Neve's revista-&-command instruction (28+ arts) — the whole administrative machine in one document

Provincial State Papers, tomo III–IV · BANC MSS C-A 2, document 68

Neve's revista-&-command instruction (28+ arts) — the whole administrative machine in one document: frigate-cargo reception by comandante + oficiales + company-named apoderados, cotejo of shortfalls, and ⭐ an arancel de precios POSTED — one copy fixed in the Guardia, another in the Almacén, signed & visado [public price lists at the guardhouse]; the cuaderno/libreta bookkeeping system (2 blank hojas, each soldier 'su cuenta detallada'); conduct-reports on captains/officers ('si dan ó no buen ejemplo á la tropa'); uniform cuenta general per formulario; gratification-fund limits; ⭐ settler accounts audited — the pobladores' cuentas at the presidios (ganados, pagos, Habilitación supplies vs. sueldos, balances to the Real Hacienda); ⭐ the Carrillo-estate order — put the late habilitado's goods 'en pública subasta' (the auction docs 37/73 close the loop), his 165p alcance, his caballerías to the mission; arms training — manejo de armas, evoluciones, tiro al blanco extended to the mission escoltas, and 'á todos… el manejo de la ADARGA y de la LANZA'; powder = 3 libras/plaza/year; ⭐⭐ the war-donativo section: collections stalled — the missionaries citing 'la gentilidad se había dispersado por la PESTE DE VIRUELAS que había habido' [a pre-1782 smallpox epidemic dispersing the gentiles — epidemic evidence]; the 16 Antigua-California missions included; ⭐⭐⭐ the surcharge regime stated as policy fact: 'todas las deudas de soldados, se contrajeron hasta principios del año de 81… en pesos recargados de 150 POR 100, y de un 100 POR 100 en las de la Antigua California' [the 150%/100% mission-price markup, quantified — corroborates Carrillo's testament clause]; ⭐ Colorado mail route — a cabo + 7 men via the Sierra to S. Sebastián 'haciendo la travesía de los médanos al Pozo de los Montereyes'; monthly extractos for each presidio, Loreto marine dept, and the pueblos LA + S. José de Guadalupe CLOSED n129 (Sav p.126), pp.259–272 — 34+ articles; ends INTERRUPTED mid-sentence ('Y queda interrumpido' — Savage); final arts: armament reports per company (29), duplicated hojas de servicio (30), November revista sequencing (31), ⭐⭐ the interior-entrada limit — no entradas 'á la sierra y rancherías… sólo en casos urgentísimos' (a 6-man party couldn't avenge an insult anyway) (32), ⭐⭐⭐ fugitive-recovery doctrine: 'el medio de que los fugitivos vuelvan á sus misiones, es el de mandarles otros naturales con recato de que NADA SE LES HARÁ… el que presenta menos inconvenientes y que muchas misiones han usado' [Native emissaries + no-punishment promise as the approved method] (33), ⭐⭐ 'del buen trato, dulzura y consideraciones con que se trate á los gentiles, depende el buen órden, paz y armonía de la Península' — never 'fuertes y activas medidas que acrecentarían su enojo' (34)

Date1782-07-12 (exact)
From[Neve] ('así parece')
ToSoler
PlaceSan Gabriel
SeriesProvincial State Papers
TomoIII
Original tomo pagep.259+
Savage copy page114–124±
Scan leafn117–n127
Document typeverbatim
Sourceverbatim transcription

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How to cite this document[Neve] ('así parece') to Soler, San Gabriel, 1782-07-12, Provincial State Papers, III, p.259+, 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-d68.html
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