war alert: no fewer than 12 English/enemy ships cruise from Cabo Corrientes to Cabo San Lucas until January; the southern settlers had for 2 months abandoned their families in perpetual movement to prevent enemy landings; authorizes arming 50 men under veteran sgt Javier Aguilar (4 r/day); the San Diego commander to ready a 14-man mounted force on demand; Arrillaga empowered to act with full freedom in emergencies (cf. C-A 15 Doc 392 British-squadron-in-the-Gulf)
| Date | 1799-07-19 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Gov. Diego de Borica |
| To | Comd. Arrillaga |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | XX–XXXIX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | 51–3 |
| Savage copy page | 122 |
| Scan leaf | n121 |
| Document type | abstract (war order) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Gov. Diego de Borica to Comd. Arrillaga, Monterey, 1799-07-19, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XX–XXXIX, 51–3, 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-d198.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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