Records137

Item-level137

Span1766–1847

Leaves372

Coveragecomplete

Coverage: Alta-California content read-complete (the archive-closing miscellany, 1770–1848). The only residual = §4 Baja 'Manuel Pineda' resistance dossier (~n147–248) surveyed-only = complete-by-design (out-of-CA-scope, optional doc-level read). No Alta gap. Read by a parallel window 2026-07-15; published 2026-07-17. (“partial” = routine runs bounded, not itemized — significant documents are.)

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

1793-12-31 · José Argüello → [plano] — MEASURED PLAT OF THE PUEBLO DE LOS ÁNGELES (1793): house lots around the Plaza + Guardia/Casas Reales/Pósito; the irrigated solares y huertas assigned to named founding settlers — Pablo Rodríguez, José Vanegas, José Moreno, Félix Villavicencio, Franᶜᵒ Sinova[?], Basilio Rosas, Alejandro Rosas, Antonio Navarro, Manuel Camero (+ 3 solares… (orig. p. (29)) manuscript scan ↗
1769-05-14/07-03 · José de Cañizares (copy of Fernando de Rivera y Moncada's expedition diary) — THE 1769 FIRST-LAND-DIVISION DIARY (Sacred Expedition) VERBATIM: Rivera's company marches Velicatá→San Diego (121 leguas), arrives 14 May 1769, sights the packetboats *San Carlos* & *El Príncipe*, finds all the maritime officers sick with scurvy; helps unload the *Príncipe* (17 May–28 Jun); ⭐ Gov. Portolá arrives 29 Jun and decides to… (orig. p. 350–371) manuscript scan ↗
1782-03-06 (San Gabriel; SB-copy hdr «18 May 1782, Ortega, Sta Bárbara») · Gov. Felipe de Neve → Comandante José Fⁿᶜᵒ de Ortega (& escort sargentos) — NEVE'S 1782 FOUNDING INSTRUCTION for the Santa Bárbara presidio + the 3 Channel missions (SB / San Buenaventura / La Purísima), signed San Gabriel 6 Mar 178[2], Felipe de Neve: Chumash-relations doctrine (win the *capitanejos* w/ gifts/interpreters, «nuestro corto número… nunca tan respetable como la muchedumbre», the admirable… (orig. p. 551–574) manuscript scan ↗
1774-12-15 · Virrey Bucareli y Ursúa → Fernando de Rivera y Moncada — The 1774 order to OCCUPY THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO VERBATIM: «tengo ya resuelto la ocupación del Puerto de San Francisco»; lays out the Anza colonizing expedition (Anza from Tubac; recruit 28 volunteer families in Sonora ~100 persons; provisioned a year via San Blas/Hijosa); the sovereignty-marking rationale («una señal constante y… (orig. p. —) manuscript scan ↗
1777-12-31 · José Joaquín Moraga (Comandante) → [roster] — 1777 SF DISTRICT PERSONNEL CENSUS: presidio (Tte Moraga, Sgt Juan Pablo Grijalva, cabos Alviso/Mesa/Pinto/Peralta/Bojorques, 33 soldados) + pobladores (M. González, N. Berreyesa, Varela, Amézquita, T. Vázquez, Archuleta…) + sirvientes + mission servants (SF + Sta Clara) + padres (Palóu, Cambón, Murguía, de la Peña) + guarda-almacén… (orig. p. 243–246) manuscript scan ↗
1772-04-07 · Fr. Rafael Verger (Guardián de San Fernando) + Fr. Juan Pedro de Iriarte (Vicario Gral Dominico) → Virrey — The 1772 FRANCISCAN–DOMINICAN DIVISION of the Californias VERBATIM (full dossier): per the Reales Cédulas of 4 Nov 1768 + 8 Abr 1770 the orders divide the peninsula — Dominicans ← the old missions + the Velicatá frontier down to the arroyo de San Juan ~5 leguas past San Diego mission's confines, then ENE to the Gulf/Colorado; Franciscans… (orig. p. 348–373) manuscript scan ↗
1766-02-20/03-27 · Padre Wenceslao Link (Jesuit) → [diary] — 1766 JESUIT EXPEDITION DIARY: Fr. Link's «relación del viaje» from Sta Rosa/Velicatá toward the Río Colorado (20 Feb–27 Mar 1766) — a major late-Jesuit Baja exploration (the year before the 1767 expulsion) (orig. p. 376–385) manuscript scan ↗
1775 · Juan Bautista de Anza (Tte Coronel) — ANZA EXPEDITION DIARY (reference entry): «Diario de su expedición desde Tubac hasta San Francisco (Cal.) y vuelta» — the 1775–76 colonizing expedition that founded SF. ⚠ header/reference ONLY in this volume: «copia limitada aparte» (Savage's full copy filed separately); occupies orig pp.387–463 (orig. p. 387–463) manuscript scan ↗
1816-02-03 · [William] Smith → Gov. Pablo V. de Solá (IN ENGLISH) — English-language letter: the *Albatross* overdue — sent from «the Farm» to Santa Rosa Island, ordered back in 8 days but 15 elapsed, «no trace of her fate», no navigator aboard (only a boatswain), «greatest consternation concerning her safety» (cont. n58) (orig. p. —) manuscript scan ↗
1774-12-15 · Virrey Bucareli → Rivera y Moncada — Companion 1774 SF-founding instruction (signed Bucareli): escort of 6 men per mission; exchange soldiers with Anza's recruits; the presidio to be placed «entre las dos Misiones y no lejos de la costa»; coordinate with Serra — part of the Bucareli SF-founding dossier (w/ Doc 53) (orig. p. 559–574) manuscript scan ↗
1828 (sin fecha) · [sin firma] (Mis. SF Solano) → [límites] — Límites de Misión San Francisco Solano [Sonoma]: otra banda del puerto de SF (7 leguas por mar, 2 por tierra); al poniente la Misión de San Rafael; por N y oriente cercada de indios gentiles; al S el gran río Sacramento á 12 leguas; NO señalados límites con San Rafael; ranchos al E (12 leguas) con indios cristianos y gentiles mansos +… (orig. p. 2) manuscript scan ↗
1828 (sin fecha) · [sin firma] (per P. Juan Amorós, min.) → [límites] — Límites de Misión San Rafael [Arcángel]: península N-E-S w/ 2 esteros; al O ~8 leguas hasta un estero que viene del puerto de Bodega, llamado de Tamales [Tomales]; al N la serranía 9 leguas hasta los llanos de Livantonomi[?] (donde se reduce la gentilidad — casa + tierras de siembra «p° atraerla con suavidad y blandura»); tierras desde… (orig. p. 3–4) manuscript scan ↗
1828 (sin fecha) · [sin firma] (Villa de Branciforte) → [límites + brand-holders] — Villa de Branciforte [Santa Cruz] description (in the Monterey-bay ensenada, near Mis. Santa Clara, ½ lg by the arroyo de Sta Clara; S colinda w/ rancho of José Amésti, N w/ Mis. Santa Cruz) + a NAMED LIST of 'vecinos que tienen fierros': poblador/fundador José Antⁿ Robles; inválido Sgt. Castro; soldados Luis García, José Mª Pérez,… (orig. p. 20–21) manuscript scan ↗
1784-10-20 / 1797–98 · cabo José María Verdugo — Gob. Fages (later Borica) — Rancho San Rafael grant (Arroyo Hondo, 1½ lg from Mis. San Gabriel, camino de Monterey) — one of California's EARLIEST private land grants (1784, Fages); expanded 1797–98 (sitio de la Zanja) by Gov. Borica; carries an Indian-treatment clause (treat cristianos & gentiles 'con el amor y caridad recomendado por las leyes,' don't injure… (orig. p. 32–33) manuscript scan ↗
1828 (sin fecha) · [sin firma] (per Fr. Antonio Peyrí, min.) → [límites] — Límites de Misión San Luis Rey: 13½ lg N of SD, colinda w/ SD + San Juan Capistrano (12½ lg N); Sierra Madre; estancias — San Antonio de Paula (Pala) w/ chapel + gran viña/orchard/olive grove, rancho Temecula, Santa Margarita, San Pedro / Las Flores (chapel, misas), San Jacinto — the great Luiseño-territory estancia network →… (orig. p. 38–40) manuscript scan ↗
1773 · Juan José de Echeveste → [Virrey Bucareli] — THE 1773 ECHEVESTE REGLAMENTO (full, w/ accompanying fiscal dictamen) — «Reglamento é instrucción… para el auxilio, resguardo y conservación de los antiguos y nuevos establecimientos de las Californias con el Departamento de San Blas», by Juan José de Echeveste — the FIRST regulatory & salary code for the Californias (superseded by… (orig. p. 1–~38) manuscript scan ↗
1809-06-20 & 1809-07-17 · Fr. Ramón Abella + Gabriel Moraga → Tte José [Fⁿᵈᵒ] de Arrillaga — 1809 report of a frigate anchored at the PUERTO DE BODEGA: Moraga tells the governor that the SF-mission neophytes returning from «la otra banda del estero» reported «una fragata fondeada en el Puerto de Bodega», its launch working up & down the estero de San Rafael — early documentation of the Russian approach to Bodega (Kuskov era, eve… (orig. p. 50/273–74) manuscript scan ↗
1826-02 · Tte José María Estudillo (juez) — scribe Fⁿᶜᵒ Mª de Santa María; interpreter Juan Mª Romero — The Goleta *LIDIA* foreign-ship causa (1826, 'Pieza 6ª') — READ IN FULL: contraband/foreign-trade enforcement proceedings over the RAC-connected schooner Lidia, arrested in the Santa Bárbara Channel at the Ensenada/Cala del Refugio (Rancho de los Ortega) pleading necessity of provisions. Three sworn declarations, translated from English… (orig. p. 37–49) manuscript scan ↗
1827-02-16/18 · Jefe Pol. José Mª de Echeandía presiding; Sec. Zamorano — «CUADERNO DE ACTAS DE ELECCIONES DE DIPUTADOS AL CONGRESO GENERAL Y Á LA DIPUTACIÓN TERRITORIAL, 1827–34» — the election-minutes book (title leaf @n345); runs continuously n345–n366 (internal fol. 1–35). [a] 1827 congressional election at the capital San Diego: the *junta de electores de partido* (Vicente Sánchez, Francisco de Haro,… (orig. p. 1–3) manuscript scan ↗

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