Records53
Item-level53
Span1797–1799
Leaves347
Coveragecomplete
Manuscript scans: this volume on the Internet Archive (digitized microfilm of the Savage transcripts).
Printable finding aid (PDF) — the full one-line record list with provenance, for offline use and circulation.
Notable documents
- 1798-01-03 · Branciforte → Borica — THE AMERICAN FRIGATE *ELIZA* — per Borica's 1797 parts, the American merchant frigate *Eliza* arrived at [Monterey], captain [James Rowan?]; the Spanish gave it 187.3.1 in aid (the captain drawing a bill of £4,111.12 sterling against Boston); the *Eliza* abandoned 11 English people, including a woman — the Viceroy orders an *expediente*… (orig. p. 31–32) manuscript scan ↗
- 1798-07-12 (rep.); fwd. 31 Aug 1798 · Viceroy Azanza fwd. Fr. Antonio de la Concepción's representation → Borica to report — THE FRIAR-WHISTLEBLOWER DOSSIER ON MISSION-INDIAN TREATMENT. Fr. Antonio de la Concepción (Fernandino, sent 1797 to found Mission San Miguel) charges the P. Presidente Fr. Buenaventura Sitjar with being 'totalmente opuesto á cuanto está mandado por R. Cédulas… en orden á la crianza y educación de los indios': a dispute over teaching… (orig. p. 90–…) manuscript scan ↗
- 1798-12-14 · Felipe de Goycoechea (SB commandant) → Gob. — the diet answer verbatim — 'por comida dos cucharadas de pozole é trigo cocido… á la tarde por cena otra tanto atole; carne le da por semana para uno ó dos días… por insuficiente, para que con sólo esto se mantengan y puedan RECIBIR las fatigas á que se les obliga' ✎ *(the manuscript reads 'recibir,' not 'resistir')* — and the causal… (orig. p. 105–…) manuscript scan ↗
- 1798-12-22 · Borica — BORICA'S INTERROGATORY OF THE AMERICAN SAILORS — the questions alférez Ma. Rodríguez will put to the American sailors [left by the *Eliza*] 'y con particularidad al que entienda algún otro idioma': (1) how many English ships they've seen on the NW Coast ('la altura'), their ports, forces, captains' names & destinations; (2) at what… (orig. p. —) manuscript scan ↗
- 1798-02-05 (fwd.; rep. 5 Jan 1798) · Branciforte fwd. the P. Guardián del Colegio de San Fernando (Fr. Miguel Lull)'s representation → Borica to report — Mission San Francisco's LAND-SHORTAGE representation (church-vs-state): citing the *Recopilación de Indias* (lib. 6 tít. 3 ley 1; lib. 4 tít. 12 ley 9, protecting Indian lands), Mission San Francisco [Dolores] is 'escasísima de tierras,' hemmed by the Almejas cove/ocean (W), the Port/Golden Gate (N), the Estero de Suisun [SF Bay] (E),… (orig. p. 26–29) manuscript scan ↗
- 1798-08-21 · Azanza → Gob. — Neophyte murder case (Mission San Luis Obispo): the neophyte Silverio killed his wife Rebeca at the instigation of Rosa; sentenced to the gallows (*horca*) — the Viceroy suspended the execution pending a ruling on how such crimes should henceforth be punished. A mission-Indian homicide + capital-sentence case (uxoricide + a love-triangle) (orig. p. 85–87) manuscript scan ↗
- 1798-04-19 · Pedro Amador → Borica — 'Informe sobre hostilidad de los indios': Amador sent Indians to the rancherías to covertly learn if they plan to attack the Mission; found the Indians had gone to the river to hunt deer (their *comercio*) and fear the soldiers 'porque les matan sin motivo' (kill them without cause); the Mission alcalde requested men for an 8-league… (orig. p. 156–161) manuscript scan ↗
- 1799-06-26 · Macario Castro → Gob. — 'Diario de su expedición á rancherías': Castro left the Mission (1 Jun) with 13 soldiers + a cabo + 13 men from Soledad to recover fugitive Christian Indians — captured people at the ranchos, gave 25 lashes each to those who had hidden the Christians, marched 80 'Carmeleños' back to their Mission (with a soldier, an Indian alcalde & an… (orig. p. —) manuscript scan ↗
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