Santa Bárbara presidial company distribution & defense, 1 Dec 1782. Postings: presidio guard 1 sargto/1 cabo/6 sold = 8; caballada 1+6 = 7; Mission San Buenaventura 1 sargto + 14 = 15; pueblo de Los Ángeles 2; 'francos para el servicio' officers + sargtos. Total 56 hombres (1 Tte, 1 Alférez, 2 sargtos, 2 cabos, 50 sold); short 1 sargto & 4 soldados. Caballada 89 horses, 144 mules; arms reserve 13 pairs pistols (short 2 escopetas, 36 espadas, 26 cueras for full company). Presidio guarded by 2 cannon (4-pounders) with 140 ball cartridges; munitions reserve 5,000 musket cartridges, 18 arr. powder, 127 arr. lead, 10 arr. balls. Orig. p.561.
| Date | 1782-12-01 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | José Fco. Ortega, Tte. Habilitado |
| Place | Santa Bárbara |
| Series | Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | III |
| Original tomo page | 561 |
| Savage copy page | 121 |
| Scan leaf | n123 |
| Document type | muster/inventory |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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José Fco. Ortega, Tte. Habilitado, Santa Bárbara, 1782-12-01, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), III, 561, Archives of California, C-A 15, 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/ca15/ca15-d153.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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