the founding session — incl. a 1822 census: California = 24,990 habitantes, of whom 21,196 'nuevos ciudadanos' (neophytes) in the 20 Misiones and 2,994 = the 4 presidial companies + their women/children/invalids (*corroborates C-A 46 Doc 99's '3000 almas' of gente de razón*); commissioner Fernández de San Vicente insists on an 'orden expresa' to install despite the 'absoluta falta de personas.' Founding vocales roster (Solá pres.; José Arus, Francisco Ortega, Francisco Castro, José Palomares, Carlos Castro, Antonio Castro, José Castro, Antonio Navarrete; Fran.co Haro secretary)
| Date | 1822-04-11 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Installation of the Diputación Provincial, Monterey |
| Series | Legislative Records |
| Tomo | I |
| Original tomo page | p.9–11 |
| Savage copy page | — |
| Scan leaf | n10–n12 |
| Document type | acta |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Installation of the Diputación Provincial, Monterey, 1822-04-11, Legislative Records, I, p.9–11, 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-d4.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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