PROHIBITED BOOKS. Acknowledges the order to examine foreign books entering the peninsula with the utmost scrupulosity, then reports a book exchange with foreigners at Monterey. Verbatim: “Dice q.e el piloto frances de la fragata americana del capitan Dorr - le regaló los viajes de Biron, Carteret, Wallis & Cook y dice pueden ser muy utiles á un gob.r de Cal - y el le regaló en contra las memorias de Sully, las costumbres del siglo y los viajes de Tavernier - todo en francez.” Underlined subject heading: Libros prohibidos.
| Date | 1797 Enero 13 [new run heading on this leaf: Oficios del mismo al virrey Branciforte. / 1797. Monterrey] (year) |
|---|---|
| From | Borica al virrey Branciforte |
| Place | Monterrey |
| Series | Provincial Records |
| Tomo | V–VII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p. 279. |
| Savage copy page | 400 / 76. |
| Scan leaf | n401 |
| Document type | fuller-letter entry; spans n401-n402 |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Borica al virrey Branciforte, Monterrey, 1797 Enero 13 [new run heading on this leaf: Oficios del mismo al virrey Branciforte. / 1797. Monterrey], Provincial Records, V–VII, p. 279., 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-d675.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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