'CARTAPACIO Nº4 — Papel de varios puntos concernientes al Gobierno de la península de California é Inspección de las Tropas' — Fages's comprehensive numbered state-of-the-province memorandum (the formal companion to Doc 139). Points read so far: (1–6) the two pueblos — fomenting San José & Los Ángeles with retired soldiers, the 1784 grain-purchase order, the suertes/solares/ejidos land distribution (San José de Guadalupe relocated off a barranca for fire risk), escoltas kept past the 2-yr limit, Vicente Feliz commissioned at LA from its founding, the annual alcalde/regidor elections under comisionado oversight (orders 1785–86); (7) ⭐⭐ the old missions' demographic decline from the 'Gálico' (syphilis) vs the flourishing new ones; (8) ⭐⭐⭐ neophyte flight + the troop expeditions to recover them ('por la mala dirección de los Curas'), and Fages's preferred method — trusted Indians + gifts to the ranchería captains rather than force; (9–10) ⭐⭐ refusing the friars' escort demands (approved 13 Jan 1790 Nº886) + humane-march instructions; (11) the archive indices; (12) Neve's price-tariffs (aranceles), adjustable by abundance/scarcity; (13) ⭐ the excessive Real-Hacienda cattle → annual *matanza* (cf. the Apache/horse warning, Doc 139); (14) horse/mule breeding off the Sonora line at presidios/pueblos/missions; (15) refusing the missions' attempts to buy military goods from the troops; (16) ⭐ the prohibition on trading with the Manila galleon (Nao de Filipinas) at Cabo San Lucas (+ Bucareli's ban on friars boarding it); (17) the San Blas–California trade duty-free 5 yrs (from 11 Oct 1786); (18) ⭐ this 'comercio pasivo' harmful — the only cash entering is the limited situado for troop pay (cash-scarcity). ⏳ Continues past n159 (points 19–20+ on the *cambalache*/foreign-ship commerce control, per the earlier sampling at ~n160).
| Date | 1791-02-26 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Pedro Fages |
| To | Romeu |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | X |
| Original tomo page | p.507–… |
| Savage copy page | 151–158+ |
| Scan leaf | n152–n159 |
| Document type | extract (multi-point) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Pedro Fages to Romeu, Monterey, 1791-02-26, Provincial State Papers, X, p.507–…, Archives of California, C-A 6, 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/ca6/ca6-d154.html