'Artillería y pertrechos — Existentes en Cal.' — a complete province-wide artillery inventory (1818): 58 pieces by caliber (24/12/8/6/4/3/2/1-pdr) & metal (bronze/iron), located at the Castillo de San Joaquín (SF) (3×24, 8×8 bronze, etc.), Castillo de San Carlos (Monterey), Santa Bárbara presidio & baluarte, San Diego, Los Ángeles, Pueblo San José, and the missions (San Diego, Sta Inés, San Fernando, San Luis Rey). 3 useless, several *desgranados*; the 24-pdrs & SF iron 12-pdr corroded; gun-carriages (cureñas — campaña/plaza/marina) in poor repair 'por falta de herraje.' A comprehensive ordnance census — major for presidio-defense/decay. Orig. p.915
| Date | 1818-09-05 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Manuel Gómez, Comte. |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | XL–LII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.915 |
| Savage copy page | 266–267 |
| Scan leaf | n265–n266 |
| Document type | statistical table |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Manuel Gómez, Comte., Monterey, 1818-09-05, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XL–LII, p.915, Archives of California, C-A 17, 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 XL–LII]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/ca17/ca17-d324.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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