VILLA DE BRANCIFORTE FOUNDING: Borica to Viceroy (Aug 4, 1796): SF site rejected — Alberni + Córdoba confirmed terrain unsuitable. Santa Cruz proposed: 'best site from Cabo San Lucas to SF' — water, irrigable land, pasture, timber, stone, lime. Mission has 507 neophytes, 530 cattle. Settlers: retired/invalid soldiers. King to build each settler an adobe house (tiled roof, locked doors, ≤$100). Provision: 2 mares, 2 cows + calves, 6 sheep, 2 goats, 1 yoke oxen, plow, hoe, axe, sickle, escopeta, adarga, 2 horses + $10/month 1st year. SJ (18 yrs) and LA (15 yrs) residents still in tule huts. Córdoba to survey, plan villa incl. Church, Casa Real, Hospital + budget
| Date | 1797-05-15 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Borica |
| To | Alberto de Córdoba |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XXI |
| Original tomo page | p.~xxii.641–5 |
| Savage copy page | — |
| Scan leaf | n259–262 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Borica to Alberto de Córdoba, 1797-05-15, Provincial State Papers, XXI, p.~xxii.641–5, Archives of California, C-A 14, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [page interpolated; verify at the leaf]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/ca14/ca14-d299.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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