C-A 34 · Departmental State Papers, Los Angeles, Tomos Prefecturas y Juzgados

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Notable documents

• 1840-09-24 · Prefecto → Comte Militar de Baja Cal.; revolutionary events by Alférez Macedonio González — vanished to the frontier 'á convocar gente para reunirse á José [A.] Carrillo' and formed a _Plan revolucionario_ against the Departmental Government; J.A. Carrillo travels prisoner under guard to Monterey (pp.114-117) (orig. pp. 114–117) full entry · manuscript scan ↗
• 1840-04-26 · Administración (Sta Bárbara, via Antonio Olivera[?]) → San Fernando & Angeles; relays S. Luis Obispo's 24 Apr report: a party of Chaguanosos found at that establishment drove off several caballadas — circular to watch the herds vigilantly (doc pp.316-318) (orig. pp. 316–318) full entry · manuscript scan ↗
• 1840-05-14 · Juan Crispín Pérez (San Gabriel) → Alcalde de 1ª Inst.; reports the Chaguanosos Indians robbed 3 herds of mares from the Mission [San Gabriel] (doc pp.408-409) (orig. pp. 408–409) full entry · manuscript scan ↗
• 1840-05-19 · Ignacio Palomares (S. Bernardino) → Juez de Paz; combat report: of a 23-man party, in an attack on the Chaguanosos there were deaths; he fled ('salió a escape') as tired horses let his men fall to the raiders; on the offered 50-man reinforcement — his LA 'muchachos' don't know how to handle arms (doc pp.430-432) (orig. pp. 430–432) full entry · manuscript scan ↗
• 1840-05-22 · José Antº Carrillo & Juan Gallardo (Cañada de la Brea) → Prefecto 2º Distrito; headed 'Ladrones americanos' — a 10-man advance guard sent 21 May to observe 'the enemy'; the raiders had left, darkness foiled tracking; the guard holds ~10 leagues off awaiting munitions; the party = 225 horses, 15 good men, 4 muskets, 7 pairs pistols, 19 lances, 22 swords/sabres, 445 cartridges (doc pp.449-452) (orig. pp. 449–452) full entry · manuscript scan ↗
• 1840-05-20 · Juan Bta Leandri → Prefecto; marched to San Bernardino to join Palomares, found him 'sin fuerza'; reunited 26 men, all firearms, 239 cartridges; moving to hold the Puerta del cajón [Cajon Pass]; proposes adding 'los indios interesados' (allied Indians) in the herd-recovery; the enemy possibly toward the Mar del Sur; requests good arms & remounts (doc pp.453-456) (orig. pp. 453–456) full entry · manuscript scan ↗
• 1840-05-19 · Juan Bta Leandri → Prefecto interino 2º Distrito; an express from Rancho San José (3 a.m.) relaying Palomares: at 8 p.m. 'le ganó la campaña' — attacked the thieves beyond the Matanceras & recovered the caballadas; casualties — José Mª Almenara wounded, 'el Chino Véjar' unaccounted; the rest returned this side of the river with exhausted herds; ordered Comte 'Chino' Gallardo to hold a… (orig. pp. 458–460) full entry · manuscript scan ↗
• 1840-06-09 · Felipe Lugo → Prefecto; transcribes Carrillo's campaign parte — the 36-man party set out 3 a.m. 23 May, tracked the raiders (who had a 4-day start with ~3,000 head) north; at 8 a.m. on 24 May reached 'el parage llamado ojo de agua de la Meza' (✎✓ full-res 2026-07-09: 'de la / meza' across the line-break — NOT 'del Rincón'/'Rancón'), found the fresh trail &… (orig. pp. 492–498) full entry · manuscript scan ↗
• 1825-05-22 · Luis Antº Argüello (Monterey) → Ayuntamiento de los Angeles; VERBATIM: on the installation & suspension of the Diputación — California is a Territory, not a State (pp.451-53) (orig. pp. 451–53) full entry · manuscript scan ↗
• 1833-02-08 · Pablo de la Portilla (San Luis Rey) → [Comte Gral]; the neophytes of S. Diego / S. Juan / S. Gabriel / S. Luis Rey demand their lands be distributed (as Echeandía promised) & proclaim Echeandía Comte Gral, rejecting Figueroa (pp.531-33) (orig. pp. 531–33) full entry · manuscript scan ↗
• 1833-01-28 · Ignacio del Valle (S. Gabriel) → Alcalde; Indian slave-trade case: Francisco Rejil, vecino of New Mexico, tried to sell an Indian boy to José Antº Noriega — the comercio de esclavos barred by the law of 13 July 1824 — interrogate Noriega (pp.594-95) (orig. pp. 594–95) full entry · manuscript scan ↗
• 1833-01-20 · Antº José Rocha → Alcalde; VERBATIM: bought (for 70 [pesos]) an Indian boy a New Mexican had bought from the _tribus gentiles_ on the trail, framing it as rescue/adoption ('viendo con dolor la esclavitud… adoptarlo por hijo… en libertad' at citizen-age) (p.618) (orig. p. 618) full entry · manuscript scan ↗
• 1833-01-20 · Ignacio del Valle (S. Gabriel) → Alcalde; Juan Ignacio Sánchez, vecino de N. México, having sold a 'niño gentil' (Indian child) (pp.619-20) (orig. pp. 619–20) full entry · manuscript scan ↗
• 1834-03-04 · Varios Norte-Americanos → Gefe Político; petition of ~22 named Anglo-American/British residents against compelled militia service, invoking the Mexico–Britain & Mexico–US treaties of amity; signatories incl. Jonathan (Juan) Temple, Jacob P. Leese, Isaac Williams, Moses Carson, William Chard, Daniel Ferguson (pp.799-801) (orig. pp. 799–801) full entry · manuscript scan ↗
• 1835-03-07 · Ayuntamiento de los Angeles; full-text account of the 7 Mar 1835 pronunciamiento: an armed party seized the ayuntamiento house at dawn, took the cannons/arms (prepared for anti-raiding use), and presented Juan Gallardo a 'plan' to hand political & military command to José Noriega (and P. de la Portilla); the ayuntamiento refused to pronounce, urged calm, closed… (orig. pp. 896–97) full entry · manuscript scan ↗
• 1837-12-16 · Jueces árbitros Ignacio Coronel & Ignacio del Valle; full-text arbitration sentence in the Sánchez↔Domínguez fosterage/custody case: the youth Roberto (now 16) returns to his natural father Domínguez; Sánchez (who fed & raised him 16 years and 'se aprovechó del trabajo') gets no indemnification & is admonished; 50-peso penalty on reopening (doc pp.101-121) (orig. pp. 101–121) full entry · manuscript scan ↗
• 1836-12-06 · Luis del Castillo Negrete, Juez de Distrito (aboard the *Leonidas*, Bahía de San Diego) → Alcaldes & Ayuntamiento de los Angeles; formal written PROTEST against the acts of the 'titulado Congreso/Diputación de California' (the 1836 Alvarado revolution): the plan 'published the 7th' by 'only four deputies without legal function' declaring California a 'Estado Soberano' with a federal constitution is illegal, unpatriotic, an armed rebellion endangering the Republic's… (orig. pp. 273–76) full entry · manuscript scan ↗
• 1837-01-17 · Antº del Valle (S. Fernando) → Alcalde 1º; 3 docs: (1) the danger to Los Angeles from 'la facción de Monterey'; (2) requests 200 pesos from deposit to supply the 'División de San Fernando' force; (3) a full-text proclamation by Alcalde 2º José Sepúlveda (S. Fernando, 17 Jan 1837) to the 'Angelinos patriotas' denouncing Alvarado's 'Estado libre y Soberano' and Art. 3 of 'el Plan… (orig. pp. 406–11) full entry · manuscript scan ↗
• 1839-04-22 · Expediente by Alcalde 1º; Antº Reyes claims an 'indito' donated to him by the New Mexican Franco Pacheco (the child also wanted by Don Carlos Carrillo); the judicial inquiry finds the transfer contravened the anti-slavery law of 13 July 1824 → the child left in Botello's care (doc pp.648-63) (orig. pp. 648–63) full entry · manuscript scan ↗
• 1840-09-20 (letter) · Andrés Pico → Francisco Gastelum; re the Sept-1840 frontier pronunciamiento claim → José Antº Carrillo taken prisoner to Monterey; Andrés Pico asks for a certificate that there was no pronouncement (doc p.182) (orig. p. 182) full entry · manuscript scan ↗
• 1840-11-15 · José A. Estudillo, Mayordomo (S. Luis Rey) → Prefecto; the indiada of San Luis Rey opposes Pío Pico taking possession of the Temécula grant; 12 Luiseños came to state their reasons against having those lands taken (doc pp.395-96) (orig. pp. 395–96) full entry · manuscript scan ↗

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