★ MEZCAL PROHIBITION DEBATE — Gov. Diego de Borica (1798) requested ban on aguardiente mezcal imports via San Blas ships due to harm and scandals in new establishments; antecedents of prohibition not found; since then ships permitted to carry goods freely including aguardiente de caña (cane spirit); asks Gov. to report whether cane spirit causes same problems as mezcal. pp. 764–5
| Date | 1803 Oct 20 (year) |
|---|---|
| From | Iturrigaray (Mexico) |
| To | Gov. de Cals. |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XVIII |
| Original tomo page | p.308–10 |
| Savage copy page | 311–13 |
| Scan leaf | n312–314 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Iturrigaray (Mexico) to Gov. de Cals., 1803 Oct 20, Provincial State Papers, XVIII, p.308–10, Archives of California, C-A 11, 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/ca11/ca11-d354.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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