Underlined heading “Descripcion del Presidio de S.n Fran.co - Propone su traslacion a sitio mejor.” Quoted: “hallé se reduce á una casa de 4 piezas p.a el comand.te, otra de dos pequeñas p.a guardar los efectos de la Habilit.n, ambas en mediano estado, y amenazando proxima ruina una capillita, un almacen p.a semillas, el cuerpo de guardias y 33 casitas de una pieza p.a la tropa. Todo á excepcion del almacenito p.a los efectos, techado de tule q.e se lo lleva el viento fuerte Noroeste q.e reina en aq.l Puerto.” Spent on the works since “Julio 28 de 1776” to date: 8188 pesos; all badly built, and in ’79 the chapel, casa mata, officer’s house, almacén and 16 troop houses fell in. Gives [interlined: varias] reasons to move it, chiefly the distance of 2889 varas from the fuerte. Proposes a site he inspected himself 481 varas from the fuerte and sends a budget of 11716 pesos for the new one.
| Date | 1795 Junio 27 (year) |
|---|---|
| From | Borica al Virrey |
| Place | Monterrey (subject: presidio de San Francisco) |
| Series | Provincial Records |
| Tomo | V–VII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p. 180-2 |
| Savage copy page | 375 / 51. |
| Scan leaf | n376 |
| Document type | fuller-letter abstract with quoted extract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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