Underlined subject Sobre pesca de perlas. “Pide disponga de las perlas q.e estan en la habilitacion del…

Provincial Records, tomo V–VII · BANC MSS C-A 24, document 454

Underlined subject Sobre pesca de perlas. “Pide disponga de las perlas q.e estan en la habilitacion del pres.o de L.o procedentes de quintos de los años anter.s en q.e se ha vuelto á resucitar este ramo... mediante á haberle quitado las trabas q.e lo entorpecian y á la gracia q.e V.E. se sirvió hacer á todo armador ‘p.a q.e por un año quede libre del quinto al Rey.’... 23 onzas y diez adarmes ‘de toda mar’... 5 canoas... 1 armador o comis.do, el arraez y 20 ó 30 buzos - q.e trabajan 15 ó mas leguas distantes una de la otra.” Quoted block on the daily division of unopened shells between armador, buzo and quinto; ends noting a juez de quinto per canoa would not pay for itself.

Date1794 Junio 10 (year)
FromBorica al Virrey
PlaceLoreto
SeriesProvincial Records
TomoV–VII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagep. 73-5
Savage copy page348 / 24.
Scan leafn349
Document typefuller letter, spans n349-n350 (cite in CLOSING position at top of n350); marked + in Savage's margin
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentBorica al Virrey, Loreto, 1794 Junio 10, Provincial Records, V–VII, p. 73-5, 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-d454.html
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