the 1845 proposals shaping the missions' fate (prelude to Pico's mission sales)

State Papers, Missions and Colonization, tomo II · BANC MSS C-A 53, document 187

the 1845 proposals shaping the missions' fate (prelude to Pico's mission sales): the Government to demand exact credit/debt accounts from every mission; suspend land grants adjoining the missions (reserve some for ejidos); suspend issuing neophytes their 'carta de libertad' pending decisive measures; and have the padres abstain from selling the missions' useful goods

Date1845-04-19 (exact)
FromComisión de Gobernación y Enseñanza Pública (Los Ángeles; Gov. Pío Pico presiding)
Tola Asamblea
SeriesState Papers, Missions and Colonization
TomoII
Original tomo pagep.398–399 (Sav. pp. 617–8)
Savage copy page317–318
Scan leafn316–317
Document typeabstract (dictamen)
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentComisión de Gobernación y Enseñanza Pública (Los Ángeles; Gov. Pío Pico presiding) to la Asamblea, 1845-04-19, State Papers, Missions and Colonization, II, p.398–399 (Sav. pp. 617–8), 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-d187.html
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