Leaf opens with its own date line, verbatim: Marzo 31

Provincial Records, tomo VIII–X · BANC MSS C-A 25, document 1037

Leaf opens with its own date line, verbatim: Marzo 31. (10 doc.) The series heading stands on n251, verbatim: + 1800 = Monterrey. / Borradores de comunicaciones de Com.te (no dice a quien.) First of the ten drafts of that date, verbatim: Que esta enterado de declaracion de Guerra contra Rusia. [English: acknowledges that he is informed of the declaration of war against Russia.] The word Rusia carries an ink blot over the s but is legible. Spain, allied to France, was at war with Russia in this period; the entry records the news reaching Monterey.

Date1800-03-31 (exact)
FromComandante de Monterrey (Savage: no dice a quien) to unnamed
PlaceMonterrey
SeriesProvincial Records
TomoVIII–X (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagep. 4
Savage copy page250 / 2
Scan leafn252
Document typeregister entry (borrador)
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentComandante de Monterrey (Savage: no dice a quien) to unnamed, Monterrey, 1800-03-31, Provincial Records, VIII–X, p. 4, Archives of California, C-A 25, 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 VIII–X]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/ca25/ca25-d1037.html
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