*Compañía presidial* (muster) — 1 capt, 1 tte, 1 cadet, 3 sgts, 5 cabos, 59 soldados = 70 men; invalids 1 sgt/2 sol. ⭐⭐ records that on 20 June [1799] two frigates anchored at Cabo San Lucas, their crews landing to take on water; the 21st the area sergeant-commander roused [his men]; though the ships fired nine howitzer rounds of grapeshot at him, the crews managed to re-embark, abandoning a water-store, and set sail at once
| Date | 1799-12-31 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | José Joaquín de Arrillaga |
| Place | Loreto |
| Series | Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | XX–XXXIX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | 355–519 |
| Savage copy page | 99 |
| Scan leaf | n98 |
| Document type | abstract (muster) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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José Joaquín de Arrillaga, Loreto, 1799-12-31, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XX–XXXIX, 355–519, Archives of California, C-A 16, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within XX–XXXIX]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/ca16/ca16-d160.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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