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[CALIFORNIA]. -- GARCIA, Carlos. Primera Secretaria de Estado... se faculta al Gobierno para... hagan efectiva la secularizacion de las misiones de la Alta y Baja California... Mexico, 26 November 1833.
Broadside (293 x 205 mm). Watermarked "AL Masso."
FIRST EDITION, AN OFFICIAL SIGNED COPY. This rare and important decree by President Santa Anna implemented the secularization of California missions. This attempt to break the Church's political power left its extensive land holdings in California in the hands of Indian converts passed to the rancheros. A fundamental document for this history of California. Streeter sale IV:2469.
Broadside (293 x 205 mm). Watermarked "AL Masso."
FIRST EDITION, AN OFFICIAL SIGNED COPY. This rare and important decree by President Santa Anna implemented the secularization of California missions. This attempt to break the Church's political power left its extensive land holdings in California in the hands of Indian converts passed to the rancheros. A fundamental document for this history of California. Streeter sale IV:2469.