FIGUEROA'S GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS (13–14 arts., the charter of his governorship): §1 repeat Echeandía's unfulfilled instructions; §2 restore tranquility after the revolt; §3 territorial statistics (mission lands property-vs-baldías, gentile tribes, coastal islands); §4 ⭐ distribute cultivable mission parcels to capable neophytes so «se vaya sustituyendo al Sistema de Misiones… disminuya el influjo de los misioneros… queden secularizados los ministros»; §5 send able mission youth to Mexico City (literary + artisan education); §6 promote commerce — export surplus peltry/seeds + missions build cabotage ships; §7 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ colonization per the 1824 law/1828 reglamento but «que no se introduzca más que un corto número de familias Rusos ó de los E.U. del Norte»; fortify the new San Rafael presidio; found settlements where Russians or Americans might «usurpar»; límite = paralelo 42; §8–9 ⭐ named grants — Ignacio Martínez, José Ramírez, Henry Fitch (Salina de SF), + approve Henry Virmond's establishment in SONOMA; §10 peaceful reduction of «indios bárbaros»; §11 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ «Informará qué fuerzas mantienen los Rusos en el Puerto de la BODEGA» + Russian/US positions & designs; §12 ⭐⭐⭐ counter the unlicensed American otter «costeo» by making it a native «industria nacional»; §13–14 mines + «el estado de la pesquería» (sea-otter fishery) + stray cattle
| Date | 1832-05-17 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Ortiz Monasterio |
| 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.272–281 |
| Savage copy page | 85–92 |
| Scan leaf | n84–n91 |
| Document type | ms. (instructions) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Ortiz Monasterio to José Figueroa, México, 1832-05-17, Superior Government State Papers, Vols. I–XVIII, p.272–281, 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-d90.html