Detailed condition report of the Monterey company's armament: 1st-class escopetas (cal. 14, 6 serving since 1776, 17 since 1781, defects in their lías); 2nd-class (11, short caliber, since 1774–75, bad locks/barrels); 3rd-class (4, bad); short 16 to complete the company. Pistols (7 pairs since 1781, rest since 1779) with the defect that the safeties are internal — they fire inadvertently; 'la falta de armero causa graves perjuicios.' Espadas of good temper (no reserve); lance-heads bad. Munitions: 53 arr. powder (= 780 ball cartridges of both calibers), 10 arr. lead, 20 arr. 23 lb balls, 1,400 gunflints. Orig. pp.627–628.
| Date | 1787-12-31 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | José Fco. Ortega, Habilitado |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | X |
| Original tomo page | 627–628 |
| Savage copy page | 217–218 |
| Scan leaf | n222–n223 |
| Document type | inventory |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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José Fco. Ortega, Habilitado, Monterey, 1787-12-31, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), X, 627–628, 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-d309.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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