relays Lt. José Manuel Ruiz (frontier cdr.)'s report of Lord Cochrane's insurgent squadron ravaging Baja…

State Papers, Sacramento, tomo X–XIX · BANC MSS C-A 56, document 397

relays Lt. José Manuel Ruiz (frontier cdr.)'s report of Lord Cochrane's insurgent squadron ravaging Baja California (Feb–Mar 1822): the corvette *La Independencia* + a brig sacked Loreto, San José del Cabo & Real de San Antonio — pillage, violence against women, seizing a newly-launched schooner, desecrating the church (breaking the *custodia*, spilling the holy oils), capturing the ex-San Blas commandant & the Pitic treasury agent, entrenching with 3 cannon; eyewitness José S. de Leoba; Argüello ill, soldiers scattered/terrified; the Gov. warns the Padres to hide all gold, silver & valuables near the beach

Date1822-05-04 (exact)
FromGob. de Cal.s (Monterey)
ToP. Prefecto
SeriesState Papers, Sacramento
TomoX–XIX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pageXVIII·20–21
Savage copy page347–350
Scan leafn346–349
Document typeabstract (corr.)
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentGob. de Cal.s (Monterey) to P. Prefecto, 1822-05-04, State Papers, Sacramento, X–XIX, XVIII·20–21, Archives of California, C-A 56, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within X–XIX]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/ca56/ca56-d397.html
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