fuller report — the unrest reached San Diego too (a soldier prosecuted for heading his company against interim cmdr Santiago Argüello; comrades plotting to seize the guard & take up arms); ⭐ of the 14 officers in the 3 presidial companies of both Californias, only 7 fit for service; the friars 'desafectos á nuestras instituciones,' kept by force under the expulsion law, constantly demanding passports; ⭐ 'los Neófitos pugnan en las más Misiones para que sean convertidos en pueblos' (secularization pressure); begs for an aide, Juez Letrado, Comisario, 10 line companies + cash (½ the annual pay) to avoid 'un Cabal trastorno' — reinforcements could come overland from Sonora across the Colorado
| Date | 1828-10-20 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | José Mª Echeandía (San Diego) |
| To | Minister of War |
| Series | State Papers, Sacramento |
| Tomo | X–XIX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | 416–424 |
| Savage copy page | 40–42 |
| Scan leaf | n39–41 |
| Document type | abstract (corr.) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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José Mª Echeandía (San Diego) to Minister of War, 1828-10-20, State Papers, Sacramento, X–XIX, 416–424, 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-d70.html