are 'frívolas,' since they come to the port for commerce anyway with no ill…
162. 1835-10-14 · doc 162 · asks that the vacant land (*baldío*) called 'el Toro' be added to Monterey's ejidos, to be forwarded to the Diputación once…
163. 1835-12-19 · doc 163 · the 'el Toro' land dispute — forwards Comandante Gral Nicolás Gutiérrez's communication + Capt. Agustín V
164. 1835-12-28 · doc 164 · since Branciforte lacks enough inhabitants for an Ayuntamiento, it is made subject to Monterey's, with an auxiliary alcalde to be…
165. 1836-09-07 · doc 165 · backs the Police Commissioners' complaint of the 'mal entendida compasión' with which the padres of Missions Sta Clara & S
166. 1836-09-09 · doc 166 · transmits a copy of the cabildo pleno act of 7 Sept 1836 + its representation for the Gefe's providence (cover to Doc 156)
167. 1836-06-23 · doc 167 · the full Chico–Durán church-state expediente: Chico's 11 June query to Padre Narciso Durán on whether unsecularized missions owe…
168. 1836-06-15 · doc 168 · Durán's substantial neophyte-property treatise (the reply Doc 157 answered)
169. 1836-06-30 · doc 169 · the committee's dictamen on the Chico–Durán affair, siding with the government
170. 1838-07-20 · doc 170 · the President resolves to populate the desert islands adjacent to the Department (part of the National Territory) to stop foreign…
171. 1838-09-26 · doc 171 · letter of recommendation that when Mariano Estrada leaves the administration of Mission Santa Clara it pass to his son José Ramón…
172. 1838-04-18 · doc 172 · reports the arrival of the 'Capitanejo Totopo,' leader of the *sublevados* (rebel Indians of the S. Diego backcountry)
173. 1838-08-18 · doc 173 · a petition by named Luiseño Indians (led by Pablo Apis, the Temecula/Luiseño leader) asking that a Padre be sent to their Mission…
174. 1838-08-27 · doc 174 · denies Padre Zalvidea the passport he sought — the religiosos remaining 'escasos… para la administración del pasto espiritual'
175. 1838-09-28 · doc 175 · leaving for Lima, asks the Governor order Mission S
176. 1839-01-02 · doc 176 · congratulates Alvarado on being confirmed Governor per the Supreme Govt's orders brought by Comisionado Andrés Castillero, ending…
177. 1839-03-08 · doc 177 · encloses a copy of the 27 Feb act on the district & *partido* boundaries of the Department (departmental administrative…
178. 1839-06-02 · doc 178 · certifies that Feliciana Valdés, married to Máximo Reyes, belongs to the Mission and has the right to petition any *gracias*…
179. 1839-06-21 · doc 179 · an Indian woman's land petition — asks that 'como á hija de la Misión' she be given a share in the [secularized] lands, as given…
180. 1839-07-07 · doc 180 · reports that Feliciana Valdés has the right to request land (the local alcalde endorsing her claim)
181. 1839-10-04 · doc 181 · denies the land Feliciana Valdés requested (the government refusing the Indian woman's claim despite local support)
182. 1839-10-04 · doc 182 · as interim Governor refuses to grant the land mentioned above (closes the Feliciana Valdés case)
183. 1840-02-27 · doc 183 · transcribes the Interior Ministry's order to grant the adjacent islands to the Territory's Nationals, recommending Antonio &…
184. 1839-01-01 · doc 184 · the instructions governing Hartnell's general mission visitation (Visitador de Misiones, 1839–40) — ⚠ Savage
185. 1843-03-29 · doc 185 · Micheltorena's decree RETURNING the missions to the Franciscans (the 1843 secularization reversal)
186. 1844-07-29 · doc 186 · forwards two dispatches from Sonora delayed by tired couriers, remitted without further delay
187. 1845-04-19 · doc 187 · the 1845 proposals shaping the missions' fate (prelude to Pico's mission sales)
188. 1844-07-16 · doc 188 · decree erecting Mission San Luis Obispo into a Pueblo (per the 11 Feb 1842 mission-arreglo faculties)
189. 1845-10-17 · doc 189 · on the sale of Santa Clara's lands — the houses belonging to the missions are prohibited from being sold (the Pico mission-sales…
190. 1845-09-06 · doc 190 · decree (11 arts.) regulating the grape & wine trade to protect vineyard owners from harvest-time theft
191. 1845-11-14 · doc 191 · the central government's intervention in the Pico mission sales
192. 1847-04-05 · doc 192 · the US-conquest transition — under the new American regime, Vallejo transmits to Kearny copies of the Figueroa instructions that…
193. 1846-01-01 · doc 193 · provisional regulation for Juez de Paz José Bolcoff (the Russian-born alcalde, Osip Volkov) on managing the ex-Mission Santa Cruz…
194. 1847-04-13 · doc 194 · notes the source as *The Californian* newspaper (no. 33, vol. I, Monterey, Sat
195. 1840-03-03 · doc 195 · on the 20 July 1838 supreme disposition for granting/distributing the desert & adjacent islands — the Corporación will act in…
196. 1846-04-23 · doc 196 · the eve of the US conquest — on José Mª Covarrubias's mission to Mexico City (a detailed exposition on the Californias'…
197. 1846-01-01 · doc 197 · draft appointment of David Spence as Prefect
198. 1846-03-28 · doc 198 · draft petition for the Rancho named Cañada de San Miguel (land grant)
199. 1845-07-11 · doc 199 · laments the 'estado de ruina' the administrators have left the missions in since their dominion passed from the padres' hands…
200. 1845-07-11 · doc 200 · notifies that (per the 2 May act) the Departmental Assembly has commissioned Andrés Pico & Juan Manso to visit the missions and…
201. 1845-07-14 · doc 201 · orders a passport for Valencia to travel the district
202. 1845-06-26 · doc 202 · tells Pedrorena the Rancho de Pala cannot be granted to him 'por pertenecer á los indios de S
203. 1845-07-01 · doc 203 · transmits the Governor's order + the Assembly's decree on timber-cutting (*corte de maderas*) for due publication
204. 1845-09-11 · doc 204 · consults whether it is better to pay the missions' debts by leasing them (*arrendándolas*) or from the *Fondo Piadoso* (Pious…
205. 1845-09-11 · doc 205 · tells Durán the comisionado Covarrubias will visit and explain verbally the difficulties of implementation
206. 1845-10-14 · doc 206 · two acknowledgments of receipt of private letters, 'de ningún interés'