'Le comunica q.e mataron al sold.º licenciado Agustin Leiva q.e había salido, con permiso, á recoger su…

Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), tomo LXXVIII–LXXXVIII · BANC MSS C-A 20, document 458

'Le comunica q.e mataron al sold.º licenciado Agustin Leiva q.e había salido, con permiso, á recoger su ganado, en el mismo punto donde mataron al desertor Hermeneg.º; tiene preso á uno de los matad.s' [= the discharged soldier Leiva killed at the exact spot where the deserter Hermenegildo had been killed; one killer taken]. He then 'despachó al río de S.ta Ana al cabo Macario en busca de cimarrones de S. Juan, y trajó 18 homb.s, 12 mug.s y 8 muchachos; los prim.s estan trabajando en el Pres.º y los otros agregados á su Mis.n' — 38 fugitives recovered, the men set to presidio labour.

Date1787-10-13 (exact)
FromJ.º de Zúñiga
ToTen.te Coronel Pedro Fages
PlaceS. Diego
SeriesDep. State Papers, Benicia (Military)
TomoLXXVIII–LXXXVIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagep.114-116
Savage copy page451/48
Scan leafn450
Document typeletter
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentJ.º de Zúñiga to Ten.te Coronel Pedro Fages, S. Diego, 1787-10-13, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LXXVIII–LXXXVIII, p.114-116, Archives of California, C-A 20, 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 LXXVIII–LXXXVIII]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/ca20/ca20-d458.html
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