C-A 51 · State Papers, Missions, Tomos VI–XI

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Notable documents

• 1835-08-22 · Fr. Buenaventura Fortuni + comisionados Pablo de la Portilla & Pío Pico — general secularization inventory of Mission San Luis Rey — active credits $49,619; buildings $48,000; warehouse/animals $24,193; the church (nave 54×10 varas, tile roof, adobe, 9 doors/18 windows/4 rooms) $30,000; sacred vessels/vestments $11,485; ranchos itemized: Pala $15,363, Sta Margarita $10,124, San Juan $411, Temécula $3,009, San… (orig. p. 490–539) manuscript scan ↗
• 1839-04-08 · a neophyte (San Juan Capistrano) → Gov. Juan Bautista Alvarado — NEOPHYTE PETITION against the mission administrator — the Indians (fewer than 60 still working; the rest fleeing) beg Alvarado to remove him: he uses mission labor for his own private wheat crop, has exhausted the cattle, brands the best mission horses with his own iron, trades away the mission's chickens/eggs/hides for private profit;… (orig. p. VII·75–76) manuscript scan ↗
• 1829-12-31 — 1829 statistical report on ALL Alta California missions (población, bautismos, agricultura) — opens w/ a full roster of the 21 missions' ministers (SD: F. Martín, V.P. Oliva; S. Luis Rey: Peyri, Barona; SJC: Zalvidea; S. Gabriel: J. Sánchez; S. Fernando: González de Ibarra; S. Buenaventura: Uría; Sta Bárbara: A. Jimeno; Sta Inés: Ordaz;… (orig. p. 369–408) manuscript scan ↗
• 1834-11-14 · Estenaga & Gutiérrez — partial secularization inventory of San Gabriel's productive base — woolen-textile factory (4 looms), distillery (8 stills), winery (3 presses), forge, carpentry, soap factory, 2 mills; 163,579 grapevines / 4 vineyards; 2,333 fruit trees / 9 orchards; 12,980 cattle; 6,548 sheep; 2,938 horses; population 1,323 souls (~1,000 at the… (orig. p. 552–566) manuscript scan ↗
• 1835 · Fr. José Antonio Anzar + Antonio Buelna + José Tiburcio Castro — general secularization inventory & appraisal (per the Reglamento) — active credits $1,542; buildings $36,000; office/warehouse/tools $7,774; church $35,000; vestments/ornaments/vessels $7,740; library $461; 6 bells $1,060; choir furniture $1,643; outside buildings/estates/lands $45,904; ranchos — San Justo $1,300, Todos Santos $1,755,… (orig. p. 648–684) manuscript scan ↗
• 1839-08-28 · Guillermo Eduardo (William E. P.) Hartnell, Visitador Gral. — INSTRUCTIONS TO THE MISSION ADMINISTRATOR — a 7-article governance code (see Expanded Entry): caps punishment at 25 lashes, forbids reprisal against Indians who complain to government, mandates rest & no work/slaughter on feast days, bans the administrator's private speculation, preserves the friar's religious authority (orig. p. VII·380–383) manuscript scan ↗
• 1835–1841 · (San Juan Bautista + Santa Inés / La Purísima 1839–41 cluster; TOMO IX opens ~n178) — BOUNDED BLOCK — secularization ADMINISTRATION FAILING THE NEOPHYTES: San Juan Bautista accounts (admin José Tiburcio Castro, minister Fr. Antonio Anzar; ⭐ 'Repartimiento de efectos á los indígenas' $312); ⭐⭐⭐ Santa Inés neophytes 'desnudos' — given nothing for 2 years (admin Francisco Cota asks to slaughter 200 steers to clothe them,… (orig. p. —) manuscript scan ↗
• 1834–1839 · (Sta Bárbara + San Diego secularization / Indian-disorder cluster) — BOUNDED BLOCK — 3 strong finds: (1) ⭐⭐ Anastasio Carrillo → Figueroa on the HÍJAR-PADRÉS COLONISTS as suspected revolutionaries (Oct 1834 — 'síntomas de revolución… queriendo trastornar el orden entre los indígenas'; surveilled the colonist Araujo, forbade colonists talking to the natives so they had 'no time to sow the bad seed') → the… (orig. p. —) manuscript scan ↗
• 1834–1840 · (⭐⭐⭐ San Luis Rey / Temecula armed Luiseño land-resistance + ⭐⭐ San José Ambrosio execution) — BOUNDED — two strong resistance finds: (1) ⭐⭐⭐ Temecula/Pala (San Luis Rey), Nov 1840 — via the Juzgado (Ríos/Ruiz): the Pala alcalde Nepomuceno & 'Capitán Juan', having consulted their people, respond unánimes that they will not admit Pío Pico (nor his brother Andrés) nor their cattle onto Temecula; 'toda la gente está armada,' intent… (orig. p. orig pp.117–209) manuscript scan ↗
• 1840–1844 · (⭐⭐ San Rafael pueblo linderos + ⭐⭐⭐ Hartnell's San José visitation) — BOUNDED — two strong finds: (1) ⭐⭐ Demarcation of the linderos of the new Pueblo of San Rafael (Ignacio Martínez w/ mayordomo Gregorio Briones, alcalde Jácome Marino, caporal Camilo, Tiberio; 1 Oct 1844) — verbatim Marin/Coast-Miwok geography: 'desde el Arrollito de las Ánimas… al frente de la punta de Quintín… la cañada que llaman los… (orig. p. orig pp.360–439) manuscript scan ↗
• 1840–1842 · (⭐⭐⭐ Hartnell's Aug-1840 southern-visitation report — the Temecula/Las Flores Luiseño land-&-water grievances) — BOUNDED — a marquee Indian-agency document. Hartnell's report on his San Diego-district visitation (26 Aug 1840): (1) at San Luis Rey, after distributing 168 blankets, Pío Pico personally told the Indians the Gov. had given him Temecula and 'por más que ellos se opusieran siempre había de obtenerlo el Gob.,' demanding they name 4… (orig. p. orig pp.127–173) manuscript scan ↗
• 1840 · (⭐⭐⭐ Hartnell's San Rafael visitation 'sobre libertad de los indios' + Gen. VALLEJO's arrest of the Visitador) — KEYSTONE — see Expanded Entry. Hartnell's 14 May 1840 report to Jimeno Casarín on his San Rafael visitation (Indian liberty + property-distribution under the new Reglamento): Gen. M.G. Vallejo had repeatedly promised the Indians 'su libertad' + their goods; the Indians 'difieron con mucha resolución y que no querían ya misión, que… (orig. p. orig pp.177–185) manuscript scan ↗
• 1834–1839 · (⭐⭐⭐ Hartnell's FIRST/June-1839 southern visitation — per-mission Indian grievances, San Diego → San Fernando) — KEYSTONE (companion to Docs 148/149). Hartnell's 24 Jun 1839 report on 'el estado en que ha encontrado las Misiones desde San Diego hasta San Fernando' — a systematic per-mission survey of economy AND Indian grievances: San Diego — vineyard/rancho data (Sta Isabel, Sta Mónica), the people in 'desnudez,' the indiada petitions to remove… (orig. p. orig pp.280–341) manuscript scan ↗
• 1834–1835 · (⭐⭐⭐ San Luis Rey 'nación libre' — collective labor-refusal, flight & rejection of the mayordomo) — KEYSTONE (Portilla → Figueroa, SLR, Dec 1834–Mar 1835; see Expanded Entry). (1) ⭐⭐⭐ the SLR Indians refuse absolutely to work at wheat-planting, flee to the Sierra 'alegando que son *nación libre*,' and 'á una voz gritan '*somos libres, no queremos volver, no queremos trabajar*'' — alcaldes sent to persuade them fail; the freed monjerío… (orig. p. orig pp.647–661) manuscript scan ↗
• 1846 · (⭐⭐⭐ Pico's escritura de venta of Mission San Buenaventura to José Arnaz — mission sold to fund defense vs the imminent US invasion) — the deed of sale (Pío Pico, Monterey, 8 Jun 1846): authorized by the Departmental Assembly's 13 Apr 1846 decree 'para la enajenación de las Misiones, á fin de pagar las deudas… como para proporcionar recursos que sirvan á la defensa común en caso de una invasión extranjera, que según datos recientes se halla muy próxima de suceder'; José… (orig. p. orig pp.884–901) manuscript scan ↗
• 1839–1846 · (⭐⭐⭐ the Pico mission-SALES & LEASES registry, 1845–46) — VOLUME ENDS n346 — the consolidated record of Pico's mission alienations. Outright sales/auctions: La Purísima → Juan (John) Temple ($10,110, Dec 1845); San Fernando → Eulogio Célis ($14,000, Jun 1846, 'para sostener la integridad del Territorio'); San Luis Obispo → Scott, Wilson & James McKinley (Dec 1845); San Juan Capistrano → John Forster & James… (orig. p. orig pp.907–1003) manuscript scan ↗

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