BORICA'S REPORT OF THE MEASURES HE TOOK IN 1796. Underlined heading: “Informa de las providencias q.e tomó en 1796.” Founded primary schools at the San Francisco and Loreto presidios (so all presidios of the peninsula and the pueblo of San José now have them); introduced small stock at San José, Los Angeles, Monterey and San Francisco, driven 130 leagues; doubled agriculture at San José; promoted hemp. Verbatim: “Con motivo de haber dejado en Monterrey el capitan amer.o Dorr varios individuos de su nacion y de la Inglesa, me aproveché de su industria p.a emprender la fabrica de una lancha capaz, un molino de arte mayor y carretas ligeras y de mejor construcc.n q.e los del pais.” Also six Spanish youths learning tailoring; neophytes of Mission San Juan taught to make blankets and cotton cloth; no apprentices found for ribbon-making; sites reconnoitred for settlement by Borica personally and by Alberni with Córdoba; San Diego fort and esplanade inspected by Córdoba, a spring recovered, and strict orders given against gente de razón committing excesses with christian and gentile india women [continues on n405].
| Date | 1797 Febrero 1 [Id.] (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. 288-292. (cite closes at foot of the entry on n405) |
| Savage copy page | 403 / 79. |
| Scan leaf | n404 |
| Document type | fuller-letter entry; spans n404-n405 |
| Source | Savage abstract |
Read this leaf on the Internet Archive ↗ · leaf n404
Borica al virrey Branciforte, Monterrey, 1797 Febrero 1 [Id.], Provincial Records, V–VII, p. 288-292. (cite closes at foot of the entry on n405), 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-d686.html