Shipment of 257 sea-otter skins (pieles de nutrias) from Monterey to San Blas (to Comisario Francisco Hijosa): 97 from the Monterey presidial company, 62 from Tte. José Fco. de Ortega, 56 from Mission San Carlos, 52 from Mission San Antonio = 257. (The Spanish royal sea-otter fur trade via San Blas/Manila.) Orig. pp.619–620.
| Date | 1787-10-06 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | José de Cañizares, Cmdt. of the frigates *San Carlos* & *Favorita* |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | X |
| Original tomo page | 619–620 |
| Savage copy page | 217 |
| Scan leaf | n222 |
| Document type | account |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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José de Cañizares, Cmdt. of the frigates *San Carlos* & *Favorita*, Monterey, 1787-10-06, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), X, 619–620, 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-d308.htmlCorrection to this entry.
- Previously read summary: 'Shipment of 257 sea-otter skins (pieles de nutrias) from Monterey to San Blas (to Comisario Francisco Hijosa): 97 from the Monterey presidial company, 62 from Tte. José Fco. de Ort…'. Leaf n222 (IA 168035972_79_17_2), printed stamp 217. Entry: '+ 1787. Oct. 6. Mont. / Jose de Canizares, Comand.te de las frag.as "S.n Carlos" y "Favorita." / Embarque de pieles de nutrias / Es un conocimiento por pieles de nutrias recibidas a bordo p.a entregar a Francisco Hijosa, comisario en S.n Blas. / 97 pieles de la Comp.a del presidio de Monterey. / 62 id. pertenec.tes al Ten.te Josef F.co de Ortega. / 56 id. id. a la mision de S.n Carlos. / 52 id. id. a la id. de S.n Ant.o / 267 pieles. pp 619 - 20'. Author (with his command of the two frigates), place 'Mont.', date 1787-10-06, orig 'pp 619 - 20' and stamp 217 all confirmed; no addressee is named (it is a conocimiento), so the blank recipient is legitimate. SUMMARY IS WRONG on the headline figure: the leaf totals '267 pieles', not 257, and the catalogue's own components prove it - 97+62+56+52 = 267. The total's middle digit was checked at 2x against the 6 of '62', '56' and '619' and the 5 of '52'; it is a 6. The error is repeated twice in the summary ('Shipment of 257 sea-otter skins' and '= 257'). Everything else in the abstract matches the leaf. OMISSIONS: the leaf's other two entries (1787 Dic. 31, existencia de efectos, $11,084, pp. 614-7; 1787 Dic. 31, armamento y pertrechos) are ca15-d307 and ca15-d309.
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