Sowing measures — at LA locusts/mice ('ratas') ate much maize seed, ordered land fenced & irrigated

Provincial Records, tomo III–IV · BANC MSS C-A 23, document 789

Sowing measures — at LA locusts/mice ('ratas') ate much maize seed, ordered land fenced & irrigated; (cont. n294) maize & bean should be abundant; comisionado of missions to examine on transit how [Indians] work & live; no maize at San Gabriel & San Buenaventura, some at San Juan — bad crop year generally. Spans n293-n294.

Date1795-04-27 (exact)
FromBorica
ToComdte Sta Bárbara
PlaceMonterey
SeriesProvincial Records
TomoIV
Original tomo pagep.18-21
Savage copy page291
Scan leafn293–n294
Document typeletter-abstract
SourceSavage abstract

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