Records48
Item-level48
Span1784–1846
Leaves99
Coveragecomplete
Coverage: FULL VOLUME ITEM-READ n0–n98 (completion pass 2026-07-27, 4-agent sweep + lead verification). 48 records. Multi-tomo: Tomo IX Miscellaneous (marquee docs + TOC index) + 6 CA-specific copyist abstract-books — Presidios X–XI, Departmental Payments XII–XIII, Commissary/Treasury Receipts XIV, Despatches From Other Departments XV (only national/inter-state material, index-grain, bounded by the n95 Valenzuela colophon), Memorials/Reports XVI (Alamán 1832 census). The 07-17 'XI–XVI = national-decree bulk' label was a mischaracterization — corrected. Rows 9–18 (Tomo IX pp.75–193, incl. Vallejo→Ross & Gómez→Sitka) are index-only (Savage indexed but did not transcribe them). Cite by printed orig page; page systems reset per sub-tomo (Bancroft stamp = scan+1). (“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
- 1834? · José Figueroa → Baron [F. von] Wrangell (Gob. de las Colonias Rusas en América) — Reply to Wrangell's 19-Nov letter: safe-conduct + full travel itinerary (San Blas→Tepic→México→Veracruz) for the Baron's overland-through-Mexico journey home; offers a personally-issued passport, letters of introduction & the hospitality of his own home. ⚠ DATE PUZZLE: Figueroa d. Sep 1834 vs the standard 1835–36 Wrangell-journey date —… (orig. p. IX:149–152) manuscript scan ↗
- 1845-02-17 · Pío Pico → Gen. Micheltorena — Deposition of Micheltorena: per Art.138 Bases Orgánicas the interim govt devolves on Pico + the Assembly strips M.'s authority; indicts M.'s convict-soldiers 'sin radicación de fortuna' + drilled gentile Indians, and the hand-off of arms-command to [Sutter] (orig. p. IX:194–198) manuscript scan ↗
- 1840 · Gov. Alvarado → José Castro — Graham-Affair 11-article instructions: embark all foreigners at Sta Bárbara → San Blas/Tepic; then Mexico City (via Diputado Castillero) to report & request arms/uniforms/cash + a governor-controlled militia + fiscal authority for the Department (orig. p. IX:199–209) manuscript scan ↗
- 1846 · [unsigned intelligence report] — Conquest-eve intel: an American officer at Sacramento w/ 50 dragoons via 'un camino nuevo'; the 'Mormonites' (communal property 'hasta las mujeres') hold California is their promised land & mean to send 10,000 in May 'á tomar California'; source named as Capt. Frémont, ~1,600-man commander 'Estepson [Stevenson?]' (orig. p. IX:376–377) manuscript scan ↗
- 1822-03-11 · Luis Antonio Argüello → los oficiales de la Guarnición — Full-text letter, 'Opiniones sobre la Independencia de México y nombramiento de Diputados': the total independence from Spain is established; urges publishing the bando & swearing independence in the Province 'sin demora' & sending a Diputado to the Mexican corte. ⚠ CORRECTED 07-27 — was catalogued as an unsigned undated borrador at n30;… (orig. p. XI:176–180) manuscript scan ↗
- 1844-06-01 · Gov. Micheltorena / Thomas O. Larkin — Provisional hospital: with Indians 'dying untended' of the smallpox epidemic infesting Monterey, Micheltorena contracts Larkin at $143/mo to run a hospital for the destitute sent in by the alcaldes (orig. p. XII:10) manuscript scan ↗
- 1845-12-03 · José Abrego (revista) — The December 1845 California military establishment roster — jefes y oficiales sueltos, retired officers, soldados de premio, inválidos & pensioned widow, each w/ rank, destino & monthly pay: José Castro (Cmdte-Gen $150), M.G. Vallejo (Sonoma $150), Pedro Narváez, Juan Castañeda, Gumersindo Flores, Víctor Prudon, José Ramírez, Narciso… (orig. p. XIII:3–5) manuscript scan ↗
- 1846-07-02 · José Castro → Abrego — Lacking all funds for the war, orders a forced loan from merchants secured by mortgaging the mission estates of San Juan Bautista, Santa Clara and San José; notes Juan Bandini installed Secretario del Gobierno (22nd) (orig. p. —) manuscript scan ↗
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