Figueroa's *informe reservado* on the Híjar–Padrés affair — the constitutional heart of it: because the 25 July 1834 supreme order separated Híjar from the political command, and his power to manage mission property was given him only *as* Gefe Político, 'habiendo cesado en este encargo, ninguna otra investidura le autorizaba'; the Diputación would be 'culpable' if it obeyed his pretensions, and does not consider the law authorizing the Supreme Govt to dispose of mission goods applicable. Narrates the Padrés / two-commissions incompatibility (enclosed copies Nº 1–2 = Docs 97–98) and — the political core — accuses Padrés of 'fomentar secretamente especies subversivas' on the frontier with the colonists, inventing 'las más atroces calumnias' to raise public odium and form a *partido* against him, resentful that Figueroa blocked the 'dilapidación de los intereses de las misiones' he and Híjar sought to seize; Figueroa offers to resign the political government, keep only the Comandancia, and warns the colony may commit 'atentados que sea preciso castigar'
| Date | 1834-12-07 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | José Figueroa (Monterey) |
| To | la Superioridad *(informe reservado / Manifiesto)* |
| Series | State Papers, Missions and Colonization |
| Tomo | II |
| Original tomo page | p.284–292 (Sav. pp. 356, 441–5) |
| Savage copy page | 196–204 |
| Scan leaf | n194–202 |
| Document type | abstract (informe reservado) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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José Figueroa (Monterey) to la Superioridad *(informe reservado / Manifiesto)*, 1834-12-07, State Papers, Missions and Colonization, II, p.284–292 (Sav. pp. 356, 441–5), Archives of California, C-A 53, 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/ca53/ca53-d106.html