Of first importance. Subject “Notas sobre la mis.n S.ta Cruz”, from engineer Cordoba’s report

Provincial Records, tomo V–VII · BANC MSS C-A 24, document 803

Of first importance. Subject “Notas sobre la mis.n S.ta Cruz”, from engineer Cordoba’s report: “3,435,600 varas cuadradas de tierra de riego, de cual 2,315,700 abiertas y 1,120,000 - sin abrir”; pasture 8-9 leagues by 1 1/2, with 7 permanent streams; “entre S.ta Cruz y S.n Fr.co por la [este STRUCK] costa no hay paraje bueno p.a una poblac.n regular”. June 97: neophytes 495, cattle 750, horses 500, mules 29, sheep 1500; harvest 200 fanegas maize, 400 wheat, 8 beans/lentils. “Entre 92 a 96 murieron como 11 3/4 % - cada año.”

Date1798 Agosto 1 (year)
FromBorica
ToVirrey
PlaceMonterrey
SeriesProvincial Records
TomoV–VII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagep. 408-10.
Savage copy page423 / 99.
Scan leafn424
Document typeletter (fuller-letter heading)
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentBorica to Virrey, Monterrey, 1798 Agosto 1, Provincial Records, V–VII, p. 408-10., 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-d803.html
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