C-A 56: all 505 documents · Archives of California

1840-12-25 · doc 1 · complied with the Prefecture's order to place 3 soldiers at the disposal of Capt. Santiago Estrada 'sin pérdida de momento'
1840-12-27 · doc 2 · will take possession of the Juzgado de Paz on the 1st of next month
(n.d.) · doc 3 · by the Governor's order, sends his son José Antonio Espinosa to Comandante militar Santiago Estrada to continue as auxiliary…
1841-01-06 · doc 4 · order to present to C. Macedonio Lorenzana
1841-01-21 · doc 5 · private letter re a reformed [saddle/term?] he requests
1840-03-31 · doc 6 · sends prisoner José Duarte for having wounded the foreigner Francisco (sic)
1828-12-12 · doc 7 · SD presidial company muster — capt José Mª Estudillo (absent), tte Argüello, alférez 1º Ignacio Argüello (habilitado at…
1828-05-11 · doc 8 · queries whether soldiers discharged from service may still wear the red uniform-facings (*vuelta encarnada*[?])
1835-01-26 · doc 9 · mission administrators to deliver supplies to the SD presidio for the troop + the founding of the 'Rancho Nacional'…
1823-12-03 · doc 10 · Monterey presidial cavalry company muster — tte Estrada, alférez Rodrigo del Pliego, 2 sgts, 10 cabos, cadete, 57 soldiers = 72…
1824-12-01 · doc 11 · Monterey company muster — tte José Mª Estudillo, alférez-grad.-tte José Mª Estrada, surgeon Manuel Tocal[?], sgt, cabos, monthly…
1833-12-31 · doc 12 · Monterey company — total quantities drawn all year, suma total $4,765
1828-12-01 · doc 13 · SF presidial company muster — comandante L. A
1828-11-01 · doc 14 · SF company haberes budget $1,382 (monthly: May $1,410, Jun $1,401, Jul/Aug $1,382)
1827-11-05 · doc 15 · Cuerpo Nacional de Artillería monthly budget — 1 capitán, 2 sgts, 2 fifers, 3 drummers, 6 cabos, 24 soldiers (≈38 gunners) +…
1825-10-02 · doc 16 · Cuerpo Nacional de Artillería detachment — 1 capitán, 1 sgt-2º, 2 cabos, 1 grad.-subtte, 11 soldiers 'de marcha para San Diego'
1825-10-02 · doc 17 · artillery detachment distribution across the presidios — San Francisco 1 cabo + 6 sol = 7; Santa Bárbara 1 soldier
1825-06-07 · doc 18 · sends duplicate *hojas de servicio* of officers, sergeants & cadets
1825-05-12 · doc 19 · warns about the surrendered Spanish warships Asia & Constante anchored at Monterey ('gente mala… la Canalla vil'), fears harm to…
1825-01-01 · doc 20 · Tte Col. Francisco de Paula Toro (Batallón 13) declared not Spanish-born but from Cartagena de Indias, Colombia — exempt from the…
1828-05-30 · doc 21 · appointment of interim secretary (Fernando Fernández)
1822-11-12 · doc 22 · reports 3 American sailors deserted from a whaling frigate remained at SF
1823 · doc 23 · SF admin bundle — sgt Pedro del Castillo's troop returns to Monterey; receives cadete Joaquín Estudillo; a soldier's discharge
1823 · doc 24 · SF admin bundle — Lázaro Peña wounding *sumaria* (San José); a discharge *instancia* (2 cabos + 4 soldiers); deserters
1825 · doc 25 · receipt to William (Guillermo) Hartnell for $47 duties on the schooner *Tártaro*
1835-12-31 · doc 26 · Monterey habilitado account
1824-11-10 · doc 27 · Monterey habilitación accounts (2 docs)
1824-11-11 · doc 28 · effects issued to the SD presidio — $1,705.5.8
1834-01-14 · doc 29 · sends muster lists
1833-04-30 · doc 30 · sends the retirement petition of 2 soldiers of his corps
1823-03-26 · doc 31 · the Russian brig *Apolo* (Imperial Russian Navy) departed SF, leaving 1 deserter sailor ashore
1823-03-25 · doc 32 · asks Martínez to apprehend the deserter Juan Bogdanoff and, if jailed, send him to the Presidio de Ross to re-embark
1823-06-02 · doc 33 · forwards an individual's request to settle with his family at the presidio
1823 · doc 34 · SF admin bundle — returns published broadsides, sends the invalids relation, an Indian's *sumaria*, a soldier desertion
1823-10-23 · doc 35 · the bad state of the S. Rafael & SF *caballada* delays alférez Santiago Argüello's expedition (asks SJ & Sta Clara missions for…
1823 · doc 36 · discharge petition (cabo + soldier); jailing the deserter soldier J. M. Castillo
1826 · doc 37 · order to Comisario Herrera on paying back-pay (haberes atrasados)
1823-10-02 · doc 38 · re the *caballada* aid (for the expedition)
1823-12-14 · doc 39 · VERIFIED vs scan n19: 'Dá parte haber dado fondo el día 11 la Fragata de guerra Rusa nombrada 'Cruiser' procedᵗᵉ de Sᵗ…
1823-07-10 · doc 40 · appoints himself defender in the *causa* vs soldier Eduardo Tarnica[?] for killing a fellow soldier (Celedonio Barona[?])
(n.d., 1824) · doc 41 · VERIFIED vs scan n19: 'Lista de Indios presos por revolucionarios y Ladrones en nᵒ de 26, tomados en el alzamiento de las…
(n.d., 1825) · doc 42 · VERIFIED vs scan n20. Header verbatim: 'Lista de los Presos remitidos por el Supremo Gobierno de Mégico, en el Bergantín Morelos…
1826-06-01 · doc 43 · granted leave to go to México; hand over the Monterey comandancia + company/archive (via Luis Argüello)
1829-01-01 · doc 44 · mail-*factura* order to the postal administrator
1833-01-27 · doc 45 · forwards the alcalde's report on the violation of prisoner Gertrudis Garibay's confinement by sgt Antonio Solorzano
1833-01-27 · doc 46 · the regidor found sgt Solorzano inside prisoner Gertrudis Garibay's cell with a barracks key — the scandal reported
1833-01-27 · doc 47 · criminal *causa* vs sgt Solorzano for the prison-violation
1829-08-18 · doc 48 · re Luis Argüello's handover of the Territorial Government archive
1839-11-23 · doc 49 · on inspecting the escoltas, checked the friars' quarters for portraits of Fernando VII (found none)
1831-01-28 · doc 50 · needs documents (from C. Amézquita) to compile the inspection accounts
1829-10-22 · doc 51 · investigation into Fr. Luis Antonio Martínez (Mission SLO) & Fr
1825-04-25 · doc 52 · desertion-*sumaria* order (pre-California, at Tepic)
1825-04-29 · doc 53 · pay for the officer & troop marching to Cotija; needs the Comisario Gral's instructions
1825-05-03 · doc 54 · orders the officers'/troops' pay drawn from the California-destined funds — without subsistence 'no podrán prestar sus servicios…
1825-05-13 · doc 55 · free soldier Antonio Parral, preserving his right to petition
1825-05-20 · doc 56 · re the abandoned brig *Sutil* on the San Blas beach (the 1792 exploration schooner); wants to fortify his posts before sailing
1825-05 · doc 57 · 3 admin docs — some men to stay in Baja Cal.; service matters w/ tte José Mª Padrés; sends his force's pay budget to the S
1825-05-29 · doc 58 · re the California expedition's April pay + 3 marches advanced
1825-06 · doc 59 · supply/ration matters aboard the *Goleta Nieves* (Echeandía en route via Loreto)
1825-06 · doc 60 · the *Nieves* to return to San Blas after Monterey; artillery/munitions needs
1825-06-27 · doc 61 · reports the ship-of-the-line *Asia* & brig *Constante* anchored at Monterey with ~700 Spaniards (defeated in México)
1825-06-27 · doc 62 · forwards an executive dispatch to the Superior Government
1825-06-30 · doc 63 · recruit 10 men to replenish the Loreto Veteran Company
1825-07-06 · doc 64 · tte Manuel Ruiz to embark; Padrés to take interim command
1825-07-25 · doc 65 · hand the Comandancia Gral to tte Padrés during his absence
1825-05-14 · doc 66 · Padrés to function as Secretary / Estado Mayor section
1825-08-09 · doc 67 · order for the overland march up Baja Cal. to Mission La Purísima (water arrangements, dragoon guide) — Echeandía's journey to…
1828-10-08 · doc 68 · forwards Agustín Vicente Zamorano's (California Comandancia secretary) claim to the captaincy of the Monterey Permanent Company
1828-10-20 · doc 69 · reports the 1828 pay-mutiny: the Monterey mission-escolta soldiers abandoned their posts, joined the presidio garrison, and 'se…
1828-10-20 · doc 70 · fuller report — the unrest reached San Diego too (a soldier prosecuted for heading his company against interim cmdr Santiago…
1828-07-21[?] · doc 71 · reports having suspended Capt. Luis Argüello from command of his company & requests his retirement ⚠ (Savage-dated '1823,'…
1829-08-11 · doc 72 · opening VERIFIED vs scan n42: date/place/addressee confirmed
1829-08-11 · doc 73 · nominal list of the 7 secular Spaniards granted passports for expulsion — José Nadal, Francisco Fernández, Ramón Obes, Pablo…
1829-08-11 · doc 74 · individual expulsion-law exemption reports on Fr. Antonio Menéndez (Dominican), retired tte Juan Mariner, Capt
1829-09-09 · doc 75 · orders secret surveillance of the missionaries — one shows two candles daily to a portrait of Fernando VII, another preaches from…
1829-11-03 · doc 76 · forwards 4 Spaniards' exemption petitions + 2 town-council representations (San José & Monterey) on the expulsion law
1829-11-03 · doc 77 · character-census of the resident Spaniards petitioning for exemption — each w/ age, years in CA, family, property, conduct…
1829-11-03 · doc 78 · forwards Capt. José de la Guerra y Noriega's petition for exemption from the expulsion law (the SB patriarch, a Spaniard)
1829-11-27 · doc 79 · opening VERIFIED vs scan n53: the key quote 'la pequeña revolución que se ha formado en este Territorio' is verbatim
1830-01-26 · doc 80 · VERIFIED vs scan n56: force composition exact — Pacheco, art
1830-02-23 · doc 81 · VERIFIED vs scan n61: with Monterey restored (per his oficio of ~26 Jan), Sta Bárbara restored + 'la presentación de Joaquín…
1830-02-25 · doc 82 · sends index of official correspondence to the ministry
1830-07-21 · doc 83 · re a scandal at a dance by alférez Raimundo Carrillo
1830-08-03 · doc 84 · officer-promotion *ternas* w/ service records — Nº1 the SD Cavalry captaincy (vacant by Estudillo's death)
1830-08-03 · doc 85 · officer-conduct/promotion reports — the Monterey captaincy: 1st Agustín V. Zamorano (9 yrs
1830-08-03 · doc 86 · alférez/sergeant promotion ternas (consolidated) — NCOs proposed for alférez in the SD/SB/Monterey/SF companies, each w/ *hoja de…
1830-08-31 · doc 87 · informs on the *posturas* (bids/objections) to the promotion proposals sent separately
1830-10-20 · doc 88 · 2 more ternas for the SD & SB cavalry vacancies — for the SB alférez
1830-10-30 · doc 89 · sends index of reserved official correspondence
1830-12 · doc 90 · sumaria* vs José Castro ('el mozo') & Antonio María Osio (future Californio memoirist) for pasquines (libelous placards) posted…
1830-12-09 · doc 91 · re the pasquines case (soldiers Cándido & José Navarro as informants)
1831-01 · doc 92 · the Echeandía–Victoria command-handover dispute — Echeandía defends his authority to act until formally relieved (Victoria 'no…
1834-01-28[?] · doc 93 · orders the revista documents of tte José Estrada sent (⚠ Savage-dated 1834 — Echeandía had left; verify sender)
1829-05-04 · doc 94 · his cavalry company 'se halla absolutamente sin qué subsistir' — nothing in the stores, the treasury, or from the missions
1837-05-11 · doc 95 · federal tribunals to weigh the health/capacity of invalid convicts in their sentences
1823-08-25 · doc 96 · (within the dup block) reports setting out (23 Aug) to the Sitio de Sonoma to begin the 'nueva planta de la Misión de San…
1833-07-24 · doc 97 · English letter ⚠️ that survives ONLY as a translation 'made by Ivan Petroff' (Savage's closing note, n87/p.88, verbatim
1827-07-12 · doc 98 · summary of the presidios' debts, 1 Jul 1821 – 1827 — SF + Santa Bárbara + San Diego = $50,283.10.11¾ (a dated province arrears…
1830-02-15 · doc 99 · Monterey ayuntamiento renewal — sends the election *actas* + inventory + the municipal-fund accounts handed over by predecessor…
1830-03-30 · doc 100 · reports the brig *Santa María Ester* landed 30 more convicts (*presidiarios*) at San Diego — alarm in the community, noting such…
1826-01-24 · doc 101 · provisional *Arancel* (price regulation) for buying/selling goods in Alta California — a detailed price table
1823-10-31 · doc 102 · requested provisions from San José & Sta Clara for the expedition of 12 soldiers under cabos J. Herrera & Francisco Soto
1835-10-03 · doc 103 · list of soldiers of the Batallón Hidalgo (2 docs)
1842-12-09 · doc 104 · proposes local jueces: 1º [Dolores] Pacheco & 2º Antonio Mª Pico; Joaquín Estudillo for Juez de Paz of the Contra Costa
1823-03 · doc 105 · provisions supplied to the Imperial Russian Navy war-frigate (the *Kreiser*, Doc 39), valued $3,647.8.11, paid by its captain
1823 · doc 106 · dup/routine SF bundle — the American frigate *Mentor* departs; a soldier from the 'nueva Fundación' (Sonoma)
1841-09 · doc 107 · defines the San José Sub-Prefecture's jurisdiction — from the Rancho de Carlos Castro to the Carquinez Strait, and by SF to the…
1823-07-31 · doc 108 · Ponponio-pursuit narrative — the SF mission escolta learns from a captive India that the outlaw Ponponio & 2 companions raided…
1823-07-31 · doc 109 · acknowledges the printed matter made known to the troop
1828-01-29 · doc 110 · anti-contraband customs circular — no goods from arriving ships may land without passport presentation
1827-04-22 · doc 111 · cannot establish a school for lack of a teacher & resources; the few boys are assigned to various tasks
1835-07-02 · doc 112 · Francisco Javier Castillo Negrete installed as Secretary of the Jefatura Política (LA, the year it was named capital)
1828-02-12 · doc 113 · the sumaria against the Indian Valerio, 'famoso ladrón' (the SB-area Indian outlaw) (2 docs)
1822-04-20 · doc 114 · Monterey artillery troop habilitación account
1828-02-22 · doc 115 · per the Minister of Hacienda's order, CA troops to be paid a semester in advance
1828 · doc 116 · hoja de servicio* of alférez José Sánchez (SF)
1828-02-03 · doc 117 · re the reservado on the friars — some missionaries embarked on a Hamburg brig without their Prelate's or the Government's…
1828–29 · doc 118 · garrison troop lists & muster extracts (SB garrison list by Romualdo Pacheco, 1829; SB revista extracts)
1828-02-23 · doc 119 · circulates the prohibition on foreign ships touching at Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, La Purísima & San Juan Capistrano (only…
1835-08-03 · doc 120 · sends the strength-states of the SD, San Luis Rey & Santa Bárbara garrisons (3 docs)
1829–1835 · doc 121 · routine — 2-month leave to cabo Osuna (LA 1835); cabo Basualdo assigns $8/mo of his pay to his wife (Echeandía, SD 1829)
1844-10-24 · doc 122 · complains a discharged soldier's wife insulted him gravely; asks she be punished
1835–36 · doc 123 · 1st Lt of Artillery Buenaventura Araujo & Juan B. Leighton (foreigner) ordered to San Blas to rejoin their corps
1835-11-21 · doc 124 · sends the *hojas de servicio* of his company's officers
1844-05-01 · doc 125 · despite the liquor-sale ban, 2 soldiers found drunk & wounded, taken from Francisco Ariza's *pulpería*
(n.d., 1790s) · doc 126 · re deserters from the frigate under his command — ⚠ a 1790s doc misfiled in this Mexican-period volume
1834-01-12 · doc 127 · certifies the artillery troop from México (bound for Monterey) was paid by the federal treasury (⚠ Savage note
1838-08-18 · doc 128 · reports the President's communication announcing the rupture with France & the French warship blockade of Mexico's ports (the…
1839 / 1830 · doc 129 · Salvador Vallejo (alcalde) on holding military rank while exercising civil functions (1839)
1834-10-03 · doc 130 · list of invalids attached to the SB company — 1 sgt, 1 cabo, 16 soldiers
1826-08-15 · doc 131 · expenses of the schooner *Rover*, property of Luis Antonio Argüello ($1,743 + 25%); the duties account held by comisario Herrera
1833–1835 · doc 132 · SB company monthly budgets — Jun 1835 (2 alféreces, 2 cabos, 37 soldiers = $287); Oct 1834 ($835); Dec 1833 ($876 + $174 supplies)
(n.d.) · doc 133 · request for a copy of the retirement cédula of sgt Guillermo Cota (SB company), granted 30 Nov 1816 by Viceroy Ruiz de Apodaca
1828-02-05 · doc 134 · Mission San José has provided no aid for the rebuilding of the Casa Mata (powder magazine) & construction of the barracks at…
1828 / 1839 · doc 135 · the ports-of-entry prohibition (foreign ships barred from Sta Cruz/SLO/Purísima/Refugio/SJ Bautista, SF version)
(n.d.) · doc 136 · domestic/legal consultation on the Hernández family (a *concubinato* complaint, Fco vs Concepción Hernández & Juan Ramírez)
1829-01-12 · doc 137 · orders a nominal list of the foreigners (estranjeros) in the district — with passport/license, religion, age, status, conduct, &…
1828-12-31 · doc 138 · full *hoja de servicio* of Capt. Luis Antonio Argüello (first native-born gov.) — b
1827-05-01 · doc 139 · corte de caja* of the subaltern commissary — cargo $2,398, data $253, balance $1,444
1828-02-22 · doc 140 · in 7 months of accidental command received no uniform issue nor even a ration's pay; aid dwindling daily
1828 · doc 141 · has not received the arm's archive from Miguel González
1828-02-16 · doc 142 · SF company budget (net $1,400 after invalid/montepío deductions)
1828-12-31 · doc 143 · the missions' supplies to the SF garrison, Apr–Dec 1828 — Sta Clara $408, San José $195, San Francisco $23, San Rafael $32 (≈…
1828-12-31 · doc 144 · SF company haber/credit/debit — haber $1,743, crédito $874
1821-06-25 · doc 145 · budget of the Monterey artillery maestranza (arsenal/workshop) for Jul–Dec ($3,207)
(n.d., c.1829–30) · doc 146 · VERIFIED vs scan n124. Header verbatim: 'Relación de los Presidiarios destinados á la Alta California con expresión de los…
(n.d., c.1826–28) · doc 147 · VERIFIED vs scan n127. sea-otter-hunting contract — 'Dice que Echeandía concedió permiso al Ruso Cirilo Cthenisof[?]' ✎ *(the…
1830 · doc 148 · strength of the Mazatlán active squadron in California — 1 capt, 1 tte, 3 sgts, 2 cabos, ~28 soldiers (≈35
1829-08-15 · doc 149 · SB garrison strength — 2 sgts, 6 cabos, 55 soldiers + 7 artillerymen (≈70) ('No vale')
1828-06-09 · doc 150 · customs duties on the American merchant schooner *Rover* — import 25% on $1,058 of goods sold to missions & individuals = $263 +…
1831-05-16 · doc 151 · Monterey artillery company budget ($807)
1824-07-16 · doc 152 · customs duties on the American frigate *Mentor* — import 25% on $1,601 of goods
1828-02-18 · doc 153 · the English merchant brig *Vulture* (101 t) anchors, consigned to Enrique Vermont
1824-08-16 · doc 154 · promotions for suppressing the 1824 Chumash Revolt — José Estrada's 1 May action vs the risen Indians of Missions Santa Inés & La…
1825-10-05 · doc 155 · sumaria* on the mayordomo Eleuterio Villavicencio wounding the neophyte Nazario — caught stealing a horse at Mission Soledad…
1825-04-15 · doc 156 · sumaria* vs Rosas García for beating Josefa Pérez (no sentence)
1826-01-10 · doc 157 · sumaria* vs sgt of artillery José Mª Medrano for illicitly trading a carbine for a musket & a defective musket for a horse +…
1828-04-25 · doc 158 · sumaria* vs soldier Juan José Navarro for taking up a bayonet against sgt Dámaso Rodríguez (after the sgt slapped him) — defended…
1825 · doc 159 · declarations of soldiers Felipe Villavicencio & Simón Berreyesa who deserted from SB 'por estar muy endeudados' (deeply in debt)…
1839-12-06 · doc 160 · the tithe-collector Gil Sánchez lax at collecting; recommends Juan José Feliz
1835-01-06 · doc 161 · the ayuntamiento named José Berreyesa secretary ($30/mo); needs Diputación approval (Figueroa)
1838-01-06 · doc 162 · provisionally approves his *bando de policía* of 8 Dec
1838-01-05 · doc 163 · VERIFIED vs scan n137: '1838 Enero 5, San José de Guadᵖᵉ, Antᵒ Mª Pico, alcalde constⁱ — Bando de policía
1823-07-06 · doc 164 · HEADER + opening VERIFIED vs scan n144: '1823 Julio 6, San Francisco, Alfz gradᵒ José Sánchez, Diario' — purpose line verbatim…
1823-11-20 · doc 165 · customs duties on the English merchant brig *Hebe* — 25% import on $1,365 = $341, net $321
1823-11-22 · doc 166 · re the new company reglamento; renews his petition for the SB presidial captaincy
1833-10-27 · doc 167 · a sedition in his SF company — 3 soldiers (Juan Ríos, Manuel Sáez, Ramón Mesa) mutiny a 2nd time, making common cause with the…
1833-10-26 · doc 168 · forwards Vallejo's report on the sedition; notes the garrison lacks officers to investigate it
1833-10-21 · doc 169 · the SF & Sta Clara troops plotted to remove their commander; soldiers wanted to petition over their 'desnudez y escasez'
1833-10–12 · doc 170 · the formal sedition process against 8 named SF presidial soldiers (Juan & Jesús Berreyesa, Domingo & Manuel Sáez, José Romero…
1827-06-30 · doc 171 · VERIFIED at full res; 'Comandᵃ Gˡ de la A. Califᵃ — Fuerza efectiva del Territorio.' province-wide garrison-strength table by arm…
1828-10-01 · doc 172 · VERIFIED at full res. province-wide garrison-strength table (1828), same format. Resumen (exact)
1825-08-09 · doc 173 · sumaria* vs soldier Manuel González for attempting to rape the married woman Bárbara Machado — fiscal (Carlos A
1825-10-29 · doc 174 · sumaria* on the injury the civilian Antonio María Lugo gave the neophyte Hilario Ruiz — Lugo acquitted (Echeandía, 1836)
1833-06-19 · doc 175 · neophyte horse-theft *sumaria* (José Mª, Cristóbal, Pablo) — evidence dubious, released but sent to Mission San Carlos for a…
1835-06-09 · doc 176 · civic-militia rolls — 234 men eligible in the ayuntamiento's demarcation + 117 vecinos of the capital (per the 21 Dec 1834 law)
1825–1835 · doc 177 · fiscal cluster — Herrera's Sub-Comisaría treasury cut (Mar 1835, bal. $4,873); SF artillery detachment budget ($126, 1827)
1821 · doc 178 · (likely dup of the artillery-destitution thread) — the militia's poor clothing (China cloth, no change, sleeping on their…
1821 · doc 179 · (same 1821 destitution thread) — the deserter-militiamen problem
1826-01-03 · doc 180 · corte de caja* of the Southern Subaltern Comisaría of Baja California — Cargo $211.4 / Data $81.6 / Existencia $129.6
1816-12 · doc 181 · hojas de servicios* of the SB company — first: sgt Guillermo Cota (b. Loreto, age 46; soldado 2 Mar 1798, cabo, sgt 1 Jul 1810)
1829-08-11 · doc 182 · opening VERIFIED: cadete 1º Agto 1799, alférez 10 Mzo 1806 confirmed vs scan n179. hoja de servicios of Capt
1829-05-06 · doc 183 · foreigner's declaration — native of London, age 22, single; disembarked sick in 1826 from the schooner *Rover* (from Manila)
1822-11-09 · doc 184 · borrador* ordering him to dispatch with courtesy the Partida del Colorado & other visiting parties, and to keep vigilance re…
1823-12-15[?] · doc 185 · Monterey ayuntamiento election — alcalde Manuel Jimeno Casarín, 2nd regidor José Mª Maldonado, 3rd regidor Juan Escher[?]…
1825-03-06 · doc 186 · the American merchant schooner *Washington* entered SF on 23 Feb from the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), capt
1823-12-03[?] · doc 187 · warehouse/cash account — data & cargo equal, ~$265
1823-12-03[?] · doc 188 · pay the Mexico-City postal administrator $28.3 rs — the SD post office's net for the year
1823-12-31 · doc 189 · SD postal account — cargo & data $302, net product $32.50
1824-08-08 · doc 190 · customs on the American brig *Oguahí*[?] — import $58.2 (25% on $234) + export $8.1 (3½%) + tonnage duty 166 tons @ 20 rs = $415
1812-12-31 · doc 191 · Royal Treasury account — Data $980.6 / Cargo $628.7 / diff. $351.7
1823-01-08 · doc 192 · customs on the Russian brig *Buldakoff* — export duty $180.5 (6% on $3,013 effects) + import duty $625.5 (25% on $2,502…
1823-12-25 · doc 193 · customs on the merchant brig *Coronel* — import $284.7 (25% on $1,130 goods sold to Missions & private) + export $1.2 (3½% on $37…
1823-12 · doc 194 · 6-doc bundle on the American merchant frigate *Mentor* — (1) customs net $146.2 (25% import on $568 goods + 3½% export on $336…
1822-10-16 · doc 195 · the American whaling frigate *Ontario* (Boston / Nantucket, capt. Alexander Bunker, 21 crew, 13½ months at sea) anchored 13 Oct
1829-06-01[?] · doc 196 · SB cavalry pay-regulation — haberes due $1,592.4; supplies furnished the troop $248.2; balance $1,344.2
1827-10-09 · doc 197 · the American whaling frigate *Massachusetts* (343 tons, 21 months at sea, from the US, capt
1822-11-26 · doc 198 · the Russian war-frigate *Apolo* (32 eight-pdr cannon, 120 crew, capt. Kroutchcoff[?], from St
1822-12-01[?] · doc 199 · 2 docs — (1) the RAC merchant brig *Buldakoff* (of 'las Colonias Rusas,' capt. Cirilo[?]) anchored
1835-02-14 · doc 200 · 'tendencias revolucionarias' — ~200 Indians of different nations gathering to raid Mission SLR's rancho de San Jacinto
1831-12-09 · doc 201 · circular announcing the 29 Nov 1831 San Diego *pronunciamiento* against Jefe Político & Comandante Gral Manuel Victoria (the…
1827-09-30 · doc 202 · SD presidial company monthly budget — total $1,330.6.9
1828-06-05 · doc 203 · budget for the invalids attached to the cavalry company — net haberes $189.2
1828-06-01[?] · doc 204 · Monterey cavalry company net-pay budget for the month — $1,328.5.10
1825-08-18 · doc 205 · Monterey cavalry + presidio + invalids pay budget — net total $1,688.3.2¾
1834-03-01[?] · doc 206 · Monterey ayuntamiento budget — incl. a calzada (causeway/road), 1000 × 21 varas, beach → presidio square, with a 5-vara bridge…
1828-02-09 · doc 207 · acks Echeandía's 29 Jan circular of the Superior Govt's order prohibiting foreign ships from touching at Santa Cruz, San Luis…
1825-10-27 · doc 208 · Alcalde José María Ávila (of Los Angeles) suspended after the pueblo's residents' complaints; sends the proceedings
1828-02-22 · doc 209 · reports the suspension & house-arrest of Artillery Capt
1828-02-22 · doc 210 · published notice of the federal Circuit Tribunal installed at El Rosario (24 Jul 1827), headed by Judge José Joaquín Avilés…
1826-07-27 · doc 211 · order to take juridical *informaciones* on the sale of the schooner *Rover* between Capt. [John R.] Cooper & Capt. Luis A
1834-09-01 · doc 212 · cortes de caja* / treasury handover to José María Herrera (Oct 1834, 'con la intervención de Figueroa') — existencia ~$1,499
1836-05-16 · doc 213 · list of foreign residents in the SD jurisdiction — 9 total: 4 Americans, 4 English, 1 naturalized American
1823-06-30 · doc 214 · Cabo Mariano Romero received the artillery *pertrechos* from Paulino Viteri[?]; sends inventory (2 docs)
1823-12-31 · doc 215 · 'Estado de pesca de nutrias' — sea-otter catch table, 4 hunts by size (grandes/medianas/chicas/pequeñas)
1823 · doc 216 · dated bundle — (Oct 7) Santiago Argüello's northward expedition (25 men in launches); (Apr 15) American frigate (capt
1829-05-11 · doc 217 · foreigner's declaration — English, age 23, mason by trade, mayordomo of José Joaquín de la Torre's rancho, intends to stay in the…
1834-12-01 · doc 218 · Monterey artillery *estado de fuerza* — 1 sgt, 1 drummer, 7 cabos, 29 gunners = 38
1835-01-01 · doc 219 · Monterey artillery strength — 1 capt, 5 cabos, 38 gunners = 44
1835-07-07 · doc 220 · Monterey artillery strength — 1 capt, 3 cabos, 44 gunners = 48
1833-05-14 · doc 221 · Monterey artillery strength — 1 capt, 2 sgts, fifer, drummer, 4 cabos, 17 gunners = 26
1825-12-23 · doc 222 · VERIFIED vs scan n206: the RAC frigate *Santa Elena* (cdr. 'Mateo Morabioff' [Savage's spelling
1835-03-28 · doc 223 · notifies his appointment as governor of the state of Coahuila y Tejas
1835-06-13 · doc 224 · notifies that Gov. José Joaquín del Calvo has taken the field against 'los bárbaros,' leaving Echavarría acting governor of…
1835-05-23 · doc 225 · notifies his oath & assumption of the political & military command of New Mexico
1824-03-01 · doc 226 · Monterey company muster — tte José Mª Estudillo, alférez-grad. José Estrada, 2 sgts, 9 cabos, 1 cadete, 65 soldiers + 26 invalids
1821-12-31 · doc 227 · SD postal-administration account for 1821 — Cargo = Data $710 (2nd copy)
1835-01-02 · doc 228 · Monterey company *estado de fuerza* — capt, tte, 2 alférez, 2 sgts, drummer, 4 cabos, 21 soldiers (≈32)
1820–1821 · doc 229 · SD company monthly muster series, 1820–21 (Savage-abbreviated 'igual á la precedente') — capt Eugenio del Corral (frequently…
1821-06-30 · doc 230 · Monterey Maestranza (arsenal) account, 1st semester — Cargo $1,379 / Data $1,414 / the *parque* owes $35
1821-12-01 · doc 231 · SD company annual strength summary ('extracto general') — 70 present + 19 invalids + 2 artisans
1829-01-02 · doc 232 · muster of the Permanent Artillery Brigade at SB — alférez + 2 sgts + 5 cabos + 22 artilleros (≈30)
1828-12-02 · doc 233 · artillery muster (same as preceding)
1828-11-01 · doc 234 · SD artillery muster — alférez + 2 sgts + 4 cabos + 20 artilleros (≈27)
1827 · doc 235 · (letter to bearer) — juez de paz Antonio Castro to collect the voluntary aids citizens will give (& demand them from those who…
1826-07-27 · doc 236 · get from the archive all papers on the charter-contract to carry sea-otter pelts to CANTON, proposed by Capt. Luis A
1829-01-02 · doc 237 · SB artillery muster — alférez + 2 sgts + 5 cabos + 22 artilleros (≈30)
1827-04-04 · doc 238 · company muster — alférez + 2 sgts + 2 drummers + 5 cabos + 30 soldiers (≈40)
1829-01-28 · doc 239 · tell the alcalde of San José (Guadalupe) to come take his oath before the Comandante of Monterey
1828-09-01 · doc 240 · artillery muster — sub-tte + 2 sgts + drummer + 4 cabos + 21 artilleros (≈29)
1829 (Feb–Oct) · doc 241 · Monterey artillery muster series, Feb–Oct 1829 (the Solís-revolt year) — peaks at 52 artilleros (≈68 total)
1835-08-08 · doc 242 · SD *estado de fuerza* — capt, tte, alférez, sgt, 3 buglers, 3 cabos, 24 soldiers (≈34; no names)
1828-04-01 · doc 243 · SD company muster (Jan–Apr 1828) — capt José Mª Estudillo, tte Santiago Argüello, alférez Gervasio Argüello, 2 sgts, 7 cabos, 1…
1828-01-01 · doc 244 · SB cavalry company muster — capt José de la Guerra y Noriega, tte Maitorena, alférez Domingo Carrillo, 3 sgts, 6 cabos, 56…
1828-01-01 · doc 245 · SB invalids muster — 6 sgts, 1 cabo, 19 soldiers (≈26)
1782-11-01 · doc 246 · early SD company muster — tte José Zúñiga, alférez José Velásquez, 1 sgt, 5 cabos, 45 soldiers, 2 servants (≈54) — a 1782…
1828-05-05 · doc 247 · Monterey company muster — tte Estrada, alférez Rodrigo del Pliego, 2 sgts, 10 cabos, 1 cadete, 54 soldiers + 23 invalids (≈68)
1783-10-01 · doc 248 · early SD company muster — tte Zúñiga, alférez Velásquez, 5 cabos, 44 soldiers, 2 servants (≈52) — another 1783 Spanish-period…
1828-06-04 · doc 249 · company muster (monthly, Jan→) — tte Antonio Valle, 3 sgts, 2 drummers, 4 cabos, 31 soldiers (≈41)
1833-04-03 · doc 250 · the *asesor* (legal adviser) voluntarily separates himself from the asesoría, and so did not attend the Vista de Cárceles (jail…
1824-11-06 · doc 251 · transcribes his notice to interim cmdr Ignacio Martínez — due to scarcity of provisions, he authorized the Sonoma-mission escolta…
1824-01-09 · doc 252 · the Russian brig *Rurik* anchored this morning (from Monterey, capt. Basilio[?])
1825-08-16 · doc 253 · 4 acks — (1) circular re counterfeit money in circulation (vigilance)
1824–1825 · doc 254 · SF letterbook extract, items 5–17 (cont. of Doc 253) — ⭐⭐ the Russian-Aleut otter hunt from Fort Ross
1831-08-25 · doc 255 · (2 docs) whether the municipal fund should pay for official paper — Asesor Rafael Gómez rules the judge must bear the cost
1824-12-21 · doc 256 · (2 docs) ⭐ took goods from the schooner *Isaac Tarlar*[?] to clothe the troop — some soldiers 'sin calzones' (without trousers)…
1824-10-09 · doc 257 · the Russian scientific frigate *Predpriatie* ('Enterprise') anchored 8 Oct — from St
1824-11-07 · doc 258 · (completes Doc 257) the *Predpriatie* carried a mineralogist + 200 crew, was resupplied, and set sail 7 Nov for the Sandwich…
1834-10-09[?] · doc 259 · resolves the Min. de Hacienda oficio of 20 Jul (prior yr) on the Subcomisaría accounting
1825-10-11[?] · doc 260 · American merchant frigate *Sachem* from Monterey (w/ its schooner + goods for sale)
1829-11-06 · doc 261 · at a Dominican Baja mission ('San Regis'[?] / S. Fco de Borja), neophytes apprehended 5 deserters from Alta California
1824-12-03 · doc 262 · (2 docs) ⭐⭐ 1º the Russian war-frigate *Kreiser* (Capt
1834-01-12 · doc 263 · election of the new habilitado (company paymaster) for the 1835–36 funds — fell on Alférez 2º Ignacio del Valle
1795-12-20 · doc 264 · 1795 Spanish-period case bound into this Mexican volume — complying w/ Viceroy Branciforte's decree
~1840-05-12 · doc 265 · (2 orders) re soldiers' *vestuario* (clothing) & pledged garments; 2º an 8 p.m
1827-06-03 · doc 266 · acta* of complaint by citizen Vicente Cané re the embargo of ~$6,000 shipped Aug 1826 aboard the *Santa Apolonia* (master Manuel…
~1826-09-02 · doc 267 · orders (on receipt) the handover of the company to artillery capt. Miguel González w/ due formalities
1835-03 · doc 268 · (2 docs) SD company net-pay budget ($855) + ⭐ SD company *lista de revista* (muster roll)
1834-11-01 · doc 269 · printed (*impresa*) ball-invitation card — a ball at Figueroa's house celebrating the directors of the Colonization…
1835-04-03 · doc 270 · SD company net-pay budget for the month ($838)
~1803 · doc 271 · fiscal accounting of expenses supplied to the 'niñas de Cuna'[?] (foundling girls) for 1801–02 — disallows certain charges…
1826-08-18 · doc 272 · (2 docs) ⭐ orders 15–20,000 adobes + materials for necessary repairs to the Monterey presidio works — and, if workers lack, to…
1835-02-03 · doc 273 · SD company monthly pay budget ($838)
1835-06-03 · doc 274 · SD company monthly pay budget ($838)
1825-01-03 · doc 275 · sung Mass & Te Deum at Mission SF for the exaltation of Pope Leo XII, troops firing salutes during the Mass
1825-09-19 · doc 276 · English whaling frigates *Guarens*[?] (Capt. Guillermo Ríos) and *Recovery*[?] (Capt. Guillermo Fichi[?]) anchored at SF
1828-02-25 · doc 277 · two ex-convicts request passports to return to Guadalajara, having completed their sentences (3 & 6 yrs) — penal-colony datapoint
1825-05-16 · doc 278 · 'Diferencias sobre provisiones para la tropa de guarnición en las misiones' — long mission-vs-presidio supply dispute
1824-07-14 · doc 279 · customs account for goods introduced from the merchant frigate *Iron Tarlar*[?] — $1,435 in goods, 13⅓% deduction + 25% duty
1825-02-20 · doc 280 · American merchant brig *Nile* from Canton, Capt. Robert (Roberto) Forbes, 15 crew, entered SF
1831-01-02 · doc 281 · convokes the ayuntamiento to the government house to solemnize the handover of the Jefatura Política & the oath of the…
1825-10-10 · doc 282 · American frigate *Factor* (Capt. Juan Hlay[?]) arrived at SF
1825-09-27 · doc 283 · (2 docs) French whaler *Triton* from Nantes (Capt. Juan Osham[?])
1827-06-04 · doc 284 · opening VERIFIED vs scan n249: date/author/subject confirmed — subject line verbatim 'Trata sobre la infidencia de algunos PP
1825-02-05 · doc 285 · sends (in duplicate) the padrón/census of the inhabitants of his jurisdiction
1825-04-12 · doc 286 · whaling frigate *Apolo* anchored in the Santa Cruz roadstead on the 10th
1828-03-01 · doc 287 · pay budget: 1 sgt + 7 soldiers of the Mazatlán squadron garrisoned at SB (~$144/mo)
1828-03-01 · doc 288 · monthly pay budget of the Mazatlán squadron (~$724)
1825-10-02 · doc 289 · (2 docs) American whaler *Plough Boy* (Capt. William Chadwick, 20 crew) anchored
1831-02-18 · doc 290 · re a stock of manufactured tobacco (monopoly) that had diminished/deteriorated
1821-06-27 · doc 291 · orders the punishment of Ramona García for adultery — after childbirth
1825-11-30 · doc 292 · SF company pay budget (incl. invalids), ~$1,307
1825-04-22 · doc 293 · 8-doc letterbook — American schooner *Spy* (*Espía*) + frigate *Sachem* (fr. Monterey) + schooner *Tártaro*
1825-05-22 · doc 294 · sends 40 fanegas of wheat but refuses to send more — the mission has barely enough for the Community, 'los indios se pasan'…
1825-04-25 · doc 295 · original letter declaring the impossibility of aiding the troops — last harvest only 135 fanegas of wheat
1835-05-02 · doc 296 · (2 items) goods taken for the SF garrison from the national brig *María Ester* ($303) + goods for the frigate *Santa María* from…
1825-04-24 · doc 297 · certificate of the SF promulgation of the 1824 Federal Constitution / civil code (sovereign decree 5 Nov 1824, rec'd 1 Apr…
~1825-01-21 · doc 298 · American merchant brig *Tic-me-mash*[?] from New York (Capt. Juan Nesti[?]) anchored; manifests its cargo
1835-08-28 · doc 299 · will not disembark any sailor from national coasting ships without the formalities prescribed by the naval ordinance
1835-08-22 · doc 300 · complying w/ the 8 May oficio, handed over the Port Captaincy of SD to Capt. Santiago Argüello
1834-06-18 · doc 301 · apprehended & jailed the boy Ángel Zúñiga, accused by Dª Teresa García of attempting to rape an india (Teresa's sister) in her…
1835-05-01 · doc 302 · the Mayordomo of Mission San Luis withholds all resources to supply the presidio troop, in 'apremiante necesidad' — the…
1834-09-12 · doc 303 · order to feed the prisoners (one a woman) held for homicide
1834-08-02 · doc 304 · re cabo José María & the escolta (Cañada de los Osos / San José) — two caretakers found beaten
1785-12-28 · doc 305 · grants Ignacio de Arteaga 1½ yrs' leave to Spain; approves José Arce as interim Factor of San Blas & the Californias
1785 · doc 306 · acks the San Diego presidio's 1784 accounts; forwarded to the Tribunal de Cuentas
1785-03-05 · doc 307 · grants CA's request for a surgeon + medicines — the Cirujano mayor of the Hospital Real de Naturales to send one
1785 · doc 308 · re San Blas embarkations & a salted-meat cargo given the abundance of cattle
1795-01-22 · doc 309 · invoice distributing $14,331 in goods
1802-05-05 · doc 310 · re the law requiring friars' leave-requests to route through the provincial chiefs; the Fr. Antonio Montesdeoca memorial
1781-11-15 · doc 311 · encloses the Junta de Guerra y Real Hacienda resolution on the 'ocurrencias y novedades del Río Colorado' (the 1781 Yuma Revolt)…
1781-11-15 · doc 312 · full acta of the Junta de Guerra y Real Hacienda on the campaign against the Yumas of the Colorado River (aftermath of the 1781…
1792-01-15 · doc 313 · dossier 'sobre pagos a individuos que trabajan en fábricas de Presidios' — a detailed fiscal reconstruction of the…
1802-07-13 · doc 314 · acks (per the gov.'s 11 Feb letter) the death of Pedro de Alberni at Monterey
1776-10-05 · doc 315 · Serra's clemency letter after the 1775 SD Mission revolt — ✎ RE-READ AT FULL RES 2026-07-05 (verification pass)
1795-08-26 · doc 316 · sends copies re hemp cultivation (cultivo de cáñamo); orders the San Blas commissary to forward the instruments
1795-04-30 · doc 317 · detailed instructions on cultivating hemp & flax (*cáñamo y lino*) — river/water retting, drying, processing
1783-08-12 · doc 318 · sends the certified R.l cédula (15 Feb) conferring on Neve the post of Comandante Gral of the Provincias Internas
1783-08-25 · doc 319 · has the plan to build the Santa Bárbara Presidio
1785-05-02 · doc 320 · acks; re the SB presidio & materials gathered for the pueblo construction
1785-03-09 · doc 321 · acks (via Lt. Goycoechea, SB cmdr) the proposal that Indians of Mission San Luis [Obispo] worked on the presidio construction
1785-03-17 · doc 322 · encloses a R.l cédula (Aranjuez, 27 Apr 1784)
1792-10-16 · doc 323 · verified vs scan n288. ordered iron sent on the next San Blas ship; requests an accounting of iron & steel received
1792-10-19 · doc 324 · 44 quintales of gunpowder to the Habilitado Gral, distributed proportionally among the 4 presidios (SF/Monterey/SB/SD) per need
1792-10-19 · doc 325 · transmits the King's order that all provincial chiefs send an annual report of their measures on population, agriculture, public…
1786-07-02 · doc 326 · re opening a road from Monterey to Santa Fe, New Mexico — Fages (oficio nº 215, 1 Jan) had requested the enterprise & listed the…
1785-07-30 · doc 327 · (per José de Gálvez, 12 Mar) the King rules coast-guard/anti-contraband vessels fly the Royal flag (but no pennant near navy…
1785-02-15 · doc 328 · the King orders civil officials (corregidores/justices/ayuntamientos) to attend the procession & preaching of the Bull of the…
1785-02-15 · doc 329 · the King orders all chiefs of the Indies to send a semiannual report on the weather (rains scarce/abundant) & the crop harvests
1785-02-25 · doc 330 · thanksgiving ordered throughout the dominions for the birth (14 Oct 1784) of an infante named Fernando María (the future Fernando…
1785-02-26 · doc 331 · verified vs scan n295. sends a R.l cédula (inserting one of 5 Dec 1773) habilitating the expelled Jesuits to enjoy their former…
1802-05-12 · doc 332 · encloses nine *cédulas de inválidos* (veteran pensions) for SB-presidio men
1822-04-15 · doc 333 · the Regency of the [Mexican] Empire decrees on the attributions & payments the provincial Diputaciones owe to Deputies…
1822-04-12 · doc 334 · names Agustín de Iturbide President of the Regency 'sin turnos' (permanent)
'1822'-03-21 ⚠ · doc 335 · supplicates for the liberty of the 4[?] Indians held at San Diego ⚠ date impossible as written (Borica d
1827-07-21 · doc 336 · header VERIFIED vs scan n298: 1827-07-21 México, Espinosa de los Monteros → G.P
1822-12-09 · doc 337 · circular 'sobre Europeos Españoles del modo q
1822-05-20 · doc 338 · has circulated the decrees of the Regency of the Empire, the Junta Provisional Gubernativa & the Sovereign Constituent Congress
1824-04-06 · doc 339 · encloses copies of the instruction for collecting the avería & peage (toll) duties
1823-08-27 · doc 340 · on the conservation & propagation of the smallpox vaccine ('fluido vacuno') — ayuntamientos, diputaciones & jefes políticos to…
1829-09-02 · doc 341 · decree that the federation occupy the properties of all persons who hold them in the Republic but reside in an enemy country (the…
1823-10-18 · doc 342 · notice of the sums the general Treasury advanced to California's Deputies to the sovereign congress
1835-04-25 · doc 343 · circular that military units be paid — the 15 Jan circular letting comandantes generales intervene in fund distribution stays in…
1824-07-31 · doc 344 · on the action against the 1824 rebel Indians at Missions Sta Inés & La Purísima [Chumash Revolt]
1835-07-06 · doc 345 · notification: began exercising the State of México's executive power
1835-05-30 · doc 346 · public opinion declared in favor of the Central popular-representative system (the 1835 centralist turn reaching CA)
1823-09-17 · doc 347 · reminder to arrange the coming to México of the province's elected deputies to the general Congress
1823-09-24 · doc 348 · Congress's accord on civic militias — enroll & organize per law
1823-12-16 · doc 349 · transmits the constituent congress's decree — the Acta Constitutiva Art
1823-11-27 · doc 350 · the S.P.E. resolved that all diputaciones & ayuntamientos pay official-correspondence postage from their own funds
1823-09-27 · doc 351 · verified vs scan n309. re paying the dietas of the deputies to the 2nd Congress — the diputaciones to estimate the total & their…
1823-09-27 · doc 352 · remove royal insignia / coats of arms — no royal or old-system arms to be used
1823-09-26 · doc 353 · Congress: the provinces pay into the national Treasury the *viático* of the concluding deputies
1827-11-28 · doc 354 · the President ordered a notice of the individuals composing his secretariat & their salaries
1835-09-06 ✎ *(MS 'Sbre'=Septiembre; was Oct)* · doc 355 · navy-officer reassignments — Lt. Ventura Araujo to the capital; Lt. Juan Bautista Laighton back to the San Blas dept.
1835-10-15 · doc 356 · the executive orders (without excuse) the province's elected deputies be set in motion to Congress
1835-08-20 · doc 357 · re the civic militia — report how Monterey & the other pueblos have complied with the militia decrees
1823-08-09 · doc 358 · 'Sobre ilustrar al pueblo' — to banish ignorance & error, orders the creation of public reading rooms ('gabinetes públicos de…
1800-07-30 · doc 359 · the 21 individuals coming on the frigate carrying the *memorias* will be well treated & provided for until assigned
1825-04-22 · doc 360 · the President orders an estado of the artillery, munitions, park & service personnel be sent
1825-04-20 · doc 361 · the President orders a monthly report of the pending *causas* (legal cases) in the Comandancia, with reasons
1825-04-26 · doc 362 · charter a transport at that port to relieve the brig *Morelos* of its cargo
1828-11-12 · doc 363 · circular: the active-militia units to have their regulation strength
1845-05-29 · doc 364 · communication on the occurrences in the department & Gen
1830-10-07 ✎ inferred *(MS '1823')* · doc 365 · circular: the President orders strict instructions to every authority of the territory that, wherever 'Dⁿ Lorenzo Zavala, Gobⁿ qᵉ…
1823-09-17 · doc 366 · reminder (per the 20 Aug circular) to send CA's elected deputies to the general congress (≈ Doc 347)
1828-11-21 · doc 367 · encloses a certified copy of the general dispositions on the colonization of the territories (the 1828 Reglamento — cf. Doc 369)
1824-08-18 · doc 368 · the General Colonization Law of 18 Aug 1824 (full 17 articles) — the foundational Mexican land/colonization statute
1828-11-21 · doc 369 · the full 1828 Reglamento implementing the 1824 Colonization Law (17 arts) — jefes políticos may grant *terrenos baldíos* (Art
1795-08-25 · doc 370 · (draft) received the royal *despacho* of Lt.-Col. of Cavalry for Capt. José Joaquín de Arrillaga (Loreto company)
1795-08-29 · doc 371 · (draft) received the *despachos* of lieutenant & alférez for Hermenegildo Sal & Raymundo Carrillo
1795-09-02 · doc 372 · VERIFIED on scan n327, 2026-07-05 verification pass
1795-11-30 · doc 373 · (draft) received the *despacho* of Coronel de Caballería from the King; gives thanks
1795-11-08 · doc 374 · (draft) will arrange, with the forces dispatched, the defense of the foreign-ship port-entries
1796-01-11 · doc 375 · (draft) the separation (from 1 Jan) of California's tithe & mercury (*azogue*) administration from the Cajas del Rosario…
1796-02-08 · doc 376 · requests founding a mission at Sta Catalina / Portezuela (Baja, between S. Vicente & S
1796-02-26 · doc 377 · proposes founding 5 missions in the gaps between San Diego and San Francisco (+ requests the aid) — the mission-expansion…
1795-03-12 · doc 378 · long report (against building roadside inns/missions) w/ a province-wide census of both Californias: Alta Cal
1796-03-23 · doc 379 · arrival at Monterey of the schooner *Valdés* with Lt
1796-04-05 · doc 380 · arrival at SF of the packet *San Carlos* (Lt. Ramón Saavedra) with Lt.-Col
1796-04-08 · doc 381 · reports the damage to livestock by gentile & Christian Indians + measures to contain them + the great seed-scarcity from 3…
1796-05-12 (+ Jun–Aug) · doc 382 · (draft cluster, n333–334) ⭐ no foreigner left by arriving ships; San Blas ships' pennant signals
1821-07-11 · doc 383 · 'es borrador' — news from the Kingdom is not pleasant: Col
1809-12-31 · doc 384 · inventory of goods & provisions on hand, value $41,075
1809-12-31 · doc 385 · account showing the SF *habilitación*'s balance with Monterey's: Abonos $21,144 / Cargo $13,276 → SF owes Monterey $7,868
1810-12-31 · doc 386 · inventory of goods & provisions on hand, value $37,268
1810-12-03 · doc 387 · account of supplies furnished the frigate *Princesa* in the current year — she owes $1,839
1821–1845 · doc 388 · TOMO XVIII title leaf — 'State Papers. Sacramento Series. Presidios & Misiones. Vol. XVIII. Miscellaneous. 1821–1845
1822-01-09 · doc 389 · (3 items) approves Fr. José Sánchez as minister of San Gabriel replacing Fr. Joaquín Pascual Nuez (d. 30 Dec)
1822-08-12 · doc 390 · on their divergence of opinions — begs him to 'write less and do more,' since ideas diverge with little uniformity
1822-03-16 · doc 391 · creation of a Junta de Oficiales (to represent all matters touching Indians & Missions) & the naming of a Deputy + alternate to…
1822-03-21 · doc 392 · on the differences between them re a donation of 1,000-odd pesos made in the neophytes' name to cadet Joaquín de la Torre & the…
1822-04-17 · doc 393 · the 10-article electoral instructions for provincial Deputies per the Soberana Junta Provisional
1822-04-13 · doc 394 · the oath to the Constitution to be administered to the Indians — encloses copies of the acta held at the presidio for circulation…
1822-04-13 · doc 395 · observations on financing the Deputies — the Province has no wealthy men to bear the office & no public funds
1822-04-14 · doc 396 · learned with regret that the Cuesta de Santa Susana road is impassable
1822-05-04 · doc 397 · relays Lt. José Manuel Ruiz (frontier cdr.)'s report of Lord Cochrane's insurgent squadron ravaging Baja California (Feb–Mar…
1822-08-04 · doc 398 · regrets the contagious disease (class unstated) decimating 'esas pobres gentes' (a mission epidemic)
1822-05-20 · doc 399 · church-state clash — Fr. Vicente de Sarría preached at Mass that, Independence having been sworn, the troops no longer enjoyed…
1822-05-20 · doc 400 · the English brig *Snipe* anchored at Monterey seeking hides & tallow the missions can sell — circulate a note asking quantities…
1822-05-31 · doc 401 · acknowledges the acta of the swearing of Independence made at the mission by the padres & neophytes
1822-05-31 · doc 402 · same as the preceding (ack of the Independence-oath acta)
1822-06-11 · doc 403 · on whether the old prohibitions on trade with foreigners in Spanish-American ports have expired — the Mex
1822-06-13 · doc 404 · the 6% *reintegro* contribution must be paid by missions and vecinos on goods sold to nationals & foreigners
1822-06-20 · doc 405 · issued a circular ordering everyone who sells produce — vecino or military, to foreigners or nationals — pay the 6% *reintegro*
1822-06-22 · doc 406 · RE-READ AT FULL RES 2026-07-05 (verification pass)
1822-07-02 · doc 407 · thanks the Purísima padres & neophytes for donating 3 pieces of cloth + hats for the troops (to report to the Imperial Regency…
1822-07-19 · doc 408 · the English frigate *Claudine* anchored at Monterey (14th) from Lima, bringing Antonio Cot, soon sailing for the East Indies
1822-07-19 · doc 409 · surprised that, though the certificate of the Independence oath sworn at his mission arrived, he gave no report of having made it…
1822-07-20 · doc 410 · had to suspend his march for the arrival of the frigate *Panther* (passenger Anseti[?]) & the war-brig *San Carlos* conducting…
1822-07-24 · doc 411 · church-state — relays Fr. Juan Cabot's letter that Fr
1822-08-08 · doc 412 · has suspended his departure for the southern presidios owing to the imminent arrival of Canónigo [Agustín] Fernández [de San…
1822-09-09 · doc 413 · acknowledges the acta de juramento (Independence oath) sworn by the padres of the northern [Baja] missions 'desde esa M.n hasta…
1822-09-10 · doc 414 · 'Sobre falta de misioneros' — has represented to the Empire the extreme shortage of priests
1823-04-14 · doc 415 · customs receipt — duties on the English brig *John Begg* (namesake of the McCulloch-Hartnell parent firm)
1823-04-17 · doc 416 · customs receipt — duties on the American frigate *Sachem*: introduction $124 + export $7 = $131 (less $6.4r, the 5% honorario)
1824-12-31 · doc 417 · supplies furnished to the SF presidio in 1824 — total $3,674
1823-12-31 · doc 418 · supplies to the SF presidio — $1,529
1827-12-31 · doc 419 · mission accounts from 1 Jul 1820 (libranza balances) — SJ Bautista $1,174, Sta Cruz $529, S. Carlos $147, Soledad $80, S
1808-12-31 · doc 420 · value of provisions/effects in the Monterey Habilitación = $33,251 ⚠ Savage-dated '1808' (likely 1828 — Estrada was Monterey…
1796-12-04 · doc 421 · 1796 maize harvest of Pueblo San José = 2,469 fanegas; tithes paid 110 fan. 6 almudes
1797-09-08 · doc 422 · founding report of Mission San Fernando Rey de España — on 8 Sep 1797 (Nativity of Mary) at the native site 'Achois Comihavit'…
1797-07-25 · doc 423 · founding certificate of Mission San Miguel Arcángel — a multitude of gentiles present & content; Fr
1797-06-27 · doc 424 · VERIFIED vs scan n365: '1797 Junio 27 Sⁿ Carlos… Fundación de Misión de Sⁿ Juan Bautª
1797-06-11 · doc 425 · VERIFIED vs scan n366: '1797 Junio 11 Sta Clara, Lasuén, Fundación de la Misión de Sn José… aquel día, domingo y fiesta de la…
1810-02-20 · doc 426 · situado account — value of the situado remitted to Monterey $36,868; Company haber $29,491
1808-03-27 · doc 427 · situado account — situado to Monterey $48,043; haber w/ credits $41,005; owing $7,038 (to deduct from this year's situado)
1826-08-01 · doc 428 · SD treasury 'corte de caja' May–Jul 1826 — CARGO $8,099 (incl
1820-10-09 · doc 429 · on swearing the 1812 [Cádiz] Constitution (restored 1820) — the Prefect to take & administer the oath to the padres & circulate…
1820-10-30 · doc 430 · certifies the disembarkation at Monterey (8–9 Aug 1820) of 4 San Fernando friars — Fr. Francisco González de Ibarra, Fr
1820-11-03 · doc 431 · acknowledges the Prefect's plan for an 8–10 day expedition into the frontier tulares of his mission to reconnoiter the rancherías…
1820-11-16 · doc 432 · orders the soldier Juan Bautista Buelna jailed one month for adultery with a mission India (committed with her husband's consent…
(n.d., 1820) · doc 433 · on vaccination — 40+ children of both sexes vaccinated at the presidio thanks to the físico Basilio Merlin of the frigate…
1820-12-16 · doc 434 · funds spent on the Monterey Presidio reconstruction (day-laborers from Mexico + the Taller de Maestranza de Artillería)
1820-12-28 · doc 435 · the missions may provide $2,000 for the Maestranza (artillery workshop) repairs, remitted part to the Presidio Habilitado & part…
1821-01-05 · doc 436 · 'mala conducta de un Religioso' — Fr. Luis Gil de Taboada (named in Savage's footnote) disrupts marriages without justice, e.g
1821-01-18 · doc 437 · acknowledges the note (13 Dec) from Fr. Bernardo del Espíritu Santo, Bishop of Sonora, granting the President the faculties…
1821-01-18 · doc 438 · VERIFIED opening vs n375: 'La misma fecha. El mismo al mismo
1821-02-20 · doc 439 · Lt. Manuel Gómez needs 1 lb of borax (polvos de atincar) to repair (encasquillar) several artillery pieces
1821-02-26 · doc 440 · acknowledges Fr. Luis Antonio Martínez & his SLO neophytes' donation to the troops — 80 horses, 80 saddles, 50 blankets — to be…
1821-03-08 · doc 441 · 'amenazas de invasión de los Amajavas' (Mojave) — relays Capt. José de la Guerra (SB, 27 Feb) that the invasion rumors persist
1821-03-08 · doc 442 · 'venida de un General Guamariocpa' — 8 Yuma Indians at Mission San Gabriel, their 'General' Guamariocpa bearing passports from…
1821-04-26 · doc 443 · on duties payable on goods introduced to the Missions — the Padres must submit original facturas so the presidio Habilitados can…
1821-05-19 · doc 444 · major church-state / contraband treatise defending taxing the missions — invokes Art
1821-08-13 · doc 445 · from the 1818 insurgent [Bouchard] attack he personally lost >$5,000 in goods at his house, unmentioned when he asked the…
1827-12-31 · doc 446 · population census of the Santa Bárbara-jurisdiction missions — Indians 2,061 men / 1,739 women
1816-10-03 · doc 447 · VERIFIED vs n386: '1816 Octbre 3 Montey… buque de guerra Ruso llamado 'Rúric', Comdto Kosebue… el Rey Fernando 7º en Rl Orden 27…
1816-10-10 · doc 448 · 'amenazas de invasión de los Indios' — a night dispatch from the SD cdr
1825-1835 · doc 449 · Savage note — runs of the official gazettes 'El Telégrafo,' 'El Fénix de la Libertad' (Tomo III) & the 'Gaceta del Supremo…
1833-07-29 · doc 450 · VERIFIED vs scan n388: '1833 Mex. 'El Fénix de la Libertad' Tomo III Número 16… Sesión de 29 Julio 1833
1833-10-15 · doc 451 · VERIFIED vs n391: '1833 Mex. El Telégrafo, Periódico oficial del Gobno de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Cámara de Diputados
1845-04-03 · doc 452 · on the accusation against ex-Gov. Micheltorena — the Asamblea defers the accusation by division chiefs Alvarado & Castro to be…
1845-04-04 · doc 453 · Assembly's instructions for the commission against Micheltorena — the Juez de 1ª Instancia to take declarations from 5–6 persons…
1826-05-15 · doc 454 · the insubordination charge against Lt. Antonio del Valle being unproven, orders him immediately released
1839-05-19 · doc 455 · a defamation matter — someone has damaged Señora Martina Castro's reputation by alleging illicit relations, before witnesses José…
1834-10-11 · doc 456 · per Suprema orden of 17 Jul, Lt of the National Navy José Santos Iglesias takes charge of the Comandancia de Marina [San Blas]
1844-08-01 · doc 457 · complying with the 24 Jul order, has instructed the Company Captain to proceed (with the judge) to the election of the subaltern…
1825-04-15 · doc 458 · Durán's canonical opinion (as Vicario Forense) on the duel between cabo Camilo Berenda[?] & Melitón Sota[?] near Monterey…
1796-08-27 · doc 459 · relays the Príncipe de la Paz (Godoy)'s communication (5 May, per the King's letter of 12 Jan) about the Irishman José Burling[?]…
1840-02-05 · doc 460 · notes President Guadalupe Victoria had granted retirement with full pay (goce de sueldo) to Lt José María Estrada
1844-04-07 · doc 461 · relays that the Ministry of Foreign Relations issued Thomas O
1834-12-31 · doc 462 · San José municipal election results — Alcalde Antonio Mª [Pico], Regidor Leandro Rochín, Síndico Luis Chaboya
1822-09-24 · doc 463 · petitions for a Carta de Naturaleza (naturalization) — the pioneer American LA merchant
1833-07-24 · doc 464 · [2nd copy of Doc 97, in Spanish] Wrangel rebuts Capt
1833-12-23 · doc 465 · Figueroa's reply — affirms satisfaction with the Russians' 'honored and delicate conduct' & rebuts Beechey's otter charges as…
1844-08-11 · doc 466 · election of officers for the 'Defensores de la Patria' auxiliary cavalry company (32 enrolled men, per the 16 Jul 1844 decree) —…
1843-01-06 · doc 467 · arrival of a party of 74 armed men 'naturales del Canadá' (a Hudson's Bay Co./Canadian trapper brigade) near the Río San Joaquín…
1844-07-09 · doc 468 · Gen. Micheltorena has named Antonio María Osio (the future Californio memoirist) Captain of the 'Defensores de la Patria' squadron
1845-03-27 · doc 469 · contract between Pico's departmental govt and the Americans John Marsh & John Gantt for a mounted campaign against the…
(n.d., 1845) · doc 470 · petition to remove the current Alcalde 'por el despotismo conque desempeña su empleo'
1825-02-06 · doc 471 · orders published (with rebuttal) the Pope's [Leo XII] encyclical to the Archbishops & Bishops of America — which, 'duped by…
1826-02-02 · doc 472 · on opening a road between California & the Paso de los Yumas (Yuma Crossing) / Sonora — Lt
1826-02-26 · doc 473 · requests 150 men from the Comandante Gral of Sonora to repress the hostile Indians & guard the Camino á Sonora detachments
1826-04-22 · doc 474 · long omnibus report — the Territorial Diputación suspended since 1825 under Argüello & hard to reconstitute (no educated men, no…
(n.d., 1826) · doc 475 · on the revalidation of officers' commissions (despachos) after independence — pay suspended for officers who haven't revalidated…
1826-10-31 · doc 476 · on partial contributions (direct taxes) & the presidial-company reform — proposes 3 new California companies
1826-12-30 · doc 477 · arrival of the first American overland party — an 'Inglés ó Americano' [Jedediah Smith] with 14 men of his nation reached Mission…
1827-06-13 · doc 478 · announces the Territorial Diputación's vocales sworn in
1827-06-21 · doc 479 · notifies that the Diputación began exercising its functions on 14 Jun after its vocales' oath
1827-05-29 · doc 480 · on the recall of the Escuadrón de Mazatlán troops from California back to Sonora (per the Govt's decision, 8 Jan) — to march via…
1829-08-11 · doc 481 · Sub-Comisario José María Herrera suspended himself from all treasury functions since Sep 1827, forcing the Jefe Político to run…
1829-08-31 · doc 482 · ordered Capt. Pablo de la Portilla (cdr. of the Mazatlán active party) to suspend his march back to Sonora, the Territory's…
1829-09-22 · doc 483 · complete roster of the civil & military employees of Alta California, 1829 — Jefe Político Echeandía + secretary Agustín V
1829-11-28 · doc 484 · reports (via the brig '*Funchal*' from Mazatlán to the SB cdr.) that [José María] Solís — sentenced to 10 years' exile in the…
1835-08-01 · doc 485 · criminal case against Miguel Hidalgo — accused of involvement in a revolution against the Alta California territorial govt & of…
1835-05-05 · doc 486 · criminal case against Cabo Doroteo Arciniaga for allowing the prisoner Joaquín Alfaro to escape while corporal of the guard
1823-04-01 · doc 487 · Leaf heading verbatim: 1823. S. Franco / Ygo Martinez al Gefe. S. Luis A. Arguello. Entry verbatim: Abril 1o
1823-04-09 · doc 488 · Entry verbatim: Abril 9. Remite la Solicitud del Sold.o Maximo Martinez, pidiendo su licencia absoluta. Gloss
1823-06-02 · doc 489 · Entry verbatim: Junio 2. Da Cuenta Con el parte del Cabo graduado de Sargto Jose Herrera de la salida que hiso Con la Tropa a la…
1823-05-01 · doc 490 · Heading verbatim: Mayo 1o. Jose de Herrera a... sin dereccion. Entry verbatim: Partida en requerimiento de Indios Cristianos
1823-07-07 · doc 491 · Heading verbatim: 1823 Julio 7. San Franco / Ygnacio Martinez a Luis Ant.o Arguello. Entry verbatim
1828-02-01 · doc 492 · Heading verbatim: 1828. Santa Barbara / Anastacio Carrillo ( No dice Con q.e Cara.cter), the last word written with a superscript…
1828-02-01 · doc 493 · Heading verbatim: 1828. Jose Joaq.n Maitorena: Sta Barb.a. Entry verbatim
1828-02-01 · doc 494 · Heading verbatim: 1828. Febrero 1o Sant.a Barb.a / Anastacio Carrillo. Entry verbatim: Certifica
1828 · doc 495 · Heading verbatim: 1828. Sta Barb.a / J. Joaq.n Maitorena. Entry verbatim
1828-02-01 · doc 496 · Heading verbatim: 1828 Sta Barb.a Comp.a de Caball.a / Anastacio Carrillo. Two entries verbatim
1823-06-10 · doc 497 · Heading verbatim: 1823 Ygnacio Martinez. (S. Franco) / al Gefe Sup.or Politico y Militar. Entry verbatim: Junio 10
1823-07-01 · doc 498 · Leaf heading verbatim: 1823 San Francisco / Ygnacio Martinez. Al Cap.n D.n Luis Arguello. Entry verbatim: Julio 1o
1823-11-30 · doc 499 · Entry verbatim: Nov.re 30 Cuenta de Habilitacion. Gloss
1823-04-16 · doc 500 · Entry verbatim: Abril 16. Fuga de dos soldados. Gloss: flight of two soldiers from the San Francisco garrison
1823-04-16 · doc 501 · Entry verbatim: (ditto) 16 Dice, que el sabado 13 se presento en esta guarnicion el Sarg.to de Infant.a Pedro Castillo Con 14…
1828-12-31 · doc 502 · Entry verbatim: 1828. D.ctre 31. Cuentas de Habelit.n de S. Fran.co. Gloss
1823-10-31 · doc 503 · Entry verbatim: 1823 Oct.e 31. Cuenta de la habilit.n Comp.a de S. Fran.co. Gloss
1823-11-21 · doc 504 · Reports the faltas de subordinación y altanerías of Cabo Ramírez, «Da Cuenta de las faltas de subordinacion y altanerías del Cabo…
1823 · doc 505 · Verbatim heading: '1823 San Francisco / Y. Martinez al Gefe Sup.r de la Prov.a L.A. Arguello'