C-A 48 · Departmental Records, Tomos VII–VIII (Books 33–37, 1829 → Jan 1831)

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Notable documents

• 1829-11-25 · → circular á varias autoridades — Alzamiento de Joaquín Solís — Solís (sentenced to 10 yrs presidio) has declared himself among the soldiers under protest of 'mal gobierno' and headed a mutiny at Monterey for subversion of order; convoke a garrison junta to opine; his adherents who do not lay down arms and free the authorities will be declared traitors and accomplices of… (orig. p. p.878–84) manuscript scan ↗
• 1830-01-07 · → [Proclama] — Proclama á los Sublevados de Monterey — Echeandía's proclamation to the rebel soldiers following Solís's plan; charges that comisario Pedro María Herrera deceived them into an unjust partido; ties the rising to the Spanish reconquest attempt on the Veracruz coast ('guerras de hermanos'); calls them to lay down arms & surrender the… (orig. p. p.5–8) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-05-14 · Echeandía → Min. de Guerra — Otter fishery / Russian contract: granted the RAC the otter hunt (govt takes half the pelts at a set price) to fund & clothe the garrison; Americans poach otter/seals/sea-elephants clandestinely; otter pelts sell $3–15 for the Treasury; considers regulating the fishery by *concierto* (orig. p. p.50–56) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-05-22 · Echeandía → Min. de Guerra — Militia & population: 5 military commands (SF / Monterey / Sta Bárbara / San Diego + Baja); the 1827 count — all of Alta Calif. 'no llegan á 25 mil,' mostly Indians; only ~4,000 gente de razón, ~1,800 armable (~5,500 men judged available); complains of lack of money (orig. p. p.79–83) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-06-25 · Echeandía → Min. de Justicia y Negocios Ecles. — cornerstone governance report — ayuntamientos, justice, jails, Baja-frontier division: council composition of each town — Los Ángeles (alcalde + 4 regidores + síndico), San José (alcalde + 2 regidores + síndico), Villa de Branciforte (alcalde under the Monterey commander), Monterey & San Diego neighborhoods; Baja partido seats Loreto /… (orig. p. p.113–125) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-06-25 · Echeandía → Min. de Relaciones — 'Rumor de N.A. — Rusos': reports rumors (May) that the United States intended to seize the port of San Francisco, tied to 'the gathering of the *cazador* (hunter) Smith'; and the need to politically remove the Russians [Fort Ross] from the territory, else Mexican sovereignty must retreat (orig. p. p.126–129) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-06-26 · Echeandía → Min. de Relaciones — friar-loyalty / naturalization census — roster of the Spanish Franciscans w/ ages, health & constitutional-oath positions: Boscana (willing), Oliva (refused since '26), F. Martín, Peyri (sickly), Zalvidea, Salazar, José Sánchez, González de Ibarra, Liñán (blind), Blas Ordaz, M.A. de Vitoria, Arroyo de la Cuesta ('swore but keeping… (orig. p. p.149–156) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-06-26 · Echeandía → Min. de Relaciones/Justicia — expel-vs-keep triage of the friars: recommends expelling the Fernando-VII loyalists / non-jurors (Arroyo de la Cuesta, Blas Ordaz, Pedro & Juan Cabot, J.B. Sancho, González de Ibarra, Oliva, Narciso Durán, Esténaga, Abella, Xavier de Rivas) and keeping the elderly/infirm/cooperative (Juan Moreno, Amorós, Magín Catalá, M.A. de Vitoria,… (orig. p. p.156–157) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-06-30 · Echeandía → Min. de Relaciones — 'Causas para no expulsar los PP. Españoles': the 21 missions depend on the padres — without them the neophytes fall into 'cuadrillas de pillaje,' revert to 'vida salvaje,' the missions collapse, no spiritual care; don't expel the non-jurors 'hasta que se puedan reemplazar por P.P. mejicanos'; Baja's decline blamed on lack of religious;… (orig. p. p.157–167) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-08-31 · Echeandía → Min. de Relaciones — Baja California mission land-grab: the San Antonio ayuntamiento (jefe político subalterno José Mª Mata) + the Baja diputación voted to extinguish Missions Todos Santos & San José del Cabo and distribute their lands to vecinos, excluding the padres (Feb–Mar 1829); Echeandía protests it all as *illegal* & asks the supreme govt to fix the… (orig. p. p.204–209) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-09-18 · Echeandía → Min. de Guerra y Marina — California as a penal colony (objection) + ruined presidios: answers the supreme order to send *presidio*-convicts to Alta Calif. — would accept exiles/deserters (useful as vecinos/soldiers) but hardened criminals would bring 'total corrupción de costumbres'; 'En la Alta California no hay ningún preso[/presidio]' — the 4 presidios are… (orig. p. p.213–225) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-10-07 · Echeandía → Min. de Justicia — 'P.P. sediciosos': orders the presidio commanders to identify seditious royalist friars — one lights 2 candles daily to the portrait of Fernando VII, another preaches the king will return to govern Mexico & be received 'con los brazos abiertos' (orig. p. p.243) manuscript scan ↗
• 1830-11-16 · → encargado del establecimiento de la Bodega — que está enterado de que en dicho establecimiento se hacen reconocimientos é invitaciones á los indios para que presten servicios, y pide que se le diga con qué autorización se halla formado dicho establecimiento ✓ leaf-verified 2026-07-16 at n373: the first-pass 'en el Sacramento' was a MISREAD of 'establecimiento' — corrected 2026-07-18 (orig. p. p.480–481) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-07-01 · → comte de Monterey — Conspiracy / Empresa contra Indios — form the sumaria (aided by Tte Juan José Rocha) on a conspiracy discovered by alférez Fernández's parte; Echeandía will immediately arrest Solís and accomplices Gabriel Espinosa & Raymundo de la Torre (witnesses/conspirators Juan Higuera, Pedro Guerrero, Cesáreo Curiel, Mariano Reguera) — *the… (orig. p. p.656–7) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-07-06 · → circular: comtes & alcaldes — Eclesiásticos españoles á desterrar — per the ley de 20 Marzo: the Spanish missionary friars who by their last declarations refused all oath/protest in favor of the system, and indifferent ecclesiastics, are to be given passports at once; those who swore per the 20 Dec 1827 law must submit exemption documents within a month (art. 4 of… (orig. p. p.665–6) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-08-05 · → comte de San Francisco — Crueldades contra Indios — has learned that after alfz Guadalupe Sánchez's campaign vs the malévolos, 3 men & 3 women captured out of combat were killed by gunfire, lance & arrow and executed, and 3 more captured women were about to be killed — witnessed by christians of S. Carlos; names witness-soldiers (Nicolás Berreyeza, Ignacio… (orig. p. p.739–40) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-10-07 · → comte de San Francisco — Perdón á Indios sublevados — on the risen Neophytes (incl. the one said to have killed the American): rather than proceed against them, seek an indulto and keep them in their mission under Christian & industrious order as a sign of repentance, pending the Supreme Government (orig. p. p.797–8) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-10-22 · → alcalde de San José — Religiosos españoles — will support before the Supreme Government the petitions of the San José & Monterey ayuntamientos that the Spanish religious NOT be exiled — having already represented in this sense on 30 June last (orig. p. p.820–1) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-10-23 · → comte de Monterey — Indios esclavos — the recogida of gentile children distributed (repartimiento) in that vecindario after the campaign; charges their entrega, to be deposited at Missions San Carlos or Soledad; the christianized with natural parents returned as Neófitos; the non-christianized returned to their lands or catechized; those adopted by private… (orig. p. p.822) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-11-07 · → Tte Ignacio Martínez — 95 Americanos ó Ingleses — per the 19 Oct oficio, 2 Americans/English with their families, in number of 95 persons of all sexes, arrived at the Mission de San Francisco Solano (Sonoma); investigate whether they have settled and where, adding all he knows (orig. p. p.836–7) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-11-17 · → comte de Monterey — Patriotismo — relays Mexican decrees & concludes: 'Es llegado el tiempo de manifestar otra vez al universo que antes que ser dominados por el gobierno español, reposaremos en el sepulcro' *(the 1829 anti-Spanish-reconquest / Barradas-invasion patriotic response)* (orig. p. p.870) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-12-06 · → comte de SD + alcalde de los Ángeles — Guarnición de Sta Bárbara alzada — the Sta Bárbara cavalry & artillery rose and named sargento Antº Rodríguez chief (who says he accepted only to conserve order); subtte R. Pacheco recovered command and pursues the fugitive rebels aided by the reunited vecindario; sends auxiliaries (orig. p. p.887–9) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-12-30 · → PP. de Sta Inés y de la Purísima — advises the measures against the dangers of the Solís insurrection — concentrate at the Sta Bárbara presidio all the gente de armas with the caballada, mulada & provisions possible, and cut communications & arms *(continues n268)* (orig. p. p.902) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-12-31 · → Tte Lobato — remits el plan de Solís (the rebels' plan/pronunciamiento) *(Doc 720 concludes on n268: to deprive the rebels of all auxilio)* (orig. p. p.903) manuscript scan ↗
• 1830-01-08 · → [reply re Solís] — Echeandía's reply — refuses to hand over the political & military command demanded in Solís's name ('José Solís reducido á subteniente'); traces the revolt to the Monterey & SF garrisons' grievances over unpaid haberes and comisario José Mª Herrera's fiscal failures; will cede command only to a Supreme-Government appointee (the… (orig. p. p.8–14) manuscript scan ↗

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