VERIFIED vs scan n20. Header verbatim: 'Lista de los Presos remitidos por el Supremo Gobierno de Mégico…

State Papers, Sacramento, tomo X–XIX · BANC MSS C-A 56, document 42

✓ VERIFIED vs scan n20 (2026-07-06 verification pass). Header verbatim: 'Lista de los Presos remitidos por el Supremo Gobierno de Mégico, en el Bergantín Morelos el día 27 de Julio de 1825, al mando del Capⁿ de fragⁱᵃ Dⁿ Ramón Sagasti.' register of convicts (*presos*) named w/ crimes & sentences: Antonio Mesta ('Capitán de la gavilla de Gómez… convencido á varios asesinatos y salteos, presentado á indulto en Puebla, perdonado la vida y consignado á Calⁱᵃ'), Fernando Corral ('Cara-de-toro,' 'Capitán de[l] … Gómez, de muy mala fama en toda la República'), José Mª Solís (alias 'Puerco'; 'Capitán de Gómez, uno de los que andaba formando revoluciones y alistando gente por los Pueblos' — the future leader of the 1829 Solís Revolt), Ignacio Solís, Pedro Lorenzo, José Mª Sosa, Francisco de Badillo (10 yrs presidio at San Rafael + fortifications, hardest labor, shoot-on-sight if he leaves his post); + a second group 'no tiene manifestación de sus delitos, sólo consta en la lista de entrega del comandante del bergantín' (~20 convicts total) — the California-as-penal-colony register. *(⚠ list order: the manuscript opens with a 'Gómez' then Mesta/Corral/Solís; this row leads with Solís for emphasis.)*

Date(n.d., 1825) (year)
Placeunsigned
SeriesState Papers, Sacramento
TomoX–XIX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo page336–339
Savage copy page21–23
Scan leafn20–22
Document typeabstract (convict register)
SourceSavage abstract

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