names Híjar Director of the colonization establishments — to direct 'las familias que deben ir a la Alta California con el objeto… de colonizar aquel Territorio' and the distribution of lands to the colonos (reconciling their private interest with the general) — the Híjar–Padrés colony directorate mandate. Financial/logistical terms (n118, doc pp.263–65): an 800-peso/yr *secretario* for the commission; colonists paid 3 reales/día per person for the overland journey, sea passage at government cost, and land parcels per family
| Date | 1833-07-16 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Secretaría (México) |
| To | Jefe Político José Mª Híjar |
| Series | State Papers, Missions and Colonization |
| Tomo | II |
| Original tomo page | p.118–119 (p. 263+) |
| Savage copy page | 118–119 |
| Scan leaf | n117–118 |
| Document type | abstract (corr.) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Secretaría (México) to Jefe Político José Mª Híjar, 1833-07-16, State Papers, Missions and Colonization, II, p.118–119 (p. 263+), 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-d53.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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