Figueroa's comprehensive report against TOTAL / foreign-favoring secularization — (a) general secularization is 'inmatura'; do it 'parcialmente' & 'insensiblemente' ('el remedio peor que el mal'; the neophytes 'tan salvajes como si acabaran de salir de los bosques,' 'like children' to lead by the hand); (b) ⭐⭐⭐ his emancipation EXPERIMENT — offered ~60 San Diego + ~40 San Luis Rey families freedom + land/water/livestock, but most REFUSED, 'por permanecer en la servidumbre en que vivían' (only 10 SD + 4 SLR accepted; now trying San Juan Capistrano); (c) ⭐⭐⭐ the mission property is 'del fruto exclusivo del trabajo de los Neófitos… propios únicamente de los Neófitos' — objects to handing it to settlers/foreigners (the Híjar–Padrés colonists, 'tres gentes estrañas que nada les han [dado]'); (d) objects the colonization law favors foreigners over the Mexican military; forwards Durán's & García Diego's replies
| Date | 1833-10-05 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Gov. José Figueroa (Santa Bárbara) |
| To | Secretary of Relaciones |
| Series | State Papers, Missions and Colonization |
| Tomo | II |
| Original tomo page | p.70–75 |
| Savage copy page | 71–75 |
| Scan leaf | n70–74 |
| Document type | abstract (corr.) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Gov. José Figueroa (Santa Bárbara) to Secretary of Relaciones, 1833-10-05, State Papers, Missions and Colonization, II, p.70–75, 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-d37.html