Records386

Span1780–1784

Leaves507

Coveragecomplete

Coverage: FULL item-level read n0–n506 ('Fin del Tomo IV'), published 2026-07-26 (fac7da73): doc_ids 1–386 (d1–d7 = the Yuma survivor depositions; d90 & d176 intentional gaps). Tomo III (1780–82) + Tomo IV (1783–84). (“partial” = routine runs bounded, not itemized — significant documents are.)

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

1782-03-06 [retransmitted 1782-10-01, Sta Bárbara] · Felipe de Neve (Instrucción, firmada; remitted by Fages → Tte-Comdte José Fran.co de Ortega) — NEVE'S FOUNDING INSTRUCTION FOR THE SANTA BÁRBARA PRESIDIO + CHANNEL MISSIONS (governs the SB comandante + the sergeants commanding the escoltas of La Purísima, La Concepción & S. Buenaventura): the occupation plan (presidio at the Channel's center; three missions — S. Buenaventura at the south entrance 'junto á la ranchería de la… (orig. p. [II:]) manuscript scan ↗
[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 ↗
1782-12-17 · José de Zúñiga → Teniente Coronel [Pedro] Fages — Heading verbatim: «1782 = Diciembre 17 = San Diego. / José de Zúñiga al Teniente Coronel Fages: / Velasques comisionado pa abrir el camino de la Frontera = Mulas recibidas del Colorado = Soldados en los Angeles = Fierros pa herrar = Prohibicion de bailes á los Indios = Cargo de 83 p[eso]s á un soldado = Muerte de un sargento y un… (orig. pp. 162-164) 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. 91–225) 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 ↗
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 ↗
1782-12-19 · José de Zúñiga → Pedro Fages — Heading verbatim: «1782. = Diciembre 19 = San Diego. / José de Zúñiga á Pedro Fages: / Sobre propuesta de un sargento.» Body verbatim: «Pide el ascenso para ___ sargento, por haber muerto Guillermo Carrillo.» [Savage leaves a ruled blank where the candidate's name would stand.] Gloss: Zúñiga, commanding at San Diego, asks Fages to… (orig. p. 160-161) 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 ↗
1782-05-18 · Croix → Neve — 'Disposiciones para la guerra á los Yumas' — transmits the Junta de Guerra y Real Hacienda resolutions of 16 May for continuing operations against the rebel Colorado Yumas: the detachment under Capt. Dⁿ José Romeu to be on the riverbank 'á las 9 ó 10 de la mañana el 15 de [Sept]'; war-provisioning (víveres, pólvora, cañones de á bordo)… (orig. p. 386+) manuscript scan ↗
1782-05-16 (copy 05-18) · Junta de Guerra y Real Hacienda (enclosed in d99) — THE 1782 YUMA-CAMPAIGN JUNTA RESOLUTIONS — the deliberative core: Croix presiding w/ Intendente Pedro Corbalán + Asesor Pedro Galindo Navarro (sec. Antonio Bonilla), on Neve's requested auxilios to continue operations vs the rebel Colorado Yumas; reviews Neve's letters + Capt. José Romeu's campaign Diario + Fages's successful S.… (orig. p. 336–345) manuscript scan ↗
1782-05-29 · Croix → Neve — Encloses the despacho of Alférez of Monterey for Hermenegildo Sal (first on Neve's 22-Mar proposal) — a founding document of Sal's military career (orig. p. 351) manuscript scan ↗
1782-05-31 · Antⁱᵒ Bonilla (cert.) — Asesor's *dictamen* — THE ALCABALAS/CUSTOMS DICTAMEN — the founding fiscal charter of California trade taxation: triggered by the Julián Hidalgo case (a Califⁿ vecino moved 3 tíos of géneros de Castilla y de la tierra, val. $640, via the Álamos aduana/Chihuahua into the Peninsula; alcabala charged at 6%, $270 collected from Hidalgo & Marrón). The opinion:… (orig. p. 355–365) manuscript scan ↗

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