C-A 44 · Departmental State Papers, San José, Tomos I–III

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Notable documents

• 1822 Jul 29 · Pablo Vicente de Sola to Alcalde D. Francisco de Castro, pueblo de San José — MAJOR. Savage marks it 'O', his sign for a full transcription. Heading verbatim: '1822. Julio 29. Mont. / Sola al Alcalde del Pueblo de S. José D. Fran.co de Castro. / Sobre el delito de Benancio Mogica y otras or.ns'. Sola answers Castro's letter of the 24th and its enclosed list, and lays down how the Alcalde and Regidores are to deal… (orig. p. runs to pp. 497. 498. at the close on n105; no cite on the opening leaf) manuscript scan ↗
• 1822 Jul 29 · Pablo Vicente de Sola to Alcalde D. Francisco de Castro, pueblo de San José — Continuation of the 1822 Jul 29 ordinance, and its penal core. Whoever causes scandal in the church during, before or after Mass is to be taken to the nearest Guard and there, in sight of the pueblo's vecinos and the Mission's Alcaldes, given twenty-five palos on the back by the cabo, and for a first offence a further month in the… (orig. p. no cite on this leaf; part of the run ending pp. 497. 498.) manuscript scan ↗
• 1822 Nov 23 · Pablo Vicente de Sola to the Ilustre Ayuntamiento del pueblo de San José — MAJOR, marked 'O'. Heading verbatim: '1822. Nbre. 23. Mont. / Pablo V.te de Sola á los Sres. del Ilustre Ayuntam.to del del pueblo de San José = Sobre Diputado al S. C. de Megico.' In the acta held that day the Exma. Diputación agreed that Sola, as Diputado named by this Province to the Soberano Congreso de Cortes de Mégico, should carry… (orig. pp. 503. 504.) manuscript scan ↗
• 1821 Sep 1; 1821 Oct 4; 1821 Oct 30 · Pablo Vicente de Sola to the Comisionado del pueblo de San José — MAJOR for rancho history. (a) 'Sbre. 1º = Sobre el parage los Tularcitos', pp. 527. 528: the paraje called los Tularcitos was understood not to lie in the pueblo's jurisdiction, and the vecindario is to state whether the donation of it to the vecino José Higuera prejudices them, the Alcalde, Regidores and vecinos to speak through the… (orig. pp. 527. 528. / p. 529 / Oct 30 continues into pp. 530ff on n116) manuscript scan ↗
• 1820 Mar 20; 1820 Apr 28 · Pablo Vicente de Sola to the Comisionado del pueblo de San José — (a) 'Marzo 20 = Sobre escuela y Matanza de ganado', pp. 542. 543: Sola sends D. Rafael del Valle to the pueblo to treat with the Comandante, Alcalde, Regidores and vecinos about his taking over as schoolmaster in place of Antonino Buelna, and, if that is effected, to see that the house where the school is to be placed has room for it;… (orig. pp. 542. 543. / p. 544) manuscript scan ↗
• 1819 Mar 25 · Pablo Vicente de Sola to the Comisionado del pueblo de San José — '1819. Mzo. 25. San Antonio / Sola al Com.do del pueblo de S. José = Sobre arresto de Militares'. A jurisdiction and fuero document. On the notice due to the Alf.z del R.l Cpo. de Art.a D. Manuel Gomez for the apprehension of the Cabo de Milicias of his Corps Rafael Soto and of M.a Ant.a Mesa: the exceptions and privileges of the Royal… (orig. pp. 558. 559.) manuscript scan ↗
• 1819 Dec 21; 1818 Jan 8 · Pablo Vicente de Sola to the Comisionado del pueblo de San José — Two documents, both substantial. (a) 'Dbre. 21. = Sobre mozos p.a las armas', pp. 584. 585: of the fourteen mozos fit for arms in that pueblo, they are to be assembled and a sorteo held and five taken for service, but any who is the only son of a widow or of a sexagenarian father is not to be included in the sorteo; and the Diezmos of… (orig. pp. 584. 585. / pp. 586. 587.) manuscript scan ↗
• 1818 Feb 17; 1818 Feb 26 · Pablo Vicente de Sola to the Comisionado del pueblo de San José — Two school documents of 1818. (a) 'Fbro. 17. = Sobre sorteo p.a el Servicio', pp. 588. 589: Tte grad.o D. Gabriel Moraga goes to the pueblo to proceed to the sorteo of the young men fit for the King's service; and all the children of that pueblo must attend school under the maestro named for their education and teaching, Antonino Buelna,… (orig. pp. 588. 589. / pp. 590. 591.) manuscript scan ↗
• 1818 Jul 27; 1818 Jun 16; 1818 Aug 5 · Pablo Vicente de Sola to the comisionado of San José — (a) Julio 27, pp. 604. 605: Juan Arroyo goes to the pueblo to claim the goods left by his deceased grandfather Juan Amezquita. (b) '1818. Junio 16. Mision de San Juan / Sola. al Com.do del pueblo. Sentim.to por muerte del Alcalde', pp. 606. 607, verbatim in part: 'me ha sido dolorosa la muerte repentina del Alcalde de ese pueblo Ant.o… (orig. pp. 604. 605. / pp. 606. 607.) manuscript scan ↗
• 1818 Aug 5; 1818 Aug 10; 1818 Aug 11 · Pablo Vicente de Sola to the comisionado of San José — (a) Close of the Ag.to 5 order, pp. 608. 609, containing two things at once: the agregados of D. Ygn.o Ortega's Rancho - 'el nombrado Cuervo, Julián Cantua, Andrés García, Jesus Romero y Fran.co Lara' - to be examined before the Regidor and Romualdo Gonzalez on the killing of cattle, with instructions on the school if Buelna or Carlos… (orig. pp. 608. 609. / pp. 610. 611.) manuscript scan ↗
• 1818 Aug 11 · Pablo Vicente de Sola to the comisionado of San José — 'Ag.to 11 = Culpables en matar ganado' and the mesta ruling it carries. Julián Cantua and Andrés García and three others are found guilty in the killing of cattle, the two first to suffer six months arrest and the three latter fifteen days; and by his order the whole vecindario is to be told that, in accordance with the ordenanza de la… (orig. pp. 612. 613.) manuscript scan ↗
• 1818 Aug 15 · Pablo Vicente de Sola, to be published to the vecindario of San José and its agregados — MAJOR, marked 'O'. Heading verbatim: '1818. Ag.to 15. Mont. / Sola / Sobre untos y sebos y venta de ellos'. Opening verbatim: 'Para cortar de Raiz la mala fee con q.e han procedido y proceden algunos particulares, en la entrega de sebos sin hacer aprecio del castigo á q.e se hacen acrehedores ni del cargo de sus conciencias y en… (orig. p. runs to p. 614 at the close on n137) manuscript scan ↗
• 1818 Aug 15 (certified Aug 18); 1818 Aug 21; 1818 Oct 8 · Sola to the comisionado; certification by Luis Peralta at the pueblo de San José — (a) Close of the Ag.to 15 tallow bando, p. 614, with its publication and archiving clause and the local certification, verbatim: '...entender, y cumplido pasara V. copia certificada para el archivo de ese pueblo, y puesta á continuacion la costancia de su publicidad me la debolvera = Es copia de su original de q.e certifico Pueblo de San… (orig. p. 614 / p. 615 / p. 616) manuscript scan ↗
• 1818 Oct 23; 1818 Nov 21; 1818 Dec 16 · Pablo Vicente de Sola to the comisionado of San José — (a) Obre 23, pp. 619. 620: set at liberty Julián Cantua and Andrés García; proceed to the construction of the room for the school and the maestro's dwelling; the solares de repartimiento assigned to the newly settled are in order, and 'de ninguna manera dará V. solar fuera del cuadro'; and remit a list of the vecinos fit for cavalry… (orig. pp. 619. 620. / pp. 621. 622. / pp. 623. 624.) manuscript scan ↗
• 1817 Jan 4; 1798 Jan 12; 1817 Dec 2 · Sola to the comisionado; the vecinos of San José to Gov. Diego de Borica — A paired gambling file spanning nineteen years. (a) '1817. En.o 4. Mont. / Sola al Com.do del Pueblo de S. José', pp. 625. 626: noted the completion of the construction of the Bridge. (b) '1798. En.o 12. S. José / Los Vecinos del P. de S. José al Gob.r D. Diego de Borica', pp. 627. 628: 'Solicitan se les permita jugar Malilla los… (orig. pp. 625. 626. / pp. 627. 628. / p. 628) manuscript scan ↗
• 1817 Aug 13; 1817 Oct 10; 1817 Nov 12; 1817 Nov 15 · Pablo Vicente de Sola to the Comisionado del pueblo de San José — (a) Close of the Ag.to 13 order, p. 638: the returned Sumario concerned what happened 'entre Juan Albirez y la hija del cabo inbalido Miguel Pacheco'. (b) '1817. Obre. 10 S.ta Barbara. / Sola al Com.do del Pueblo de S. José. Hora de recogerse el vecind.o', pp. 639. 640: noting the scandalous conduct of the invalid Fran.co García with… (orig. p. 638 / pp. 639. 640. / p. 641 / pp. 642. 643.) manuscript scan ↗
• 1816 Feb 29 · Pablo Vicente de Sola to the Comisionado del pueblo de San José — MAJOR, marked 'O'. 'Fbro 29. = Sobre caballada mesteña' [1816]. The Alcalde has reported the damage the wild horse herd does to the pastures and proposed building two large corrals to gather it, separating what is fit and killing the rest as harmful to the pastures, on which the comisionado with the Alcalde, Regidores and vecindario… (orig. pp. 656. 657.) manuscript scan ↗
• 1790-05-18 · Pedro Fages (México) — 'dice ser copia de su original' — THE 1790 ROYAL OTTER-PELT TARIFF & monopoly regulation — 'Tarifa por donde se han de satisfacer las pieles de Nutrias que se reciban de cuenta de S.M. en las Misiones de ambas Californias': 3 classes by size/color — negras ≥1¼ vara 7 p / de color 5 p; ½–1¼ vara 6 p / color 4 p; ¾–1 vara 3 p / color 2 p. Prevenciones: pelts must be… (orig. p. 31–34) manuscript scan ↗
• 1816 Dec 9 · Gov. Pablo Vicente de Sola → Comisionado del pueblo de San Jose — Sola orders a second bridge built at the pueblo now that the Pajaro bridge is done, and the vecinos named on the enclosed list to turn out for it: 'Habiendose concluido el puente del Pajaro, y teniendo q. construir otro en ese pueblo, hara V. concurran los vecinos q. cita la adjunta lista y quede en los propios terminos q. la al… (orig. pp. 675. 676.) manuscript scan ↗
• 1816 Dec 3 · Gov. Pablo Vicente de Sola → Comisionado del pueblo de San Jose — One-line order for timber: 'Que remita las 12 trozas de Roble' [= that he forward the 12 oak logs]. Savage gives no further detail; the logs are presumably for presidio or bridge construction, but he does not say. (orig. pp. 677. 678.) manuscript scan ↗
• 1815 Oct 15 · Gov. Pablo Vicente de Sola → Comisionado del pueblo (San Jose) — spans n149-n150. Sola orders a full census of the pueblo and its ranchos: 'Que mande una relacion gral del vecindario y Ranchos, lista de hombres, mug.s, Ninos y ninas especificando sus edades y oficios q. egercen, num.o de casas, tambien si hay Yglesia y lista de los ornam.tos y basos sagrados q. haya.' [= a general return of… (orig. pp. 679. 680.) manuscript scan ↗
• 1824 Oct 6 · Juan Guzman, Srio. de Estado → [the provinces] — 'Juan Guzman S.rio de Estado, remitiendo ejemplares de la Constitucion Federal de la Rep.a' [= forwards printed copies of the Federal Constitution of the Mexican Republic]. This is the transmittal by which the 1824 federal constitution reached the provinces, filed among the San Jose papers. (orig. pp. 87-88.) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-08-29 · Gobierno Supremo — general decree; no addressee stated — 'Decreto reglamentando la Administracion de Justicia y nombrando un Asesor en cada Territorio.' [= decree regulating the administration of justice and appointing an Asesor (legal adviser) in each Territory]. HIGH RELEVANCE: Alta California was a Territorio, so this is the national basis for a territorial asesor standing behind alcalde… (orig. p. 667 [so written; sequence pp. 165-66 then pp. 168-69 shows Savage meant 167]) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-07-06 · Echandía (Gov. José María de Echeandía) → al Alcalde de S. José — spans n174-n175. LOCAL SAN JOSE ITEM. 'Echandia. - al Alcalde de S. José. / Ordenandole q. al inmediato recibo de su circular cite á todos los Españoles de la jurisdiccion de su encargo y les manifieste el ejemplar de la ley de 20 de Mzo. del corriente año...' [= ordering the alcalde, on immediate receipt of the circular, to summon all… (orig. pp. 175-76) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-01-12 · Cámara de Representantes — decree; no addressee stated — 'Decreto de la Camara de Representantes, nulificando la eleccion q. recalló en el C. Gral. Gomez Pedraza p.a Presid.te ó Vice-Presidente de la Republica Mejicana; declarando electo á D. Vicente Guerrero y p.a Vice-Presidente á D. Anastacio Bustamante.' [= decree annulling Gómez Pedraza's election and declaring Guerrero President and… (orig. pp. 206-8) manuscript scan ↗

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