THE SAN BUENAVENTURA MISSION FRAUDULENT-SALE DOSSIER: Narciso Botello states he & José Aznar leased in partnership the Mission of San Buenaventura for 9 years at $325, that he withdrew from the concern in June 1848 delivering to Aznar all the effects, that Aznar was wasting the mission property & could not prevent it; that if Aznar has any bill of sale of the mission property it is fraudulent, as he had no means to effect such purchase; that Botello was a deputy in the Assembly of 1848 & 46, & during their last session (Oct 1846) they discovered certain missions had been sold by 'la Prisa' [Pico], & declared such sales null & void as made without authority; Stevenson (22 Mar 1848) requires Aznar to account for missing property within 10 days, having discovered 300 cattle, 75 mares & a vineyard already embargoed, that Aznar stripped the mission of every particle of movable property, cooking utensils sent to this section where concealed or sold, the priest & Indians unpaid & the creditors in like condition; Stevenson's circular requiring all persons possessing property of San Buenaventura fraudulently disposed of by Aznar to send a full inventory to headquarters; Aznar to hold subject to Mason's order — ⭐⭐ a documented mission-asset-stripping fraud after Pico's sales, prosecuted by the American military govt
| Date | 1846–1848 (year) |
|---|---|
| From | J.D. Stevenson, Stephen C. Foster, Narciso Botello, José Antonio Aznar ↔ Gob. Mason |
| Place | Los Angeles / San Buenaventura / Sta Bárbara |
| Series | Miscellaneous / Unbound Documents |
| Tomo | Unbound |
| Original tomo page | — |
| Savage copy page | 329 |
| Scan leaf | n331–336 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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J.D. Stevenson, Stephen C. Foster, Narciso Botello, José Antonio Aznar ↔ Gob. Mason, Los Angeles / San Buenaventura / Sta Bárbara, 1846–1848, Miscellaneous / Unbound Documents, Unbound, —, Archives of California, C-A 63, 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/ca63/ca63-d470.html