Spans n536–n537. Subject 'Conduccion de la correspond.a'. 'Le asegura que en ninguno de los puntos intermedios de presidio á presidio, en donde se van relevando los soldados 'para conducir de puesto en puesto la correspond.a', ni ellos ni mucho menos los cabos, abren el paquete ó paquetes… Que si faltan cartas de los paquetes debe atribuirse á abandono en las estafetas en entregarla suelta ó mal atada al soldado conductor… Pide que el Comisario haga construir balijas, las que entregadas cerradas á los soldados conductores servirán de garantía.' Gloss: the governor defends the soldier-couriers against charges of opening mail and asks for locked mailbags.
| Date | 1826-05-08 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Gob.or Luis Ant.o Argüello |
| To | Comis.o provisional José M.a Herrera |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | LXXVIII–LXXXVIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.880-1 |
| Savage copy page | 537/59 |
| Scan leaf | n536–n537 |
| Document type | letter |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Gob.or Luis Ant.o Argüello to Comis.o provisional José M.a Herrera, Monterey, 1826-05-08, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LXXVIII–LXXXVIII, p.880-1, 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-d618.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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