THE COMPLETE MONTEREY HABILITACIÓN INVENTORY, Feb 1782 — the year-end balance: efectos vendibles $233-6-6½ (géneros) + $613-5-6 (efectos) + $1,573-3-5¾ (víveres) + $66-2 efectivo + $118 caballerías = $2,615; $143 semillas deducted (S. Luis); invendibles $1,759-5¾; arms: 49½ pairs of pistols, 5 escopetas, 20 espadas, 17 mohamas de lanza; carpentry & smithy tools; munitions: 7@ 41 lb powder, 2@ 37 lb lead, 70,704 GUNFLINTS (⚠ as Savage wrote it — «70704 piedras de escopeta», leaf-verified 2026-09-28; presumably a copyist's inflation: the same presidio's end-1782 munitions relación, ca15-d155, counts 7,466), 8 bronze 4-lb campaign cannons + 346 balls, 143 balas de á 6; the coercion kit itemized — 2 cepos con llaves, 8 pares de grillos, 17 grilletes con 4 trozos de cadena; 1 bandera con escudo de armas reales; ⭐ SAL among the three signatories — the quantitative snapshot of a presidio's entire material world
| Date | 1782-02-04 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Diego González (inventario; firman González, HERMENEGILDO SAL y José R. Carrillo) |
| Place | Rl. Presidio de Monterey |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | III |
| Original tomo page | p.148–157 |
| Savage copy page | 65–66 |
| Scan leaf | n66–n67 |
| Document type | verbatim |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Diego González (inventario; firman González, HERMENEGILDO SAL y José R. Carrillo), Rl. Presidio de Monterey, 1782-02-04, Provincial State Papers, III, p.148–157, Archives of California, C-A 2, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.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/ca2/ca2-d48.html- Previously read Summary reports 70,704 gunflints in the Feb 1782 Monterey inventory without comment.. Leaf-verified 2026-09-28: Savage's copy does read «70704 piedras de escopeta» — the catalog is faithful.