Weather & health report, 1798: harsh climate; regular winter rains, mild frost, hail; middling harvests; 'terrible y continuado viento' + perpetual fog; winter began with frosts & gales damaging building roofs. ⚠️ Notes 'en las misiones se advierten varias enfermedades de gálico [syphilis], especie de tisis [consumption], y otras no conocidas en sus neófitos, de cuya resulta fallecen bastantes de ellos' — epidemic disease killing many mission Indians. Orig. p.709.
| Date | 1798-12-31 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | José Argüello |
| To | Gob. Borica |
| Place | San Francisco |
| Series | Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | XVIII |
| Original tomo page | 709 |
| Savage copy page | 326–327 |
| Scan leaf | n332–n333 |
| Document type | report |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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José Argüello to Gob. Borica, San Francisco, 1798-12-31, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XVIII, 709, 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-d480.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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