Heading 'Experim.s de alcance de los cañones.' — 'Que en union del Ing.o y ofic.s, se pasó á la Bat.a de la Yerba buena á examinar el alcance de los cañones; que el avance de estos es muy poco, por el poco calibre, como por estar 'desafogonados'; q.e solo la artill.a de á 24 servirá p.a ofender á las embarc.s enemigas.' Gloss: range trials at the Yerba Buena battery with the engineer [Córdoba] and officers; guns short-ranged and vent-worn, only the 24-pounders able to hurt enemy shipping.
| Date | 1797-07-23 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Pedro de Alberni |
| To | Borica |
| Place | S. Francisco |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XVII |
| Original tomo page | p.292 y 93 |
| Savage copy page | 154/153 |
| Scan leaf | n153 |
| Document type | letter |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Pedro de Alberni to Borica, S. Francisco, 1797-07-23, Provincial State Papers, XVII, p.292 y 93, Archives of California, C-A 10, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca10/ca10-d162.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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