José Francisco Ortiz declares himself a deserter from the frigate *Mercure/Mercury*[?] (captain 'George'[?], 40+ crew); he was the ship's cook — ⚠ *possible (unverified) link to Eayrs's* Mercury *(cf. C-A 12) — verify, do not assume*
| Date | 1809-05-04 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Maitorena |
| Place | Santa Bárbara |
| Series | Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | XX–XXXIX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | 618–20 |
| Savage copy page | 401 |
| Scan leaf | n400 |
| Document type | abstract (declaration) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Maitorena, Santa Bárbara, 1809-05-04, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XX–XXXIX, 618–20, 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-d643.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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