fire at Mission San Juan Capistrano — 500 arrobas of lard, 600 fanegas of maize and 1,000 of wheat…

Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), tomo XX–XXXIX · BANC MSS C-A 16, document 265

fire at Mission San Juan Capistrano — 500 arrobas of lard, 600 fanegas of maize and 1,000 of wheat burned, through the carelessness of a boy who went in for lard and set about killing bats [with a light]

Date1801-04-16 (exact)
FromManuel Rodríguez
ToArrillaga
PlaceSan Diego
SeriesProvincial State Papers, Benicia (Military)
TomoXX–XXXIX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo page392–3
Savage copy page157
Scan leafn156
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentManuel Rodríguez to Arrillaga, San Diego, 1801-04-16, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XX–XXXIX, 392–3, 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-d265.html
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