Loreto Real Almacén inventory — incl. the Real Quinto on Baja California pearls. Inventory/avalúo of effects under comisario Álvarez Osorio = $24,968; adds powder, cartridges, and pearls (perlas de toda mar) from the diving (buceo) seasons, owed as the Real Quinto: 2¾ 'libras largas' from the 1775 buceo handed to Gov. Felipe de Neve; 3 adarmes (1776, Misión Santiago de las Coras, 'en el Sur'); 10½ adarmes (1777, Mulegé); 7½ (1778, dived 'en balsa' by the Santiago Indians). Unpriced effects valued by the Tte. Gobernador → total $25,715. ⭐ Rare pearl-fishery / royal-tribute source. Orig. pp.449–465.
| Date | 1779-03-23 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Fernando de Rivera y Moncada |
| Place | Loreto |
| Series | Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | I |
| Original tomo page | 449–465 |
| Savage copy page | 31–32 |
| Scan leaf | n30–n31 |
| Document type | inventory / verbatim |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Fernando de Rivera y Moncada, Loreto, 1779-03-23, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), I, 449–465, 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-d33.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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