✓ VERIFIED vs scan n1 (2026-07-06): the acta 'En el Presidio de Monty á nueve días del mes de Abril de mil ocho cientos veinte y dos, el Sr Gobernador… Solá…' confirmed. 'Jura la Independencia de México': the acta by which Gov. Solá + the presidio captains (de la Guerra, Luis Antonio Argüello), militia captains (Navarrete, Portilla), Lts. Estudillo & Estrada, artillery cmdr Manuel Gómez, & friars Payeras & Sarría, convened in the sala de gobierno on news of the Regencia del Imperio, recognize California 'por solo dependiente del Gobierno del Imperio Mexicano, é independiente de la dominación española'; the oath sworn 11 Apr with a solemn Church function; signed by all
| Date | 1822-04-09→11 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Junta de Oficiales, Monterey |
| Series | Legislative Records |
| Tomo | I |
| Original tomo page | p.1–4 |
| Savage copy page | — |
| Scan leaf | n1–n4 |
| Document type | acta |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Junta de Oficiales, Monterey, 1822-04-09→11, Legislative Records, I, p.1–4, Archives of California, C-A 59, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.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/ca59/ca59-d1.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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