Records286
Span1825–1840
Leaves472
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
- 1833-02-18 · Fr. Luis Gil Taboada to Genl. Figueroa — Verbatim heading: '1833 Feb. 18. Mision Sn. Luis Obispo / Fr. Luis Gil Taboada - al Genl. Figueroa - Sobre los escesos qe. cometen y hacen cometer a otros los Nuevos Mexicos - Medidas pa. cortar el mal'. Gloss: the missionary of San Luis Obispo to Figueroa on the excesses committed and caused by the New Mexicans, and remedies. Substance,… (orig. pp. 490-1) manuscript scan ↗
- 1834-01-04 · Gobernador José Figueroa (Monterey) → [Mission Santa Cruz / ayuntamiento] — Verbatim heading: '1834 Enº 4 Mont / Gobr Figueroa - Eleccion de Municipales en Mision Sta Cruz'. Gloss: Governor Figueroa approving the election of municipal officers at Mission Santa Cruz. Substance verbatim: 'Aprobando eleccion de Alcalde y 3 regidores pª este año, verificada en la mision el 29 de Dicre 1833. Fueron electos por la… (orig. p. 149) manuscript scan ↗
- 1833-02-18 · Jose Ant.o Carrillo, Alcalde, to Jose Figueroa — Verbatim heading: '1833. Feb: 18. Los Angeles / Jose Ant.o Carrillo, Alcalde - a Jose Figueroa - carta particular sobre robos de Caballos por aventureros de N. Mex.' Gloss: private letter from the Los Angeles alcalde to Figueroa on horse thefts by New Mexican adventurers. Substance, Savage giving the opening in Spanish then paraphrasing… (orig. pp. 470-1) manuscript scan ↗
- 1833-02-18 · Ant.o Ygn.o Abila to Fray Luis Taboada — Verbatim heading: '1833. Feb. 18. Los Angs. / Ant.o Ygn.o Abila - a Fray Luis Taboada - Sobre los ladrones Neo-Mexicos, y ganado recogido' (Savage spells the surname Abila). Gloss: first-person report by the leader of the Los Angeles posse to the San Luis Obispo missionary. Substance: he went out a first time with 4 men paid by himself… (orig. pp. 488-9) manuscript scan ↗
- 1834-12-31 · Capitán Agustín Vicente Zamorano (hoja de servicios) → [Comandancia General] — Verbatim heading: '1834 Dic. 31. Mont. / Agustin V. Zamorano - Su hoja de servicios.' Gloss: Agustín V. Zamorano's own service record. Substance: 'Entró al servicio - 1821. Mayo 1. Sirvió de cadete 5 meses, 24 dias; id de subteniente 7 años 0 [meses] 26 [dias]; id de Teniente 2 [años] 4 [meses] 12 [dias]; id de Capitan 3 [años] 9 [meses]… (orig. pp. 9-10) manuscript scan ↗
- 1834-05-31 · Capitán Juan Antonio Muñoz, Mayor de la plaza (Monterey) → [Comandancia General] — Verbatim heading: '1834 Mayo 31. Mont. / Capn Juan Antº Muñoz, Mayor de la plaza - Fuerza efectiva existente en Cal.' Gloss: effective military force in California, 31 May 1834. Substance (unit by unit as written): 'Artillª 5.ª Compª permante - 2 sargtos, 1 tambor, 36 cabos y soldºs = 39 hombres. Milicia activa. Compª de este territorio… (orig. p. 79) manuscript scan ↗
- 1829-11-27 · Solis to Franco Pacheco — Verbatim heading: '829 = Nbre 27 = Sta Clara / Solis a Franco Pacheco.' Verbatim text: 'No continua su marcha pr estar cansados y flacos los caballos; esta dispuesto a entregar la plaza de S. Franco cuando no sea pr bien, pr mal = Que le de parte de lo qe sucede con Raimundo o del otro sugeto pa ponerse en ese Presd luego = Los del… (orig. p. —) manuscript scan ↗
- 1829-11-28 · Solis to cabo Joaqn Pina — Verbatim heading: '1829 = Nbre 28 = Misn de Dolores. / Solis al cabo Joaqn Pina'. Verbatim text: 'Orden pa qe tome polvora y se ejecuten tres descargas de artilla; una cuando entre pr la puerta prial, otra cuando se apruebe el Plan y la otra cuando las Comps se retiren a sus destinos.' Gloss: Solis orders the corporal to draw powder and… (orig. p. —) manuscript scan ↗
- 1829-12-28 · Solis to F. Pacheco — Verbatim heading: '829 = Dbre 28 = S. Miguel / Solis a F. Pacheco'. Verbatim text: 'Se dice qe sabe qe Echeandia va con 150 hombes a poner orden; qe esten alerta y qe mande polvora y artillos a S. Franco.' Gloss: Solis reports word that Echeandia is coming with 150 men to restore order; they are to be on the alert, and Pacheco is to send… (orig. p. —) manuscript scan ↗
- 1829-06-25 · Subtte. de Artillería José Fernández del Campo → Cmdt. de la Plaza — The Solís-revolt conspiracy sumaria (June–Aug 1829). Fernández del Campo reports (18–21 Jun) that cabo Mariano Pequero, artilleryman Pedro Guerrero (leaf reads Pedro on both n16 and n18, verified 2026-09-02) & cavalry-soldier Juan Lisaldi revealed a conspiracy 'que debía ser dirigida por el presidiario Sargto Solís' against the… (orig. p. 578–598) manuscript scan ↗
- 1831-01-08 · Echeandía — Measure to check the Russians of Ross/Bodega — the grant of 'Santa Rosa' as a barrier. Echeandía, holding it 'de suma importancia á la seguridad é integridad del territorio nacional,' resolves to plant a settlement on the land between Mission San Rafael and the Russian establishment of the puerto de Bodega, 'que sirva de barrera' against… (orig. p. 166–167) manuscript scan ↗
- 1830-08-06 · Rodrigo del Pliego — hoja de servicios — Pliego's service record. Began as alférez in Cal. 21 Dec 1824 (Monterey company → SB Aug 1827–Feb 1828); prior México service in the Regimiento de Dragones de Tlalnepantla, retired 10 Dec 1821 as Alf. de Urbanos. Notable commissions: (1) 21 July 1828 — commissioned by the SB Cmdt. with 20 men 'p[ar]a la pacificación de los indios de la… (orig. p. (svc rec.) 399–400) manuscript scan ↗
- 1830-03-24 · Romualdo Pacheco, Comandante → alférez José Mª Ramírez — 'Sublevación de Solís' — the Cabo Joaquín Piña salute causa. Pacheco orders Ramírez to open a sumaria on a complaint (relayed via art. cmdt. José Fernández del Campo from SF cmdt. Ignacio Martínez, dated 20 Feb) against artillery Cabo José Joaquín Piña. Martínez's account: on 28 Nov [1829] at 1 PM, while he was at home with his family… (orig. p. 452–476) manuscript scan ↗
- 1830-05-18 · Ignacio del Valle, Ayudante de Plaza, Juez fiscal → Cmdt. Gen. — The Ignacio Leonardo Herrera ecclesiastical-asylum causa (the concrete case behind Doc 93). The civilian Ignacio Leonardo Herrera (age 29, native of Guadalajara; escribano + 'principios de flebotomía') knifed the cavalry-sentinel Miguel Castro (cuts to arm/finger/back) on 17 May 1830, in revenge after Castro drove him 'á cintarazos' from… (orig. p. 535–645) manuscript scan ↗
- 1831-03-11 · Lic. [Rafael] Gómez, Asesor (fiscal cadet Ignacio del Valle) — ✓ VERIFIED vs scans n139+n141 (2026-07-07): header '1831 Mzo 11 S. Carlos, Gómez, Asesor del Territᵒ — Proceso contra el mayordomo García por haber azotado cruelmente á neófitos y gentiles de S. Diego'; the fiscal's 10-yr-presidio demand + Juan Bandini as defensor discrediting the gentile witnesses ('son de gentiles impuestos á echar… (orig. p. 332–510) manuscript scan ↗
- 1830-05-07 · José Mª de Echeandía — Deportation roster of the Solís-revolt prisoners shipped on the American barque Voluntaria/Volunter to San Blas 'á la disposición del Supremo Gob.no' — 15 individuals: José Mª Herrera (sub-comisario provisional, lodged 'en un camarote de proa de la cámara y recluido á él'), Joaquín Solís (paisano — the revolt's leader), soldiers of the… (orig. p. 679–680) manuscript scan ↗
- 1829-11-12 · Echeandía — Umbrella header for the Solís-revolt trial dossier: 'Pronunciamiento de Solís — Proceso contra los revoluc.s — Indagaciones sobre la revelion p.r España — Sentencia contra Fr. Luis Antonio Martínez, Ministro de la Misión de San Luis Obispo.' (The revolt's trial + the inquiry into a pro-Spanish dimension + the sentence against the SLO… (orig. p. (header)) manuscript scan ↗
- 1829-11-15 · Joaquín Solís, Mariano Vaquero, Andrés de León, Petronilo Ríos, J. de la Torre — The Solís revolt's 'Plan de la revolución' / 'Manifiesto al Público' — a long indictment of Gov. Echeandía (corruption, self-enrichment, favoritism, suspending the Diputación, paralyzing agriculture/commerce/schools, the suspended Hacienda, impunity of crimes, troop 'hambre y desnudez' and indiscipline) followed by 9 articles: (1)… (orig. p. (Plan)) manuscript scan ↗
- 1830-02 (events Nov 1829) · Echeandía / fiscals Pacheco & Pliego — The Solís-revolt sumaria (declarations & confessions). Echeandía forwards declarations by Juan B. Alvarado, José de Jesús Vallejo & José Castro, all naming J. Mª Herrera as the revolt's promoter / author of the Plan. Confessions of the accused (cabo Andrés de León, 21, owns his signature on the Plan but calls it Vaquero's work) narrate… (orig. p. (sumaria)) manuscript scan ↗
- 1830 (events Nov 1829) · Echeandía / Zamorano (fiscal) — The 'revolución por España' autos — the prosecution of Fr. Luis Antonio Martínez. Echeandía orders the inquiry; the file's cover sheet (carátula) reads 'Autos q[u]e aclaran q[u]e el objeto de la facción de Solís, era el de pronunciarse en favor del Gob.o Español.' Testimony implicates the San Luis Obispo missionary Fr. Luis Antonio… (orig. p. (autos)) manuscript scan ↗
- 1833-11-22 · Gen. José Figueroa (fiscal Nicolás Gutiérrez) — Sentence in the San Diego Indian-uprising conspiracy. A planned general uprising of the SD-area Indians (reported by Tomás Olivera from Rancho Tecate): to gather the convened Indians, assault the San Diego presidio on the 20th, 'acabar con los blancos p[ar]a ser independientes, y gobernarse ellos mismos,' the same intended for the… (orig. p. 314–528) manuscript scan ↗
- 1833–35 · Gov. Figueroa / Sec. Zamorano — The penal-colony convict register (→ Expanded Entry G): a compiled dossier of convict-release petitions 'por [las cuales] aparece que este territorio era colonia penal de México' — ~25+ named presidiarios with sentence dates & 1833–35 liberty decrees (Moreno, Roso, Trinidad Cruz, Rangel, Barreto, Vásquez, M. Sánchez, J.A. López, Badillo,… (orig. p. 183–306) manuscript scan ↗
- 1833-12-30 · Mariano G. Vallejo, Comisario del puerto (accounts) — Verbatim heading: '1833 Dic. 30 Sn. Franco / Mariano G. Vallejo, Comisario del puerto - Compa. presidial.' Gloss: year-end account of the San Francisco presidial company drawn by Vallejo in his capacity as comisario of the port. Substance: 1o Alferez, the said Vallejo, monthly pay 50 pesos; 2o Damaso A. Rodriguez 41.5.3; Sargtos. Pablo… (orig. pp. 416-28) manuscript scan ↗
- 1833-02-26 · Genl. Figueroa to the Comandante de Sta Barbara — Verbatim heading: '1833 Feb. 26. Mont. / Genl. Figueroa - al Comandte de Sta Barb.a / Medidas contra los Nuevo-Mexicos, ladrones de Ganado, y pa. rescatar todo el Robado.' Gloss: Figueroa orders the Santa Barbara commander to mount the punitive expedition. Substance: to destroy a gathering of New Mexicans formed in the Tulares with… (orig. p. —) manuscript scan ↗
- 1833-02-18 · Alcalde José Antonio Carrillo (Los Angeles) → Gobernador José Figueroa — Verbatim heading: '1833 Febº 18 Los Angs / Alcalde Carrillo - al Gobr Figueroa - Sobre ladrones de Nvo Méx. en los Tulares - Medidas pª cogerlos y el ganado que se han apropiado.' Gloss: Alcalde Carrillo of Los Angeles to Governor Figueroa on the New Mexican thieves in the Tulares and measures to seize them and the stock they have… (orig. pp. 503-4) manuscript scan ↗
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