Doc IV-26 — long report on California's fiscal/comisaría system + the case for DIVIDING the Californias. — A San Blas supply manifest (1808) + a comprehensive account of the Habilitado-General / comisaría system (the comisarios of Monterey & Loreto as *administradores generales* of every *ramo* — tobacco/cigar, *diezmos*, *correos*, *alcabalas*, Real Hacienda ranches). ⭐ Recommends separating the Alta & Baja governments (a Monterey government 'no puede celar á distancia de 600 leguas… hasta el cabo de San Lúcas'; division line at Mission San Miguel; Baja = Dominican missions to Sonora; the 'débiles y pusilánimes' Alta-CA Indians vs. the fierce Colorado Yumas). ⭐⭐⭐ Frames New California as 'del presidio de San Diego hasta el de San Francisco inclusive, como último punto que podemos poseer con completo é independiente dominio en la costa del Sur, según el convenio… con la Corte de Londres en el año de 90' — *SF = the northern limit of full Spanish dominion, per the Nootka Convention.* → the 1793 Bodega failure, the Bay Area borderlands dossier, the C-A 54 Bodega–Vancouver read §5. ⚠️ year digit 90/93; report undated (likely late 1790s–1804).
| Date | 1808 + n.d. (report) (year) |
|---|---|
| From | NOOTKA/BODEGA + governance |
| Series | State Papers, Sacramento |
| Tomo | I |
| Original tomo page | — |
| Savage copy page | 362–379 |
| Scan leaf | n361–n378 |
| Document type | Transcription |
| Source | Savage abstract |
Read this leaf on the Internet Archive ↗ · leaf n361–n378
NOOTKA/BODEGA + governance, 1808 + n.d. (report), State Papers, Sacramento, I, —, Archives of California, C-A 54, 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/ca54/ca54-d216.html