Victoria's denunciation of Padrés & the 1831 secularization plan

Superior Government State Papers, tomo Vols. I–XVIII · BANC MSS C-A 57, document 79

Victoria's denunciation of Padrés & the 1831 secularization plan: llegado á relevar á Echeandía, acusa al Tenⁱᵉ-Inspector José M. Padrés de impulsar un plan para variar el sistema de Misiones (fundado en «un decreto de las Cortes Españolas» + acuerdo con la Diputación), lleno de «intrigas y falsedades»; que pondría los bienes de las 21 misiones «á la voluntad de los administradores» — un «bárbaro monopolio» cedido á «bribones» favorecidos por Padrés, para formar un caudal «de centenares de miles» despojando á los neófitos de lo «adquirido con el trabajo y sudores de sus rostros»; = «la destrucción total del Territorio»; dice haber detenido el bando salvo en San Francisco → the conservative governor's case against the Echeandía–Padrés emancipation decree that drove his overthrow

Date1832-01-12 (exact)
FromManuel Victoria
ToMin. de Relaciones
PlaceSanta Bárbara
SeriesSuperior Government State Papers
TomoVols. I–XVIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagep.(Vict. rep.)
Savage copy page61–63
Scan leafn60–n62
Document typems. (report)
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentManuel Victoria to Min. de Relaciones, Santa Bárbara, 1832-01-12, Superior Government State Papers, Vols. I–XVIII, p.(Vict. rep.), Archives of California, C-A 57, 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 Vols. I–XVIII]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/ca57/ca57-d79.html
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