companion secularization brief / circular to the San Diego-department friars — reprises Doc 32's argument (the Recopilación / 'Leyes de Padilla' on neophyte liberty & property; the 1813 Cortes decree; ayuntamiento administration; the 6 Jan 1831 bando published at Monterey/SF/San José, secularizing 'todas las misiones desde San Francisco para el Sur') + ⭐⭐⭐ a striking claim of NEOPHYTE POLITICAL AGENCY: the San Buenaventura reducidos 'me hicieron armas' (took up arms FOR Echeandía) against the Solís revolt & against Victoria — 'los primeros en ofrecérseme'; and the San Diego / San Luis Rey / San Gabriel neophytes now 'casi amotinados,' refusing to be governed by the friars; + ⭐⭐ the operative 9-article secularization *reglamento* text (land to neophytes 10+ yrs reduced & married/widowed w/ minor children; elected alcaldes + a govt comisionado; ⭐ the non-segregated continue 'trabajando en comunidad' under govt-regulated work-hours + 'castigos de corrección' — coerced labor transferred from friar to *civil* control, not ended; community property funds tithe/welfare/schools/new missions; friars → parish priests + accountable depositaries); + ⭐⭐⭐ neophyte LABOR RESISTANCE at San Buenaventura ('resisten asistir á los trabajos… con altanería é insubordinación'; deprived of the fruit of their labor & even clothing; friars monopolize the mission's coined silver & accounts) — circular to each SD-dept friar re its 4 missions (ends n67)
| Date | 1832-11-18 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | José Mª Echeandía |
| Place | San Diego |
| Series | State Papers, Missions and Colonization |
| Tomo | II |
| Original tomo page | p.168–178 |
| Savage copy page | 59–68 |
| Scan leaf | n58–67 |
| Document type | abstract (corr.) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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José Mª Echeandía, San Diego, 1832-11-18, State Papers, Missions and Colonization, II, p.168–178, 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-d34.html