Records455
Item-level455
Span1782–1800
Leaves591
Coveragecomplete
Coverage: ITEM-LEVEL COMPLETE end-to-end (Fin del Tomo IV), 2026-07-22 read / 2026-07-27 published. Tomo III (Fages, docs 1–141, n0–~n282; the 1783–84 Baja/fiscal tails docs 140–141 bounded) + 7 rich Tomo-IV marquee docs 142–148 + the full leaf-by-leaf Tomo IV Borica letterbook docs 149–455 (n283–n593, index-grain: each leaf a dated multi-item abstract). ⚠ Tomo IV orig-page resets to 1 (per-tomo dual page system); Savage col = corner stamp. A few marquee leaves also appear as index rows (dual-grain, both valid). (“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
- 1786-02-07 · Gov → Presidente de Misiones — *Crueldad de P. Peña* — Fr. [Tomás de la] Peña refuses to form the padrones & 'se le acusa de haber dado de golpes á 2 indios de los que se dice muriese'; the Pres. to make Peña change his conduct, 'el escándalo de indios y vecinos' (orig. p. 50) manuscript scan ↗
- 1786-03-12[?] · Fages → Comandante — orders the [SF] Comandante to go to Mission Santa Clara & formally investigate ('diligencias en esclarecimiento') Fr. Peña's flogging of 2 Indians 'que se asegura les sobrevino la muerte' (orig. p. 51) manuscript scan ↗
- 1786-03-12[?] · Fages → Gonzales — the detailed protocol — name an interpreter, examine the California Indian witnesses on the beatings 'de que murieron sus dos paisanos' (& any others), ratify witnesses vs. the cabo, arrest the culpables & remit the process original. '(Véase p. 284 de estos extractos)' (orig. p. 51–55) manuscript scan ↗
- 1785-06-11 · Fages → P. Fr. Matías (de Sta Catalina Noriega) — 'Sobre crueles castigos á indios' — some naturales of the friar's mission told Fages that Indians were being flogged with chains ('azotaba… con cadenas') for trivial faults ('faltas triviales'); skeptical, he investigated 'con escrupulosidad' and found 'con dolor que es cierto,' and so 'implora las leyes, la humanidad, y el nombre del… (orig. p. 80) manuscript scan ↗
- 1788-08-06→16 · Fages → P. Lasuén — KEYSTONE — 'Quejas contra los P.P. de la Misión de San Diego': Lt. José de Zúñiga (SD presidio cmdt) complains the San Diego friars overwork the Indians ('haciéndolos trabajar demasiado ó inútilmente') and 'castigándolos muy fuertes'; the friars grew furious when Fages had two Indians (imprisoned as ladrones de ganado) brought to the… (orig. p. 117–123) manuscript scan ↗
- 1783-03-01 · Fages → Inspector General — KEYSTONE — 'Quejas contra el P. Serra': Fages charges that Fr. Junípero Serra opposes all civil authority ('en palabras… obras y por escrito'); that ⭐⭐⭐ punishments with shackles (grillos) & forced labor are frequent 'en todas las Misiones, principalmente en el Carmelo'; that mass at the SF presidio has lapsed / is celebrated 'con poca… (orig. p. 163–167) manuscript scan ↗
- 1782-12-11 · Fages → (partida commander) — KEYSTONE — 'Instrucción para perseguir gentiles cristianizados': a field instruction for a *partida* to recover fugitive Christian Indians hiding in gentile rancherías (Ranchería Soledad, los Sanjones): Art.1 surround the ranchería undetected at dawn, intimate via interpreter that the party 'va de paz, á regalarlo,' demand the fugitives… (orig. p. 305–307) manuscript scan ↗
- 1782-12-12 · Fages → Moraga — KEYSTONE — 'Concesión de terrenos': Fages's instruction to formalize the juridical possession of lands (regadío/secadal) + solares to the vecinos of San José — with 2 witnesses, grant possession, record in the 'libro Maestro,' issue each vecino a título noting the solar's situation, suertes, number of *varas*, and boundaries 'por todos… (orig. p. 307–) manuscript scan ↗
- 1795-08-31 · Gob. Borica → Comte de Sta Bárbara — 'Fénix' closed-door protocol: the English merchant frigate *Fénix* (from Bengala) anchored at Sta Bárbara — grant aid 'arreglada á derecho de gentes' but require its departure, prohibit all coastal reconnaissance, forbid all contact, demand a manifest, and if it refuses to leave cite its contravention of the Convention of '90 (Nootka… (orig. p. IV:26–27) manuscript scan ↗
- 1799 · Gob. → Comtes de Presidios — Sal declared Administrador Real de la Real Hacienda: 'Sal, como habilitado del presidio, está declarado Administrador Real de los Ramos de Real Hacienda de la Nueva California' — the habilitado's fiscal authority formalized (Habilitado's-Empire keystone) (orig. p. IV:432) manuscript scan ↗
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