THE 1773 ECHEVESTE REGLAMENTO (full, w/ accompanying fiscal dictamen) — «Reglamento é instrucción… para el auxilio, resguardo y conservación de los antiguos y nuevos establecimientos de las Californias con el Departamento de San Blas», by Juan José de Echeveste — the FIRST regulatory & salary code for the Californias (superseded by Neve's 1781 reglamento). Contents: detailed presidio budgets — Monterey (3,000-p governor, sgt/cabos, 102 soldiers @ 365 p, carpenter/smiths, guarda-almacén w/ accounting duties), San Diego (Tte, 22 soldiers…), the California antigua/Baja presidios (total 16,450 p); the San Blas naval Department (comisario, arsenal, the new frigate + packetboats crews & rations); then the 'puntos instructivos' narrative articles (the 1769–70 founding of SD & Monterey via the packetboat *El Príncipe*, supply/economy rules for the comisario & San Blas/Loreto/SD/Monterey), a fianza requirement, grand total ~24,406 pesos, signed Echeveste. → the Californio dossier + the Sal papers («Habilitado's Empire» — the fiscal-administrative origin of the situado/habilitación system). ⚠ well-known published document; value = Savage's copy is HERE in C-A 62. ⭐ DUAL PROVENANCE (2026-07-25): the SAME 1773 reglamento is ALSO copied into C-A 20's tail (Sav ~402–448) — C-A 62 = the Echeveste reglamento *proper* (signed Echeveste, orig pp.1–38); C-A 20 = the same in an *expediente* closing with Viceroy Bucareli's promulgating decree (México, 22 Jun 1773) + Antonio Bonilla's certified copy. Cite once, note the two-volume provenance.
| Date | 1773 (year) |
|---|---|
| From | Juan José de Echeveste |
| To | [Virrey Bucareli] |
| Place | México |
| Series | Archives of California, Miscellaneous |
| Tomo | — |
| Original tomo page | p.1–~38 |
| Savage copy page | 228–~263 |
| Scan leaf | n250 |
| Document type | reglamento (foundational) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Juan José de Echeveste to [Virrey Bucareli], México, 1773, Miscellaneous, —, p.1–~38, Archives of California, C-A 62, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [page interpolated; verify at the leaf]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/ca62/ca62-d283.html