Previously uncatalogued — recovered by the 2026-08-27 coverage audit: the document lay inside the declared span of a grouped entry covering n53-n71, which had passed every completeness check while concealing it. Heading verbatim: '+ 1829. Set. 9. Mejº. / Bocanegra, secrº de estado al gefe politº de Calªs. / Manda tomar precaucns contra unos doce o catorce buques que se suponian en la mar cerca de (Matanchel) / p.p. 409-10.' [= 1829, Sept. 9, Mexico. Bocanegra, secretary of state, to the jefe politico of the Californias. Orders precautions taken against some twelve or fourteen ships supposed to be at sea near Matanchel.] A direct naval-threat warning to California from the Mexican secretary of state: take precautions against a squadron of twelve or fourteen vessels believed to be at sea near Matanchel (the San Blas roadstead). I am inferring, not asserting, that this belongs to the Barradas Spanish reconquest scare of 1829, given the date and the anti-Spanish material immediately around it in the same run. Directly relevant to California coastal defense and to the 1829 independence-preservation decree already catalogued as d17.
| Date | 1829-09-09 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Jose Maria Bocanegra, secretario de estado, to the jefe politico of the Californias |
| Place | Mexico |
| Series | Superior Government State Papers, Benicia |
| Tomo | XIX–XXI (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.409-410 |
| Savage copy page | — |
| Scan leaf | n71 |
| Document type | acta / abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Jose Maria Bocanegra, secretario de estado, to the jefe politico of the Californias, Mexico, 1829-09-09, Superior Government State Papers, Benicia, XIX–XXI, p.409-410, Archives of California, C-A 58, 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 XIX–XXI]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/ca58/ca58-d52.html