C-A 27 · Departmental State Papers, Tomos I–II

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Notable documents

• 1824-06-29 · Capt. Pablo de la Portilla (diary) — Diary of the June 1824 expedition into the Tulares to recover the Santa Inés/La Purísima neophytes who fled after the 22 Feb 1824 Chumash Revolt — see Find #6. Spans n40–n50 (Savage pp.41–51); ends w/ neophytes surrendering arms & munitions, copy dated Monterey 27 Jun 1824 (orig. p. 150–157) manuscript scan ↗
• 1825-06-04 ('1825 Junio 4') · José Manuel Ruiz → Gobernador de la Alta California [Luis Antonio Argüello] — Savage heading: '1825 Junio 4 Loreto / José Manuel Ruiz al Gobernador de la Alta Califª / Sobre el arribo del Navío Asia y Bergantin Constante.' Spans n107-n108. 'Dá parte que el 27 de Abril á las 6 de la tarde ancló el Navío Asia de 74 cañones, con 600 hombres de guarnicion y tripulacion al mando del Tente de Fragata José Martinez. Y el… (orig. pp. 426 á 428) manuscript scan ↗
• 1825-07-04 ('1825, Julio 4') · José Figueroa → José Romero — Savage heading: '1825, Julio 4 Pitic / José Figueroa á José Romero / Sobre que su retirada se verifique por Rio Colorado.' Spans n108-n109. 'Dice: que ha visto su oficio de 30 de Dtre del año pasado puesto en la Misión de S. Gabriel relativo á su regreso á esta Provina y ha dispuesto se verifique por tierra como lo desea, para lo cual ha… (orig. pp. 429-430) manuscript scan ↗
• 1825-05-01 ('á 1º de Mayo de 1825'; the ordinal is raised — 1º read, 14 a conceivable alternative) · Teniente de Fragata Dn José Martínez (comandante en gefe of the Asia and Constante) ⇄ Capitán de Caballería y Gobernador Dn Luis Antº Argüello, Comandante Militar del Territorio — ⚠ THE ASIA CAPITULATION — full text of the articles. Spans the leaf physically ABSENT from the scan (stamp 114 / folio 113, which carried Savage's heading and the preamble) then n110-n112; the surviving text opens mid-word '...niente de Fragata Dn José Martinez, su guarnicion y Tripulacion, y el Sr Capn de Caballª y Gobernador Dn Luis… (orig. pp. 432 á 434) manuscript scan ↗
• 1825 Julio 4 [1825-07-04] · Luis Antonio Argüello → Comandante de Monterey y San Francisco — '1825, Julio 4 Monterey / Luis Antonio Argüello, al Comandte de Monterey y S Franco / Sobre el reconocimto de Comandte gral y Gefe Político' [= on the recognition of the commandant general and political chief]. Argüello received that day 'por estraordinario' an oficio from 'el Sor Tente Coronel de Ingenieros Dn José Mª Echeandía', which… (orig. p. 446) manuscript scan ↗
• 1824-03-16 · Lt. José Estrada (parte; copy certified by José Mª Estudillo, Monterey 6 Oct 1826) — Verbatim parte y detalle of the assault & retaking of Mission La Purísima (16 Mar 1824): an 80-man force with a 4-lb fieldpiece marched from San Luis Obispo and stormed the loopholed mission held by 400+ armed neophytes (who fought back with a cannon, 2 pedreros, muskets & a rain of arrows); the artisan Fran.co Pacheco charged with 20… (orig. p. 571–576) manuscript scan ↗
• 1827-05-19 · J. S. Smith → Padre Narciso Durán — Jedediah Smith's own letter: he and his men are 'Americanos que vamos en persecución del Río de Columbia'; was at Mission San Gabriel last January, got a passport to San Diego, but deep Sierra snow blocked his crossing to the other side; camped among friendly Indians awaiting the thaw; lost horses; without clothing, subsisting on 'carne… (orig. p. 33–34) manuscript scan ↗
• 1826-12-20 · William G. Dana, William H. Cunningham, William Henderson, James (Diego) Scott, Thomas M. Robbins, Thomas Shaw — Certificate for Capt. Jedediah S. Smith: at his request they attest there is no doubt he was forced into Alta California by want of provisions & water (his horses perished, the barren country lat. 33–42 N); they examined his passports — granted by the U.S. Superintendent of Indian Affairs — and deem them legal & conforming to U.S. law;… (orig. p. 35–37) manuscript scan ↗
• 1827-02-08 · Argüello → Echeandía — Formal averiguación on Capt. Smith & his companions (survey Find #8 Doc A): Smith found at Rancho San Bernardino (escort corporal & mayordomo), a sick man left behind, no verified passport → detain-if-presented order (nothing done, Smith withdrew on the 2nd). Encloses Smith's translated letter to Padre José Sánchez: he hadn't expected to… (orig. p. 35–36, 71–73) manuscript scan ↗
• 1827 · [Smith's representative] — Petition on Jedediah Smith's behalf (survey Find #8 Doc B): the govt has nothing to fear; Smith is no troop captain but of his 'Compañía de Cazadores de Castor' — the firm Smith, Jackson y Sublette — holding a U.S. Government beaver-hunting license 'de suficiente garantía'; asks leave to reside in the country or return to Smith (Savage:… (orig. p. 78–79) manuscript scan ↗
• 1827-11-18 · Argüello → Echeandía — Arrival at SF (from Monterey) of two frigates: the American Franklin carrying Capt. Smith and his beaver-hunter companions (Smith's departure from California), and the English Blossom — the scientific expedition under Capt. Frederick Beechey (orig. p. 93–94) manuscript scan ↗
• 1828-10-13 · Pyotr Chistyakov (Gov. of the Russian establishments in America) → Gobernador de Californias — (survey Find #9) The RAC's long wheat/provisions trade with California; lacking salt at the frequented ports it has had to source it from the Sandwich Islands — requests permission to gather salt at San Quintín; bearer Adolf Etholén (cmdr of the RAC brig Baykal) empowered on the salt price/duties AND commissioned to propose the renewal… (orig. p. 193–201) manuscript scan ↗
• 1833-04-28 · Pyotr Kostromitinov → Comandante de Californias [Figueroa] — (survey Find #9b) RAC agent at Fort Ross: owing to his poor knowledge of foreign languages he does not fully grasp the proposed terms & will consult his superiors; forwards an enclosed package for the late Governor-General Baron Ferdinand P. Wrangel; notes Mariano G. Vallejo (SF Commandant) consulted him about certain needed… (orig. p. 197–200) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-01 · Henry Clay (U.S. Sec. of State) — Translation of a U.S. passport given to Ewing Young, signed by Secretary of State Henry Clay — the fur-trapper's federal passport (a borderlands companion to the Smith dossier) (orig. p. 282–283) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-11-15 · Joaquín Solís — (Solís revolt) Manifiesto al público + the 9-article Plan of Solís — the complete revolt program (16 leaves, previously only referenced): indictment of Jefe Echeandía (4+ years' abuse, self-enrichment via a clique, ignoring the soldiers' hunger, usurping the treasury from its rightful Jefe de Hacienda [ties to the Herrera affair],… (orig. p. 384–399) manuscript scan ↗
• 1830-01-20 · Joaquín Solís → Alférez José Sánchez — Solís's own first-person account of the revolt's military collapse (Savage: 'no tiene principio'): learning Capt. Portilla was sent with 130 men to surprise them, and defenseless for lack of munitions, he spiked the cannon and retreated toward Monterey; could enter neither the fortified Santa Bárbara presidio nor the loopholed mission,… (orig. p. 404–406) manuscript scan ↗
• 1830-07-15 · José Berreyesa → [Comandante] — On encounters with the Indians — a rich borderlands + Indian-affairs dossier: Ewing Young ('Joaquín Young') and his 22-man party arrive at Mission San José (from the Valle de San Luis, a day from New Mexico), to buy horses & trap beaver; shows two English passports differing only in date (1828 & 1829) [= Clay passports, docs 250/288] +… (orig. p. 445, 136–139, 442–444) manuscript scan ↗
• 1822-06-12 · Solá → cmdts. SB & SD — The McCulloch, Hartnell & Co. contract (margin: '(McCulloch)'): commissioners Luis Nicolás(?) & Guillermo (William) Hartnell ('Comp.ª Inglesa') authorized to trade 2 years with the missions & vecinos; fixed prices — sebo (tallow) 2 p., jabón (soap), manteca de res (lard) 3 p., carne en salmuera (salt meat) 4 p., etc.;… (orig. p. 18–20) manuscript scan ↗
• 1824-02-02 · José Romero → Gov. Argüello — Romero's expedition narrative: left Mission San Gabriel 15 Dec 1823 with Lt. Estudillo & 40 men via San Bernardino, hauling the cannon, guided by a San Juan Capistrano Christian Indian, through the Cajuenche nation; on the return the party got lost, the caballada collapsed, six days without water, reaching San Gabriel the last day of… (orig. p. 73–78) manuscript scan ↗
• 1824-03-30 · Fran.co Mª Ruiz → Gov. Argüello — 1824 Chumash Revolt: relays Capt. Noriega's plea from Mission La Purísima — 10 Sta Bárbara men already on an 8-day expedition; requests 25 men urgently to San Fernando; Cabo Domingo Carrillo dispatched from SD (24th) deemed sufficient (orig. p. 102–103) manuscript scan ↗
• 1824-04-17 · José Romero → Gov. Argüello — Return delayed by the 1824 Chumash Revolt ('la sublevación de los indios de las Misiones de arriba' — Sta Inés, La Purísima; road cut, few troops left after Sta Bárbara pulled the rest); detained at the request of the mission padres & the Los Ángeles Ayuntamiento; Capt. José Cocomaricopa arrived 15 Apr with letters (orig. p. 112–115, 130–131) manuscript scan ↗
• 1824-06-27 · Pablo de la Portilla → Gov. Argüello — Official report on the campaign's success: received by the armed Chumash, he persuaded them to return in peace via the indulto (pardon); arms surrendered gradually (3 sables returned to the padres, rest in deposit); recommends his men for valor (orig. p. 158–159) manuscript scan ↗
• 1824-06-28 · Pablo de la Portilla → Gov. Argüello — Follow-up + statistical note of Chumash remaining in the Sierra/Tular vs. returned: 92 men + 65 women = 165 still out; 345 adults back at the mission; 453 in the Sierra/Tular; some old/sick/dead; arms handed to Capt. Noriega (orig. p. 171–173) manuscript scan ↗
• 1825-08-04 · Luis Antonio Argüello → Echeandía — Capitulation of the Spanish warships Asia & Constante at Monterey (22 May 1825): crews swore obedience to the new nation, ships sent to Acapulco; Juan Malarín commissioned to deliver/report. Confirms the C-A 46 overlap (C-A 46 docs 49–52) & the (orig. p. 258–264) manuscript scan ↗
• 1825-11-02 ('1825 Novre 2') · Junta of officers of the Monterey garrison (José Estrada, José Ramírez, Antonio del Valle, José Mª Ramírez, Rodrigo del Pliego, Juan J. Rocha) → Sor Comandte General de Californias — Savage heading: '1825 Novre 2 Monterey. / José Estrada, José Ramirez, Antonio Valle, José Ramirez, Rodrigo del Pliego, Juan J. Rocha / Sobre nombramto de Comandte.' Spans n105-n106. 'En el Presidio de Monterey de la Alta Califª á 2 dias del mes de Novre de 1825 á las 4 de la tarde habiéndose congregado en la sala de Gobierno los SS.… (orig. p. 421) manuscript scan ↗

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