C-A 2 · Provincial State Papers, Tomos III–IV

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

• [c.1782–86, s.f.] · José Argüello (firmado; 'Es copia exacta del original') — THE MEASURED PLAT OF THE PUEBLO DE LOS ÁNGELES — Savage's FACSIMILE of Argüello's signed plan (folio 110, sin lugar ni fecha): the plaza block at 50-vara scale with every lettered lot keyed to its holder — Guardia (A), Casas Reales (B), Troje del Pósito (C), solares of Felipe Rodríguez (D), José Vanegas (E), José Moreno (F), Félix… (orig. p. 110) manuscript scan ↗
• 1780-09-21 + 1782-06-20 [cert. 1782-12-30] · Comandancia Gral (Croix, per Asesor Galindo; cert. Antonio Bonilla) + Felipe de Neve; final cert. Pedro Fages — THE HABILITADO FISCAL CONSTITUTION — the complete legal architecture of the office ('Resoluciones… sobre el manejo de intereses de las Tropas presidiales y volantes'): (a) the 1780 Comandancia resolutions (Arizpe 21 Sep 1780): habilitados may NOT buy on credit, borrow, or obligate the company — creditors recover from the habilitado's OWN… (orig. p. 184?–225) manuscript scan ↗
• 1781-10-31 · José Fⁱ de Ortega → Neve — THE LOS ÁNGELES FOUNDING POBLADORES' ACCOUNTS + NAMES (reconstructed after loss of the originals): Rivera y Moncada delivered $3,146 + Lt. Zúñiga $279 (Álamos→Sta Bárbara) to the founding settlers; itemized *diarios/bagajes/raciones*; the NAMED founding pobladores of Los Ángeles — José Lara, José Vanegas, Basilio Rosas, Antⁱᵒ Mesa, Antⁱᵒ… (orig. p. 495–502) manuscript scan ↗
• 1783-01-20 · José Moraga → Fages — SAN JOSÉ PUEBLO ALCALDE ELECTION + LAND-DISTRIBUTION COMMISSION — ordered to have the pobladores of San José elect 1 Alcalde + 2 Regidores; delayed by having to ride out against the Indians (= d191); the election fell on Ygnacio Archuleta (alcalde); the regidores' election was forgotten (to report next correo); Moraga holds the… (orig. p. IV 23 (pp 46–47)) manuscript scan ↗
• 1783-03-01 · Fages → Diego González (Comandante Interino de Monterey) — FAGES' COMPREHENSIVE GOVERNING INSTRUCTION (14+ numbered articles), issued on his departure for Antigua California — a keystone document. INDIAN-RAIDING POLICY (arts 2–7): expect renewed stock-raids (the gentiles' *'inconstancia'*), punish malefactors with azotes + labor but AVOID DEATHS/BLOODSHED, sustain them *'como mis hijos'*;… (orig. p. IV 94–104 (pp 228–237, **17 arts**)) manuscript scan ↗
• 1781-10-31 · José Reyes Pacheco (deponent — soldier, Presidio del Altar) — Yuma Revolt survivor deposition — José Reyes Pacheco, from San Pedro y San Pablo de Bicuñer, age 22; names the martyred & the 17–18 July 1781 destruction (part of the Fages/Rivera-y-Guevara/Juárez investigation) (orig. p. iii.319–321) manuscript scan ↗
• 1781-10-31 · Pedro Solares (deponent — soldier) — Yuma Revolt survivor deposition — Pedro Solares, from Purísima Concepción; Rivera y Moncada killed by arrows ('a flechazos'), Palma buried the *caudal* in the hills (orig. p. iii.321–323) manuscript scan ↗
• 1781-10-31 · Miguel Antonio Romero (deponent — soldier, Presidio de San Carlos de Buenavista) — Yuma Revolt survivor deposition — Miguel Antonio Romero, from San Pedro y San Pablo (orig. p. iii.322–324) manuscript scan ↗
• 1781-10-31 · Matías de Cuello (deponent — settler/poblador) ⚠ full-read leaf reads 'de Castro' — Yuma Revolt survivor deposition — Matías de Cuello (⚠ reverify 'Cuello'/'Castro'), poblador of Purísima Concepción, age 46; gives the *cepo*-punishment cause (Islas jailed Ignacio Palma & the dead governor's son for trying to kill soldier Cayetano Mesa) (orig. p. iii.324–326) manuscript scan ↗
• 1781-10-31 · Juan José Mirandes (deponent — carpenter, settler) — Yuma Revolt survivor deposition — Juan José Mirandes, from San Pedro y San Pablo, age 33 (orig. p. iii.327–328) manuscript scan ↗
• 1781-10-31 · José Ygnacio de Bengochea (deponent — Jalchedun Indian, raised at Presidio del Altar) — Yuma Revolt survivor deposition — José Ygnacio de Bengochea, Jalchedun Indian, age 20, from San Pedro y San Pablo (orig. p. iii.329–330) manuscript scan ↗
• 1781-10-31 · José Mora (deponent — Indian interpreter, salaried by the King; raised by Bernardo de Urrea) — Yuma Revolt survivor deposition — José Mora, Indian interpreter, from San Pedro y San Pablo; the Yumas awaited the soldiers 'para hacer las paces'; Neve orders the testimony forwarded to Croix (orig. p. iii.330–331) manuscript scan ↗
• 1782-08-04 · Neve → Soler — THE SAL HABILITADO APPOINTMENT ORDERED: at San Francisco, minutely examine the distribution under Alférez Ramón Laso's habilitación & the cuenta general start-to-finish against the delivery to the new habilitado José Moraga; then have the company name an apoderado and proceed to the nomination of its habilitado — 'cuyo encargo recaerá en… (orig. p. 45–46) manuscript scan ↗
• 1782-08-04 · Neve → Soler — Encloses SAL'S ALFÉREZ COMMISSION (despacho): have him recognized, put in possession of his employ, included in the next revista, 'acreditándole con una nota el haber que tendrá desde el día que entre á funcionar.' Same-day companion to doc 27 — Sal's officer patent + fiscal charge arrive together (orig. p. 47) manuscript scan ↗
• 1782-09-10 · Neve → Diego González — THE GOVERNORSHIP TRANSITION: on Neve's promotion to the Inspección of the Provincias-Internas veterans, 'se ha nombrado Gobernador interino de la Península á PEDRO FAGES' — to be recognized as such in all the presidios; everything pertaining to inspection remains with Ayudante Soler. Announced from the Colorado-campaign trail (orig. p. 51) manuscript scan ↗
• 1782-01-03 · José Fran.co de Ortega — Revista — An early Los Ángeles muster, 16 months after founding: revista of the vecinos 'que gozan de sueldo y ración' — 12 individuals (orig. p. 108) manuscript scan ↗
• 1782-02-04 · Diego González (inventario; firman González, HERMENEGILDO SAL y José R. Carrillo) — THE COMPLETE MONTEREY HABILITACIÓN INVENTORY, Feb 1782 — the year-end balance: efectos vendibles $233-6-6½ (géneros) + $613-5-6 (efectos) + $1,573-3-5¾ (víveres) + $66-2 efectivo + $118 caballerías = $2,615; $143 semillas deducted (S. Luis); invendibles $1,759-5¾; arms: 49½ pairs of pistols, 5 escopetas, 20 espadas, 17 mohamas de lanza;… (orig. p. 148–157) manuscript scan ↗
• 1782-11-15 · Zúñiga → Fages — Escolta-inspection report (S. Juan Capistrano + S. Gabriel), the coercive underside: at S. Juan the Indians 'muy atemorizados por el Sermón que les echó [Fages] á su paso para Monterey'; the S. Gabriel Ministers' quejas; 'el indio Domingo' held in a grillete at the Presidio, laboring, 'por tener costumbre de huirse'; ⭐ the cabo's… (orig. p. 171–173) manuscript scan ↗
• [1782-03-06, inferred] · [Felipe de Neve] (Savage: 'Parece que esta ha de ser la fecha, así como la firma') — A SECOND COPY of the SB/Channel Instruction — WITH A HISTORICAL PREAMBLE doc 45's copy lacks: opens with a retrospective of the conquest — the 1769 sea & land expeditions occupying S. Diego & Monterey ('asilo á sus vasallos que hacen la navegación de Filipinas… propagar la verdadera Religión en la inmensa Gentilidad'), the land party's… (orig. p. [—]) manuscript scan ↗
• 1782-07-12 · [Neve] ('así parece') → Soler — Neve's revista-&-command instruction (28+ arts) — the whole administrative machine in one document: frigate-cargo reception by comandante + oficiales + company-named apoderados, cotejo of shortfalls, and ⭐ an arancel de precios POSTED — one copy fixed in the Guardia, another in the Almacén, signed & visado [public price lists at the… (orig. p. 259+) manuscript scan ↗
• 1782-12 · JOSÉ MORAGA — Instrucción for the cabo of the San José de Guadalupe escolta — THE SAN JOSÉ ESCOLTA-CABO INSTRUCTION — pueblo micro-governance verbatim: nightly all-hands rosary muster ('á las oraciones de la noche, se junten en la guardia todos los soldados y pobladores á rezar el rosario'); ⭐⭐ the garrison-mind clause — 'Aunque los indios de las inmediaciones del Pueblo, son de buen índole… DEBEMOS REPUTARLOS… (orig. p. [—]) manuscript scan ↗
• 1783-01-04 [Savage '1782'] · José Moraga → Fages — THE FIRST SAN JOSÉ MUNICIPAL-ELECTION DOCUMENT: Moraga 'ha hablado al P. Palóu sobre que reúna el pueblo para hacer las ELECCIONES DE ALCALDES Y REGIDORES para el próximo año; que le respondió que aún no había que hacer tales nombramientos, sino hasta el tiempo que prevenían las leyes'; the aviso given to the PP. of S. Francisco & S.… (orig. p. 346–347) manuscript scan ↗
• [1782–83, s.f.] · [el Comandante — Moraga] — ARANCEL ('provisionalmente puestos aquí por el Comandante') — THE POSTED PRICE LIST ITSELF — the alphabetized almacén arancel (A–Z, with penciled ENGLISH glosses): azúcar 2r/lb · agujas 24-for-1r · aguardiente 6r/cuartillo · arina común 6p/fanega · azafrán 4r/oz · adarga común 2p · aceite de comer 4p3r/botija · bayeta 4r/vara · badana/baquetas (sheep/dog/sole leathers) · chocolate fino 4½r/lb ·… (orig. p. [—]) manuscript scan ↗
• 1782-12-31 · Moraga — 'Nota del ganado de pobladores de S. José' — THE SAN JOSÉ LIVESTOCK CENSUS + FOUNDING ROSTER (Dec 1782): 'pertenecientes á los pobladores y soldados de S. José: 75 vacas, 46 terneras, 39 bueyes, 9 novillos, 76 toros, 44 terneros — 221 ovejas, 88 carneros, 308 cabras, 140 castrados — 52 yeguas, 11 potrancas, 32 potros, 33 caballos mansos y 17 mulas. Soldiers: cabos Valerio de Mesa &… (orig. p. 354) manuscript scan ↗
• 1782-04-07 (encl. 1774–86) · Croix → Neve (bounded dossier) — 8-DOCUMENT RIVERA-Y-MONCADA ACCOUNTS/RESIDENCIA DOSSIER copied at his petition (cobro de alcances, residencia): (1) Juan Soler account-settlement, Monterey 18-Apr-1780; (2) Rafael de Pedro y Gil SD guarda-almacén certification (no debt), 5-May-1780; (3) Bucareli → R.y M., México 26-Mar-1776 (pay alcances via Juan José de Echeveste); (4)… (orig. p. 374–385) manuscript scan ↗

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