VERBATIM HEADING: '+ 1793 - Agtº 17 - (Sn Fran.co) / Gob. Intº Arrillaga al Virey de Mex. / (7 Docs.) - pp. 279-85.' GLOSS: Arrillaga to the Viceroy of Mexico from San Francisco, 17 Aug 1793, seven items. SUBSTANCE: (1) he transferred from the Monterey presidio to San Francisco on 27 July, finding at anchor the Fragata Aranzazu under Salvador Menendez, arrived the 24th with memorias and with the Tenientes of Monterey and San Diego, Leon Padilla and Antº Grajera, and P. Fr. José Espí, 'quedando en Nutca Fr. Magin Catalá'. (2) He encloses the expediente of the P. Presidente of Santo Domingo on the missions of Baja California with his own informe: 'Misiones de Baja Cal. pr. lo grâl. tienen proporcion pª. el cultivo de semillas y solo cuatro no pueden mantener su poblacion, Sn. Javier, Sta. Gertrudis, Sn. Borja y Sn. Fernᵈº'; Sn Javier has made progress in agriculture, the others are as at the conquest; 'qe. Santiago y Guadalupe pueden suprimirse, la 1ª agregándose á Sn. José del Cabo y 2ª entre Mulegé y Purisima'; he opposes the P. Provincial plan of moving Indians to places analogous to their birthplaces as 'contrario al carácter de estos'; Loreto needs a native population for emergencies; road distances Loreto - Sn Ignacio 75 or 80 leagues, then Sta Gertrudis 30, Sn Borja 35, Sn Fernando 60, about 200 leagues in all. (3) Arrival at SF of the Bergantin Activo on the night of the 11th (Fenᵗᵉ de Navio Fran.co de Eliza) and the Goleta Sutil on the 12th (Fenᵗᵉ de Fragata Juan Matute), the second coming 'del Rio Sacramento'. (4) Mission of Sto Thomás to be moved to a better site, 'en la cañada de mas arriba llamada Sn. Solano', limits to be agreed with the P. de Sto Domingo. (5) Capn Josè de Ortega to keep command of the presidio of Loreto until the arrival of the named Fenᵗᵉ Fran.co Roa. (6) Matute has advised he will not establish Bodega that year and will winter at San Francisco. (7) Pay of the retired Fenᵗᵉ Diego Gonzales and his successor Leon Padilla; and a new mission to be founded between Rosario and Sto Domingo with 8 plazas sencillas de escolta, plano of Antigua California enclosed, foundation set for April. OVERLAP NOTE: items 3 and 6 of this same letter are already in the DB as two rows at scan n110 cited p.xxii.~284; the letter itself, its heading, its date and the long Baja California missions report are not in the DB. [corner: document runs to corner 112, BookReader n111]
| Date | 1793-08-17 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Gob. Intº Arrillaga al Virey de Mex. |
| Place | Sn Franco. |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XXI |
| Original tomo page | pp. 279-85 |
| Savage copy page | 109 |
| Scan leaf | n108 |
| Document type | Savage abstract (itemised digest, not verbatim transcription) |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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