Híjar's formal PROTEST & rebuttal — denies ever conceding the Diputación's authority ('Nunca he tenido tal presunción; lo que he hecho es negarles la facultad de subsanarse á las Leyes'); protests Figueroa's disposition; declares he will still establish the Colony, on 3 grounds: the families' committed fate; that destroying it would discredit the Government (families uprooted from their homeland); and ⭐⭐⭐ that it would leave undefended 'la importante frontera del norte, amagada por los Rusos y Anglo-americanos' — the Híjar–Padrés colony's explicit anti-Russian + anti-Anglo-American strategic rationale (Fort Ross counter-colonization),. ⚠ rough paleography + confusing internal pagination — transcribe verbatim at scale 4 before quoting
| Date | 1834-11-06 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | José Mª de Híjar (Monterey) |
| To | Figueroa |
| Series | State Papers, Missions and Colonization |
| Tomo | II |
| Original tomo page | p.126–130 (doc's own pp. ~217–313) |
| Savage copy page | 126–130 |
| Scan leaf | n125–129 |
| Document type | transcription (protest) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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José Mª de Híjar (Monterey) to Figueroa, 1834-11-06, State Papers, Missions and Colonization, II, p.126–130 (doc's own pp. ~217–313), Archives of California, C-A 53, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [page interpolated; verify at the leaf]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-d61.html