Moraga's detailed reconnaissance/defense assessment of the Russian presidio of Ross: difficult approach (artillery can't reach without a better road); ~40 personas de razón + many Kodiaks; firm wooden quadrangle, two corner torreones (4 cannon each, ~26 embrasures), other two corners empty; interior galpón = barracks/warehouse; vegetable gardens; bidarkas of sea-lion hide; the ship gone to Sitka with grain & furs; ~30 cattle + horses in a separate enclosure; night sentinel at Kuskov's house. (Record recovered 2026-07-05 audit; = Russian-highlights Doc 10.)
| Date | 1814-07-30 San Francisco (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Gabriel Moraga (unsigned) |
| To | Luis Argüello |
| Place | San Francisco |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XIX |
| Original tomo page | 1215–7 |
| Savage copy page | 364, 367–368 |
| Scan leaf | n371 |
| Document type | reconnaissance report |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Gabriel Moraga (unsigned) to Luis Argüello, San Francisco, 1814-07-30 San Francisco, Provincial State Papers, XIX, 1215–7, Archives of California, C-A 12, 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/ca12/ca12-d439.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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