Matías de Armona
Matías de Armona | |
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Civil Governor of Las Californias | |
In office June 12, 1769 – November 9, 1770 | |
Preceded by | Gaspar de Portolá |
Succeeded by | Felipe de Barri (civil in south) & Pedro Fages (military in north) |
Personal details | |
Born | Spain |
Profession | Politician |
Matías de Armona also Don Matías de Armona was a
In order to obtain an improvement in tax collection without waiting for royal approval,
established missions in those two places.Matías de Armona arrived in Loreto in June 1769, from Spain, along with his brother Francisco de Armona. Armona's offices remained in the capital of Loreto, and he did not have much power in the new "Alta" (upper) California areas, even though he was technically the civil governor of all of Las Californias. There was as yet no "civil" to govern in the new settlements, just military and missionary - each of which governed their own affairs. When Portolá left Monterey in 1770, he appointed his 3rd-in-command Pedro Fages to be military governor of the new settlements. The military governor ruled from the Monterey Presidio, and Monterey became the new capital of Las Californias.
Armona did not have his heart in the new appointment as governor, a job he did not want. Shortly after arriving in Baja, he set out for
After his replacement as civil governor of the southern areas by Felipe de Barri, Armona departed Loreto on April 19, 1771. Upon his return in Mexico, he made some recommendations that were put into place later: Missions were funded as promised; single male natives that traveled to learn a trade could return home after the training.[citation needed]
See also
- Carlos Francisco de Croix, marqués de Croix
- Arizpe
References
- ^ Lands of Promise and Despair: Chronicles of Early California, 1535-1846, page 483, by Rose Marie Beebe, Robert M. Senkewicz
- ^ A History of California: The Spanish Period, page 243, By Charles Edward Chapman
- ^ worldstatesmen.org Spanish provinces
- ^ José de Gálvez: visitor-general of New Spain(1765-1771), page 263, By Herbert Ingram Priestley
- ^ THE AMERICAN ALMANAC, YEAR-BOOK CYCLOPEDIA AND ATLAS 19031903, page 812, by Hearst
- ^ Herbert Ingram Priestley, page 263
- ^ Herbert Ingram Priestley, page 229-230
- ^ The Missions and Missionaries of California, Volume 1, page 309, By Zephyrin Engelhardt
- ^ The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: History of the north Mexican states, page 728, By Hubert Howe Bancroft