THE PINEDA–GONZÁLEZ BAJA-WAR CORRESPONDENCE (continuous dossier attached to the Burton inquiry, doc 513): a run of letters between Padre Gabriel González & the Mexican commander Manuel Pineda during the anti-American campaign in Baja California — (Nov 10) González advises that to arrange the operations in the campaign against the Americans it is well to rely on the Junta Territorial, so the pueblo not blame the Padre directly for the war contributions imposed; (Nov 21) congratulates Pineda on the energy shown against the foreign enemy, recommends he provide himself with pólvora as an indispensable element, & notes that at La Magdalena there are French & Dutch vessels whose captains disapprove of the U.S. war, advising Pineda give a safe-conduct to individuals he can send to buy powder from those vessels; (Nov 24) learns (by Pineda's letter) he is accused before the Comandancia Principal of conspiring against the Mexican arms & the country's independence, protests his conduct is irreproachable 'como lo ha probado manifestando en público y á la faz del enemigo sus ideas patrióticas'; (Feb 1, 1848) a long self-defense — 'la sangre derramada el año de [18]42 por más que se quiso culparme como Ud lo hace ahora'; the public is undeceived in the sinister designs; asks that, to prove his good intentions, he be given a pasaporte ó salvo conducto para Loreto ó Mulegé so he may embark for Sonora or some other point in the Republic — ⭐⭐⭐ documentary core of a missionary's role in the Mexican resistance to the U.S. conquest of Baja California, and his self-exculpation
| Date | 1847-11-10 → 1848-02-01 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Fr. Gabriel González ↔ Manuel Pineda (Comte Principal de Baja Cal.) |
| Place | Rancho San Jacinto / Todos Santos (Baja Cal.) |
| Series | Miscellaneous / Unbound Documents |
| Tomo | Unbound |
| Original tomo page | — |
| Savage copy page | 381 |
| Scan leaf | n386–n392 |
| Document type | verbatim |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Fr. Gabriel González ↔ Manuel Pineda (Comte Principal de Baja Cal.), Rancho San Jacinto / Todos Santos (Baja Cal.), 1847-11-10 → 1848-02-01, 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-d521.html