Monterey presidio monthly ration/supply requirement: troops by unit (artillery 23, 2º Batallón 35, cavalry 30, Mazatlán 5, plus presidiarios, prisoners, 'neófitos amanuenses' 8) + foodstuffs (maíz 91½ fanegas, frijol, manteca, carne, cecina, jabón, zapatos, velas) — with a note there was not one blanket left in the storehouse (200 needed). A vivid presidio-poverty/logistics datapoint. Orig. p.166.
| Date | 1833-11-16 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | José Rafael González (Sub-Comisario) |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | LXIX–LXXVII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | 166 |
| Savage copy page | 401 |
| Scan leaf | n406 |
| Document type | logistics/fiscal |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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José Rafael González (Sub-Comisario), Monterey, 1833-11-16, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LXIX–LXXVII, 166, Archives of California, C-A 19, 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 LXIX–LXXVII]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/ca19/ca19-d246.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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