C-A 7 · Provincial State Papers, Tomos XII–XIII

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Notable documents

• 1794 (no date) · Arrillaga (Gob. intº) → Borica — 'Estado de las Californias' / Papel de Puntos — his 32-point handover state-of-the-province report (⚠ *trunco*; see E17). Highlights: Indian-fire *bandos* (pt.2); 1792 pueblo unrest + San José land-*suerte* distribution in property, inalienable (pts.4–5); Monterey-river settlers (pt.6); soldier cattle-limits 3–4 cows SD/SB/Monterey… (orig. p. 491–498) manuscript scan ↗
• 1794-02-01 · Pérez Fernández → Arrillaga — Capture at Santa Cruz of gentile Hímelente[?] with a Christian woman stolen from Carmelo (he in irons, she in a *corma* at the mission); 9 Indians under Alférez Pablo Cota still out after gentile Ochole[?] — + Savage's ⭐⭐⭐ annotated drawing & description of the *corma* → E6 (orig. p. 135) manuscript scan ↗
• 1794-09-10 · Arrillaga (Monterey) → Borica — Index of his official correspondence to the Viceroy (oficios of 26 Oct & 9 Sept): Borica's possession at Loreto 14 May; Fernandino missionaries (incl. Fr. Thomas de la Peña) retiring w/ licenses; ⭐ arrival/departure of the goleta *Valdés* from Manila under Lt. Cosme Bertodano (aid given); a $445 6r 9g claim for the SB presidio from… (orig. p. 323–325) manuscript scan ↗
• 1794-12-15 · Grajera → Borica — FOREIGN-SHIP EXPULSION ORDER (recd.): intimate any foreign ship to leave w/o excuse; no dealings/no supplies except urgent humanitarian (*derecho de gentes*); prevent them learning the country; specific orders re Vancouver & Peter Puget's ships at Monterey; warnings to all escort comandantes → E1 (orig. p. 9–10) manuscript scan ↗
• 1794-10-01 · Pérez Fernández → Borica — Asks what to do if Vancouver / another English war-or-merchant ship appears at SF — the alliance R.O. doesn't mention Cal. ports; invokes what was observed with Vancouver's expedition → E3 (orig. p. 88–89) manuscript scan ↗
• 1794-08-25 (encl. 1793-09-26) · Viceroy Branciforte → Gov — Separation of California from the Comandancia Gen. de Provincias Internas; repartimiento de tierras ordered by Jacobo de Ugarte y Loyola but never executed; encloses Arrillaga's 26 Sep 1793 letter to Revillagigedo on granting *sitios* to discharged soldiers/vecinos vs. undefined mission limits, & Indians' natural right to the best sites… (orig. p. 117–121) manuscript scan ↗
• 1794-04-30 · Hermenegildo Sal → Gov Arrillaga — Sal's own report on the Castillo/baluarte labor force: 33 gentiles from San José ('muy contentos, se les trata bien'); 78 men total on the works = 30 from the SF mission + punished *cimarrones* + 8 from Sta Clara + 37 gentiles, under 1 sgt/1 cabo/2 soldiers; mission Padres demand a blanket/trousers monthly on top of pay (refused); 1,500… (orig. p. 187–190) manuscript scan ↗
• 1794-12-29 · Goycoechea (SB) → Borica — Vancouver's gifts & the SB supply to him: Vancouver's gifts (8–12 mirrors, powder bags) split SB/San Buenaventura/presidio + offer of a London *libranza* (Goycoechea declined as too small); + itemized list of what SB supplied Capt. George Vancouver — bullocks, Puebla beans, blue royal-factory cloth, fine Puebla crockery, maize, a red… (orig. p. 225–227) manuscript scan ↗
• 1794-11-04 · José Argüello (Monterey) → Borica — The San José / Santa Clara affair (see E10): forwards Cabo Gabriel Moraga's report of a rumored gentile uprising round Pueblo S. José caused by Fr. Manuel Fernández's violent forced-conversion sweeps; Argüello sent Hermenegildo Sal to reconnoiter (Sal found the Indians quieted, the plot rumor untrue, but confirmed the friar punished 'el… (orig. p. 336–353) manuscript scan ↗
• 1794-11-07 · José Argüello (Monterey) → Borica — Vancouver's frigate *Discovery* anchored at Monterey 5 Nov (see E12): came only to collect deserters & to forward Court *pliegos* he expected in Cal.; finding none, begged a courier toward San Diego (had charged Tte. Grajera) & that a recommended letter be forwarded to the first English ship there. Vancouver asked if there'd be 'the same… (orig. p. 380–381) manuscript scan ↗
• 1794-11-12 · Borica (Monterey) → Cmdt of Presidio — General foreign-ship EXCLUSION order, synthesizing the whole policy (verified scale 1; see E16): no foreign ships in American ports — expel any arrival 'sin pretexto ni excusa,' no one 'por privilegiada q[ue] sea' to trade 'directa ó indirectamente,' nor even supply victuals; only in the remote case of urgent necessity give 'los precisos… (orig. p. 485–486) manuscript scan ↗
• 1795-11-14 · Branciforte (México) → Gov. of Cal. — Reservada R.O. (4 Jul): the KING approves Borica's warnings to Vancouver — on Vancouver's Monterey arrival, 'subsistir las prohibiciones para no acercar… los buques estrangeros' (per Borica's nº 69) — royal ratification of E12/E16 (orig. p. xiii.159) manuscript scan ↗
• 1795-11-26 · Branciforte (México) → Gov. of Cal. — Sends 12 copies (4 in vol.) of the bando announcing the definitive PEACE WITH FRANCE (the Treaty of Basel, 1795, ending the Franco-Spanish war) — ⚠ the treaty text itself is *not* in the volume. The structural turning-point: the war that created the Anglo-Spanish alliance is over (orig. p. xiii.163–171) manuscript scan ↗
• 1795-04-08 · Branciforte/Fiscal (México) → Borica — The case of Fr. Tomás de la Peña (Santa Clara) — see E22: accused by Indians of beating a 14-yr-old to death with a *cabestro* (+ another); Gov. Fages had Alf. Sal investigate (~1785–87); 19 witnesses mostly hearsay, coached by Nicolás Cotag; SF cmdt Diego González denounced; 1791 Cmdt-Gen./Auditor Gral ordered de la Peña removed; BUT… (orig. p. xiii.219–228) manuscript scan ↗
• 1795-04-11 · Branciforte (México) → Borica — Another royal ratification (KING, via the Duque de la Alcudia / Godoy, R.O. 6 Dec): approves Borica's 'prudentes precauciones' over Vancouver's expedition at Santa Bárbara & San Diego — refusing to let them 'reconocer el terreno' (for their 'proyectados establecimientos') — & orders 'la mayor precaución con todos los buques así Ingleses… (orig. p. xiii.232–233) manuscript scan ↗
• 1795-09-15 · José Pérez Fernández (San Francisco) → Borica — THE 1795 MISSION DOLORES MASS-FLIGHT (see E24): reports (via Fr. Martín Landaeta) that 'cerca de 200 cristianos de ambos sexos abandonaron la Misión de San Franco,' fleeing 'poco á poco y por diferentes rumbos' to the *Otra banda* (East Bay) — joining SF/S. Mateo/S. Pablo runaways of earlier years; a fugitive José Miguel reports a… (orig. p. xiii.362–367) manuscript scan ↗
• 1795-11-17/18 · Contaduría Mayor de Cuentas (Herrera, Fuente, Monterde) → Viceroy — THE VILLA DE BRANCIFORTE FOUNDING REPORT — the 17-point fiscal-administrative plan for a soldier-settler Villa; site chosen by Borica + engineer Alberto de Córdoba; Leyes-de-Indias layout; Ranchería-Indian settler clause; Alberni as Teniente Gobernador; named for the Viceroy → E26 (orig. p. xiii.431–438) manuscript scan ↗
• 1795-12-12 · Branciforte (México) → Borica — Transmits the glossed Monterey pueblo/church reconstruction accounts after the 1789 fire (Lt. José Argüello's account = 2,609 p 9g, 17 Aug 1789–Dec 1791); embeds a first-person Indian-labor *cuadrilla* narrative (San José de Guadalupe rancherías) → E27 (orig. p. xiii.439–~450) manuscript scan ↗
• 1795-03-08 · Pérez Fernández (SF) → Borica — THE KILLING OF SEVEN CHRISTIAN INDIANS (recently-baptized Sacalanes who had fled Mission SF) by Contra Costa Gentiles: a recovery party sent by Fr. Antonio Danti crossed the bay; the fleeing unarmed neophytes were shot with arrows, only 3–4 escaping → E31 (orig. p. xiii.543–544) manuscript scan ↗
• 1795-10-01 · Grajera (SD) → [Nava] — The fullest account of the English whaler *Resolución* / Capt. John Locke (late Aug 1795): coastal sighting off San Miguel; signal-fires & shots; the escort *pedrero* + horse tumble into the estero (horse killed, gun unusable); ship to the Ensenada de Todos Santos; boarding party ashore (captain + English interpreter + 2 Black crew);… (orig. p. xiii.585–590) manuscript scan ↗
• 1795 *(n.d.)* · José Argüello (Monterey) → Borica — RELACIÓN OF THE SETTLED RANCHOS of the Monterey jurisdiction — a table of owners, rancho names, livestock & distances (Solórzano/Buena Vista, J. Castro, Robles, Romero, Montero, Rosales/Pescadero, Heredia, Padilla) + notes on land/herds & a possible new 8-vecino población → E32 (orig. p. xiii.608) manuscript scan ↗
• 1795-05-29 · Pérez Fernández (SF) → Borica — SECOND account of the killing (a party of 14 — 2 alcaldes + old/new Christians — sent unarmed to fetch the fled Sacalanes; met a large armed Gentile force; all died but one) + the friar's cover-up (told the survivor '*es mentira*' & '*cuidado con decir nada*'; the women wept) → E31 ⚠ casualty count differs from Doc 596 (orig. p. xiii.631–632, 637) manuscript scan ↗

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