Alberni's SF-defense & settlement reconnaissance

Provincial Records, tomo V–VII · BANC MSS C-A 24, document 303

Alberni's SF-defense & settlement reconnaissance: Borica celebrates Alberni's arrival 'á buen tiempo para tranquilizar… la frontera'; the Engineer must arrange the puntos de defensa at San Francisco & examine the terrain 'para hacer el mapa lo menos mal que pueda'; ⭐ Alberni reconnoitered 'los terrenos… buenos para población de Españoles' (lands fit for Spanish settlement); + the Viceroy's order re a settlement promoted by tte Beltran; [top: the S. Pedro Mártir Indians, 30 azotes + 12/Sunday]

Date1796-07-11 (exact)
FromBorica
ToArrillaga
PlaceMonterey
SeriesProvincial Records
TomoV–VII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagep.657–658
Savage copy page261
Scan leafn260
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentBorica to Arrillaga, Monterey, 1796-07-11, Provincial Records, V–VII, p.657–658, 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-d303.html
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