*Contratas de artesanos* — contracts (by order of Viceroy Branciforte, 19 June) with master artisans for New California: Joaquín Botello (with family, 5-yr term, $1,000/yr + ⅛ of his works' value, King's account) — ⚠ *this abstract reads 'mason,' but C-A 7 E20/Docs 362 & 373 and Botello's own Doc 132 below show Botello is the Sastre (tailor); the actual mason/cantero was Manuel Ruíz (C-A 7 Docs 373/541, $365). The 'mason Botello' here is a conflation — corrected 2026-06-30*; Manuel Martínez [C-A 7 reads *Listonero* Manuel Muñoz] (5 yr, $500/yr + ⅛); broadcloth weaver (*tejedor de la ancha*) Mariano Tobar Méndez [C-A 7 reads *Tejedor* Mariano José Mendoza] (2 family, 5 yr, $600/yr + ⅛), transport at the King's account. ⚠ Trade/name discrepancies with C-A 7's transcription of the same 19-Jun-1795 contracts — reconcile against the originals if cited. Cf. C-A 54 ii.3–13 artisan-instruction program
| Date | 1795-08-06 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Manuel Cárcaba |
| Place | Habilitado General, México |
| Series | Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | XX–XXXIX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | 583–4 |
| Savage copy page | 22–23 |
| Scan leaf | n21–22 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Manuel Cárcaba, Habilitado General, México, 1795-08-06, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XX–XXXIX, 583–4, 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-d34.html