Records44
Item-level44
Span1764–1790
Leaves363
Coveragecomplete
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
- 1790-08-17 · Felipe de Goycoechea + Fr. Antonio Cruzado (interino) — THE 1790 CENSUS/PADRÓN OF LOS ANGELES — a complete household-by-household nominal roll (name, *oficio*, *casta*, age, birthplace, spouse, children) + a summary 'Estado' (141 almas total; caste & class distinctions). 31 household heads: 1 Mariano Verdugo (labrador, Esp., b. Misión S. Javier Baja CA, 43); 2 Mª Ignacia Carrillo (Esp., b.… (orig. p. ~281–289) manuscript scan ↗
- 1789-11-14 (cert.) · Juan Gasiot y Miralles (forwarding to Fages) — 'Copia de la Instrucción aprobada por su Majestad… para el establecimiento de la nueva villa de PITIC en la Provincia de Sonora, mandada adaptar á las demás nuevas Poblaciones… en el distrito de esta Comandancia General' — the *Plan de Pitic* (1789), the royal town-founding instruction ordered applied to ALL new frontier *poblaciones*,… (orig. p. 60–75) manuscript scan ↗
- 1790 (Jul–Dec) · Goycoechea → Fages — Routine SB-presidio admin (1790): *correo* arrivals & *bando* promulgations passed to San Diego; ⭐ a command/audiencia-transition cédula (R. Cédula 19 Aug 1789; a new appointee [José Manuel de Valdés? — name uncertain] takes possession by viceregal nomination 23 Feb; pp.293–94); *padrón general* forwarding (Fr. Antonio Cruzado; p.308);… (orig. p. 291–341) manuscript scan ↗
- 1789 (Mar–May) · Goycoechea → Fages — Pueblo-governance + labor cluster: the *relación del ramo de tabacos*; the testament of poblador José Mª Rosas; ⭐ three servants given 'un grillete y cadena para trabajar en la Misión' (shackled forced labor); ⭐ the Viceroy's despacho confirming the new alcalde of the Pueblo de la Reina de los Ángeles, *José Sinova*, + its regidores… (orig. p. 169–175) manuscript scan ↗
- 1785–1790 · Estrada, Argüello, Arrillaga, [Hijosa], Revilla Gigedo → Fages — Bounded fiscal & admin: ⭐ the general Cargo/Data account of the Loreto/Californias funds 1785–89 (Alférez hab. J. M. Estrada — the *situados*, the Reglamento gratification, 200-fanega maize shipments via *Aránzazu*/*Concepción*; tied to the Temporalidades suit; pp.199–213); SF musters + Cabo Manuel Boronda's appointment (replacing Marcos… (orig. p. 199–451) manuscript scan ↗
- 1790-10-30 (cert.; refs 1787) · Fages (+ Ugarte instruction) — THE CLOSING DOCUMENT — the Manila-Galleon / China-trade question: whether to lift the prohibition and let the *Nao de China* (Manila Galleon) unload & sell goods at Monterey — per Fages's 'instrucción Reservada' Art. 17 'plan de comercio.' The reasoned conclusion: opening Monterey to the China trade would yield no real utility to the… (orig. p. 356–641) manuscript scan ↗
- 1789 (Aug–Dec) · Goycoechea → Fages — Routine SB-presidio admin, 1789 — terse acusa-recibo/forwarding abstracts: testament of José de la Cruz archived (p.122); ⭐ soldiers Carrabantes/Domínguez/Olivas/Piña + 2 carpenters + 3 La Purísima soldiers sent for the presidio *reedificación* (pp.123–24); monthly *revistas/partes* + 1788 *extractos* + Jan *Estado del Pueblo*… (orig. p. 122–144) manuscript scan ↗
- 1789-09-19 · Goycoechea → Fages — 'Sobre aprehensión de gentiles': the pueblo *alcalde* reported gentile Indians killed 2 cattle (*reses*) + took/forced another; Goycoechea ordered an inquiry, then a *partida* to seize them; the *comisionado* reports the gentiles imprisoned — one recognized his [brand] + the wounded horse; a 'Dios' (idol/leader) said to have come to the… (orig. p. 158–159) manuscript scan ↗
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