The official account of the 1831 OVERTHROW OF VICTORIA (briefing the incoming governor; a long compiled narrative quoting Victoria's own letters — overlaps Doc 82). Narrates: the disputed Jan-1831 handover (Echeandía absent at SD; Victoria reaches Monterey 29 Jan «en estado de revolución»); Padrés's mission-plan = the 1813 Spanish-Cortes decree of 13 Sept (33 arts.) turning Indian/mission property over to the ordinaries; the plotters regroup at San Francisco w/ Alférez M. G. Vallejo & Sgt José Sánchez; boosted by May–Jun-1831 rumors of Guerrero's return to the Presidency; Mariano Duarte alcalde de San José among promoters; revolt erupts 29 Nov 1831 at the SD presidio; Victoria gravely wounded near Los Ángeles [Cahuenga]; expelled, writes from San Blas (6 Feb 1832) that the Diputación reunited at LA and named PÍO PICO Jefe político; ⭐⭐⭐⭐ names the faction — «dos hermanos de Carrillo, Bandini el comisario, Pío Pico, Santiago Argüello, un Americano del Norte [Stearns], José M. Padrés, y sobre todos Echeandía» (the ones «que fomentaron á los oficiales»). Then Echeandía's counter-account (via the Gov. of Sonora's 6 Feb letter): his 5 charges against Victoria — (1) refusing to convene the Diputación in the lawful archive, (2) protecting the deposed LA alcalde Vicente Sánchez, (3) ⭐ the decapitation of the Indian «Atanasio», (4) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ the banishment of José Antonio Carrillo & the exile of Abel STEARNS (the causation link for Stearns's role), (5) arbitrary «ejecuciones de justicia»; the 29 Nov SD pronunciamiento (3 demands: deny obedience to Victoria / reunite the Diputación / name provisional command), Portilla's march to LA, the 5 Dec Cahuenga action (Victoria «se retiró á San Gabriel» wounded, agrees to embark), the Diputación convoked 1 Jan 1832 (citing the 6 May 1822 subdivision decree); + the Diputación vocals Vallejo/Pico/Osio's formal complaint of 18 Sept 1831 against Victoria — *(runs on past n80)*
| Date | 1832-05-17 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Vicepresidente |
| To | José Figueroa |
| Place | México |
| Series | Superior Government State Papers |
| Tomo | Vols. I–XVIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.(narrative) |
| Savage copy page | 66–75+ |
| Scan leaf | n65–n74 |
| Document type | ms. (narrative) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Vicepresidente to José Figueroa, México, 1832-05-17, Superior Government State Papers, Vols. I–XVIII, p.(narrative), 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-d84.html