major church-state / contraband treatise defending taxing the missions — invokes Art

State Papers, Sacramento, tomo X–XIX · BANC MSS C-A 56, document 444

major church-state / contraband treatise defending taxing the missions — invokes Art. 338 of the 1812 Constitution (contribuciones not alcabalas); the missions supplied $400,000 in libranzas (seeds, lard, soap) since the 1810 insurrection; accuses the missions of contraband resale (goods 'not for the neophytes but to profit') unloaded at hidden coves (Cojo, Rancho de Ortega, San Pedro, San Juan Capistrano); threatens to appoint a customs inspector (frigate *Rita* owing $6,000–8,000); 'casi todos los intereses… pertenecen á los indios'; laments the troops receive not even ¼ their pay

Date1821-05-19 (exact)
FromGob. de Cal.s [Solá]
ToP. Prefecto
SeriesState Papers, Sacramento
TomoX–XIX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo page481–487
Savage copy page382–386
Scan leafn381–385
Document typeabstract (corr.)
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentGob. de Cal.s [Solá] to P. Prefecto, 1821-05-19, State Papers, Sacramento, X–XIX, 481–487, 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-d444.html
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