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

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

• 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 ↗
• 1787-09→1788-03 · Fages → Ignacio Vallejo — the RELOCATION of Pueblo San José to its new site — 'en la primavera se cambiará el pueblo' (José Argüello to report); Pedro Bojórquez given a solar & lands; 'empezarán las obras en el nuevo sitio'; all must be moved 'al otro sitio' by March; gratifications to the pobladores for building the Guardia, Iglesia y revellines at the new site (orig. p. 115–121) manuscript scan ↗
• 1797-07-02→08 · Borica → Com.te San José — 'Salida para castigar á los Indios Gentiles' — a punitive expedition vs the ranchería whose Gentiles ate two mares: gather 15–20 men, fall on them 'sin ser sentido,' identify the malefactors & have their own companions give 25 azotes each; ⚠ 'al acercarse á la Ranchería no se disparará á ningún gentil… sin tirar á matar' (surround &… (orig. p. 379–381) manuscript scan ↗
• 1785-01-24 · Fages → Cabo José Domínguez — Ignacio Vallejo (M.G. Vallejo's father) commissioned to examine the pueblo's arroyo & build a *presa / toma de agua* to irrigate the pueblo's *sementeras* — the San José pueblo water works (orig. p. 3–4) manuscript scan ↗
• 1785-09-04 · Fages → Cabo — 'Sobre Indios' — the alcalde González & cabo Soto to watch that the Indians not enter or sleep in the houses, not be allowed 'por ningún pretexto que monten ni manejen bestias' (ride/handle horses), and to police an ongoing *amancebamiento* 'de que tiene noticias positivas' (orig. p. 27–28) manuscript scan ↗
• 1786-04-20 · Fages → Ignacio Vallejo — the 'Albitre' Indian-relations case — Albitre presented himself at the mission 'con la India y la muchacha,' said Yepes had left him; Albitre y la India quedan presos (imprisoned); + harvest/seed accounting; Hermenegildo [Sal] remitted 64 pesos via soldier José Zamaniego at Sta Bárbara (orig. p. 58–61) manuscript scan ↗
• 1788-09-06→17 · Fages → Ignacio Vallejo — the San José pueblo LAND DIVISION — distribute the tierras (wheat in some, maize in others); Castro's four *suertes* measured; ⭐⭐ 'que ante el Teniente José Argüello y el Sargento Manuel Vargas se dividan las tierras' (the lands divided before Argüello & Vargas); the works of the 'Nuevo pueblo' secured by the waters — an early pueblo… (orig. p. 103–114) manuscript scan ↗
• 1788-10-08→31 · Fages → Ignacio Vallejo — 'Órdenes sobre diezmos, bebidas y castigo de indios' — sustain the tithe; no liquor sold; ⭐⭐ any Christian Indian arriving at the pueblo without his friars' license → 10 azotes (1st), 12 (2nd), 15 (3rd), then returned to the friars with a soldier (the pueblo-Indian pass/flogging regime); care for the cañón; protect the works so 'las… (orig. p. 142–147) manuscript scan ↗

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