C-A 59 · Legislative Records, Tomos I

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

• 1824-01-29 · Diputación Provincial → (acta); signed José Aruz, Franco Castro, Carlos Castro, José Castro, José Joaquín de la Torre (Secretario) — Heading verbatim: '1824- En.º 29- Mont. / Diputacion Provincial. Venta de pieles en Asia.' [= Sale of skins in Asia]. The Sr. Presidente lays before the body his proposal concerning 'la Goleta Americana Rober de su propiedad' [the American schooner Rober, HIS OWN PROPERTY], ready to sail for Canton with the principal object of selling… (orig. p. 28–31) manuscript scan ↗
• 1824-09-14 · Diputación Provincial → (acta); principal speaker R. P. Presidente Fr. Vicente Franco de Sarría — Heading verbatim: '1824- Set.e 14- Mont. / Diputacion Provincial. Repartim.to de tierras.' [= Distribution of lands]. ⭐ THE FATHER PRESIDENT OF THE MISSIONS ASSERTS INDIAN OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND, verbatim and verified on the leaf: 'el R. P. Presid.te Fr. Vicente Fran.co de Sarria arengó q.e en 1.er lugar se debia de tener presente á los… (orig. p. 31–32) manuscript scan ↗
• 1822-04-09→11 · Junta de Oficiales, Monterey — ✓ VERIFIED vs scan n1 (2026-07-06): the acta 'En el Presidio de Monty á nueve días del mes de Abril de mil ocho cientos veinte y dos, el Sr Gobernador… Solá…' confirmed. 'Jura la Independencia de México': the acta by which Gov. Solá + the presidio captains (de la Guerra, Luis Antonio Argüello), militia captains (Navarrete, Portilla),… (orig. p. 1–4) manuscript scan ↗
• 1824-01-29 · Diputación Provincial (proposal by the Sr. Presidente) → (acta) — Heading verbatim: '1824- En.º 29- Mont. / Diputacion Provincial. Dros. á buques balleneros.' [= Duties on whaling vessels]. Resolves that every foreign vessel entering under the title of whaler and anchoring at any point of the Province shall contribute 'cinco reales pr. tonelada'; whalers and all other foreign vessels are not exempted… (orig. p. 28) manuscript scan ↗
• 1824-09-19 · Diputación Provincial — debate on the aguardiente-from-Spain duty (prohibited by the 8-Jan Plan de Gobierno); a fine mooted; resolve to 'exponerlo todo al soberano Congreso' ⭐ CORRECTED 2026-08-27 from the leaves: the acta OPENS at the foot of n33 with its own heading '1824- Set.e 19- Mont. / Diputacion Provincial. Multas al Presidente pr. introduccion de… (orig. p. 33–34) manuscript scan ↗
• 1832-01-23 · Diputación Provincial; reporting three oficios of Jefe Político Provisional Echeandía dated 17 and 18 January — RECOVERED BY THE BAND AUDIT WAVE 3 (2026-08-27) — no record existed: this document lay inside a band record spanning n177-n188, which passed every coverage check while concealing it. Heading verbatim: '+ Enº 23-' [= Session of 23 January 1832 (Los Angeles)] Verbatim from the leaf: 'Se dió cuenta con 3 oficios del Gefe Politico… (orig. p. leaf ink corner 185.; document's own cite p. 419, continuing pp. 419-20 on n189) manuscript scan ↗
• 1832-01-27 · Diputación Provincial (Los Angeles) — ✓ VERIFIED vs scan n189 (2026-07-06): '1832 Enero 27 Angeles, Diputación Provincial, Toma de juramto… Pío Pico nombrado Gefe Político Interino en el acta del día 11' — the Jan-27 session proposed & then DEFERRED the solemn oath. 'Se toma juramento al Gefe Político Int.º Pío Pico': per the law of 23 Sep 1823, M.G. Vallejo administers the… (orig. p. 186–187) manuscript scan ↗
• 1832-03-25 · Diputación Provincial (vocales Pío Pico, M. G. Vallejo, Antonio Mª Osio, Juan B. Alvarado as secretary), convened by the President's oficio of 23 March from San Diego; resolves to address Teniente Juan María Ybarra — RECOVERED BY THE BAND AUDIT WAVE 3 (2026-08-27) — no record existed: this document lay inside a band record spanning n219-n230, which passed every coverage check while concealing it. Heading verbatim: 'o 1832 - Mzo. 25 - Sn Luis Rey - / Diputacion Provincial. Sobre lo qe. obra la Diputacion pª evitar un choque entre las fuerzas de… (orig. p. heading leaf ink corner 220.; session closes on the leaf with ink corner 222.) manuscript scan ↗
• 1832-12-30 · Diputación Provincial (vocales Pío Pico, M. G. Vallejo, José J. Ortega, Antonio Mª Osio, Santiago Argüello); protest addressed to Capt. Zamorano; circular notice to the ayuntamientos of the Territory — RECOVERED BY THE BAND AUDIT WAVE 3 (2026-08-27) — no record existed: this document lay inside a band record spanning n219-n230, which passed every coverage check while concealing it. Heading verbatim: 'o 1832 - Dice 30 - Angeles. / Diputacion Provincial. Se decreta enviar al Gob. docs. sobre los prevaricatos de Victoria y clausurar las… (orig. p. heading leaf ink corner 222.; session closes at pp. 452-5 on the leaf with ink corner 228.) manuscript scan ↗
• 1822-04 · Provincial electoral junta — Election of California's Diputado to the Mexican Constituent Congress: the electors — Francisco de Castro (Branciforte/S. José + missions SF/S. José/Sta Clara/Sta Cruz), José Arus[?] (Monterey + missions S. Juan B./S. Carlos/Soledad/S. Antonio/S. Miguel/SLO), Francisco Ortega (Sta Bárbara + its missions + S. Buenaventura/S. Fernando/Sta… (orig. p. 6–7) manuscript scan ↗
• 1822-04-11 · Installation of the Diputación Provincial, Monterey — the founding session — incl. a 1822 census: California = 24,990 habitantes, of whom 21,196 'nuevos ciudadanos' (neophytes) in the 20 Misiones and 2,994 = the 4 presidial companies + their women/children/invalids (corroborates C-A 46 Doc 99's '3000 almas' of gente de razón); commissioner Fernández de San Vicente insists on an 'orden… (orig. p. 9–11) manuscript scan ↗
• 1825-03-26 · Diputación Provincial — 'Jura de la Constitución Federal de México de 4 Oct 1824': jefe político Luis Antonio Argüello having received the 1824 Federal Constitution, the Diputación swears it — the legislative-side jura, complementing C-A 46 Doc 75's executive promulgation (orig. p. 41–46) manuscript scan ↗
• ~1828–1830 · Diputación Provincial — 'Plan para convertir en pueblos las Misiones de las dos Californias' — THE SECULARIZATION BLUEPRINT: all Alta Cal. missions (except San Rafael & San Francisco Solano, north of the SF river) to be converted into pueblos within 5 years, one at a time, per the Padres' & Presidente's reports + the Diputación's parecer; mission lands & goods… (orig. p. 132–147) manuscript scan ↗
• 1831–1832 · Diputación Provincial (at Los Angeles) — the 1831 anti-Victoria revolt, in the Diputación's record: the pronunciamiento to deny obedience to Gov. Manuel Victoria 'por recobrar la representación popular y seguridad individual'; Victoria wounded ('estado moribundo') in the unexpected encounter; the Diputación convenes at LA to name interim office-holders per the plan; signed by… (orig. p. 173–183) manuscript scan ↗
• 1832-01-13 · Diputación Provincial; the commission charged with documenting the expediente against Victoria — RECOVERED BY THE BAND AUDIT WAVE 3 (2026-08-27) — no record existed: this document lay inside a band record spanning n177-n188, which passed every coverage check while concealing it. Heading verbatim: '+ 1832 - Enº 13 - Angeles. / Diputacion Provincial.' [= Session of 13 January 1832 (Los Angeles)] Verbatim: 'Se aprobó una proposicion de… (orig. p. leaf ink corner 184.; document's own cite p. 415) manuscript scan ↗
• 1832-01-17 · Diputación Provincial; commission of Ortega and Osio — RECOVERED BY THE BAND AUDIT WAVE 3 (2026-08-27) — no record existed: this document lay inside a band record spanning n177-n188, which passed every coverage check while concealing it. Heading verbatim: '+ 1832 - Enº 17 - Angeles. / Diputacion Provincial.' [= Session of 17 January 1832 (Los Angeles)] Verbatim: 'Se leyo y aprobó la… (orig. p. leaf ink corner 185.; document's own cite p. 417) manuscript scan ↗
• 1832-02-03 · Diputación Provincial (LA) — 'Sobre diferencias con Echeandía por haberse resistido del mando Pío Pico': the crisis over Echeandía resisting Pico's installation; Comisario Juan Bandini's reply; the interim jefe político to exercise authority 'en completa independencia de la militar' (orig. p. 189–197) manuscript scan ↗
• 1832-02-13 · Diputación Provincial (LA) — ✓ VERIFIED vs scan n200 (2026-07-06): '1832 Febo 13 Angeles… El Ayuntᵒ y vecindario de los Angeles desconoce como Gefe Polito á Pío Pico y proclama á Echeandía' confirmed. the LA Ayuntamiento & vecindario REPUDIATE Pico as jefe político and PROCLAIM Echeandía — the counter-pronunciamiento; the Diputación's damage-control measures (orig. p. 197–208) manuscript scan ↗
• 1832 · Diputación Provincial — a scathing anti-mission secularization polemic: after 'mas de 60 años' under the mission system the neophytes show no 'adelantos,' still prefer their 'antiguas rancherías,' the friars turned the ignorant against 'nuestras instituciones' & ruined 'sus verdaderos patriotas' — the ideological case for secularization, in the legislature's… (orig. p. 240–247) manuscript scan ↗
• 1832-02-17 · Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo and Santiago Argüello, as the commission named by the Diputación's acta of 11 January, to the President of the Asamblea (Savage himself hedges the addressee with 'probablemᵗᵉ') — RECOVERED BY THE BAND AUDIT WAVE 3 (2026-08-27) — no record existed: this document lay inside a band record spanning n287-n301, which passed every coverage check while concealing it. Heading verbatim: 'Vallejo + Argüello - Expediente contra Victoria / o 1832 - Febº 17 - Angeles. (298-350) / Mariano G. Vallejo y Santiago Argüello al… (orig. p. 298) manuscript scan ↗
• 1831-11-29 · the pronunciados (San Diego) — the PLAN OF SAN DIEGO (29 Nov 1831) — the pronunciamiento against Gov. Victoria: the manifesto to the 'Ciudadanos Mejicanos' of Alta California justifying the revolt against 'los escandalosos [hechos] cometidos por el actual gobernante Dr. Manuel Victoria'; + Victoria's own Aug-1831 orders (orig. p. 320–338) manuscript scan ↗
• 1831-09-23 · Manuel Victoria to / on behalf of Abel Stearns (passport instrument) — RECOVERED BY THE BAND AUDIT WAVE 2 (2026-08-27) — no record existed: this document lay inside the span of a band record spanning n322-n341, which passed every coverage check while concealing it. Heading verbatim: 'No 8 - El Co Manuel Victoria, Comte Gral. y Gefe Polito de la Alta Cal. = Concedo libre y seguro pasaporte a Dn Abel Stearns… (orig. p. 328) manuscript scan ↗
• no dateline at the head of the text. Savage's caption on the preceding blank verso n339 reads 'en 29. de Novre y 1 de Dic. 1831', and the Dominguez covering oficio directly above dates the pronouncement to the night of 29 November. · the pronunciados of the Presidio of San Diego, addressed to the Mexican citizens of Alta California — ⚠ NOT A RECOVERY — RETRACTED CLAIM, 2026-08-27. This was published as a recovery; independent verification showed the document IS already catalogued (it duplicates the Plan de San Diego record in this volume). The row is retained as a CORRECTION to that record, because the verification did establish two real facts: the Plan begins on… (orig. p. 336) manuscript scan ↗

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