Descripción del presidio* — physical condition report (see expanded entry)

Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), tomo XX–XXXIX · BANC MSS C-A 16, document 209

*Descripción del presidio* — physical condition report (see expanded entry): a 110-vara square of stone & tile-roofed adobe; N wall = main gate, guard-room, 2 large storerooms (two threaten collapse, a wall cracked); W wall = Governor's house (sala, 8 rooms, kitchen), barracks, officers' & surgeon's houses, all built on walls burned in the 1789 fire; S wall = 9 troop-family rooms + the church (in the middle, needs repair); E wall = 9 rooms + a forge; corrals in bad state; all roofs need re-tiling — warns the repair cost will double if delayed

Date1800-12-31 (exact)
FromRaimundo Carrillo
PlaceComandante, Monterey
SeriesProvincial State Papers, Benicia (Military)
TomoXX–XXXIX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo page269–70
Savage copy page126–127
Scan leafn125–126
Document typeabstract (architectural report)
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentRaimundo Carrillo, Comandante, Monterey, 1800-12-31, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XX–XXXIX, 269–70, 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-d209.html
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