the 1796 WAR-YEAR viceregal register (Spain declares war on Britain, Oct 1796). OPEN-DOOR/FOREIGN-SHIP: ⭐⭐ Sep: the letters & frigate of Capt. Broughton (HMS *Providence*) + 'la fragata *Providencia*' & a guard-ship for the coast (= Doc 146 / ca24); ⭐⭐ the Scottish political exile Dn Tomás Muir (his letters & estracto, Sep 3/5 — the escaped radical, in Cal. 1796); ⭐⭐ Oct: 'Estado de los Yngleses que dejó el Americano Dorr' = the *Otter* (Ebenezer Dorr, Boston — first US ship on the coast; CORROBORATES the ca24 n576 'Nutka'=Otter miscopy); ⭐⭐ Oct: the treaty of amity, limits & navigation with the United States (Pinckney's/San Lorenzo); 391/Abril-1 the English frigate *Resolución* (S. Diego / Cabo S. Lúcas); 392 bar persons left by foreign ships; 13(Jun) foreign vessels reconnoitering the coast & smuggling; Sep-10 collect books foreigners bring/leave; Nov-16 detain all arriving ships; 6(Oct) pay $308 for supplies to Broughton's *Providencia*. WAR: Dic-4 the Bando declaring war on England; Dic-3 the *Concepción* brings 200 pistols + 16,000 flints; Dic-5 SF/Monterey plans + 2 war-frigates armed for coast defense. GOV/MISSIONS: 399 division of govt Antigua/Nueva California; 13(May) Alberni posted to San Francisco (cf. ca24); 13(Sep) engineer Córdova at SF; 14(May) a settlement by SF port; 2(Feb) 5 friars from S. Fernando; 14(Dec) founding Mission Sta Catarina; 16(Oct) the habilitado to act as Treasury Administrator of the N.C. (Sal thread); 2(May) Azanza named Secretary of State.
| Date | 1796 (year) |
|---|---|
| From | [INCOMING] El Virey al Gobernador: 'Índice de correspondencia' 1796 (№s 389–399 + monthly sub-№s, copiado en extenso) |
| Place | México |
| Series | Provincial Records |
| Tomo | VIII–X (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.— |
| Savage copy page | 159–172 |
| Scan leaf | n160–173 |
| Document type | index |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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[INCOMING] El Virey al Gobernador: 'Índice de correspondencia' 1796 (№s 389–399 + monthly sub-№s, copiado en extenso), México, 1796, Provincial Records, VIII–X, p.—, 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-d459.html