estados de servicio & padrones received; ⭐⭐⭐ the 'monstrous birth' investigation — per Grajera's private letter (18 Feb) from S. Juan Capistrano, an india of the mission reportedly 'parió una perra prieta' (gave birth to a black she-dog) on the 3rd, which the Indians killed & buried in the camposanto until the friars had it exhumed & marveled at it; Borica, treating it 'jurídicamente,' orders Alférez Manuel Rodríguez to SJC to take formal declarations from the friars & reliable persons (continues n204) [rough reading — transcribe verbatim before citing]
| Date | 1799-03-08→11 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Borica |
| To | Com.te San Diego / Antonio Grajera |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Provincial Records |
| Tomo | V–VII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.529–530 |
| Savage copy page | 204 |
| Scan leaf | n203 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Borica to Com.te San Diego / Antonio Grajera, Monterey, 1799-03-08→11, Provincial Records, V–VII, p.529–530, Archives of California, C-A 24, 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 V–VII]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/ca24/ca24-d284.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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