THE Híjar Instructions — 'Instrucciones á que deberá arreglar su conducta D.n José Mª de Híjar, Gefe Político de la Alta California y Director de la Colonización de esta y de la Baja.' Art. 1: 'Dará principio por ocupar todos los bienes pertenecientes á las Misiones de ambas Californias' (occupy ALL mission property of both Californias; the military commander to furnish force); one-year term; colonists' town-lots (≤ 500 varas, solares within the traced street-lines); each colonist family gets in full ownership *caballerías* of land (1 if irrigated / 16 if grazing), 4 cows, 2 ox-teams or 2 bulls, 2 tame horses, 4 colts, 4 fillies, small stock + 12 fitted plows; no family sold > 200 head of one class (art. 12); half the surplus mission goods reserved by the general govt for worship, missionary *congrua*, primary-schoolteachers' pay & free farm tools for colonists (art. 13); Híjar to render annual accounts of mission-property products & the colony's state (arts. 14–15). The contested mission-occupation mandate Figueroa refused to execute — the legal heart of the Híjar–Padrés affair. ⚠ corrects the earlier sampling's page estimate ('tomo pp. 370–371' → actual tomo pp. 270–273 / Sav. pp. 383–6)
| Date | 1834-04-23 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Primera Secretaría de Estado, Depto. del Interior |
| Place | Lombardo, México; copy by Zamorano 4 Nov 1834, in Figueroa's Manifiesto |
| Series | State Papers, Missions and Colonization |
| Tomo | II |
| Original tomo page | p.270–273 (Sav. pp. 383–6) |
| Savage copy page | 182–185 |
| Scan leaf | n180–183 |
| Document type | abstract (verbatim, decree copy) |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Primera Secretaría de Estado, Depto. del Interior, Lombardo, México; copy by Zamorano 4 Nov 1834, in Figueroa's Manifiesto, 1834-04-23, State Papers, Missions and Colonization, II, p.270–273 (Sav. pp. 383–6), 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-d98.html