Long continuous-prose Solá memorial on the state of Alta California (leaves 162-168; foot confirmed pp.540-42 at leaf 168): hemp 'su cultivo por cuenta del Rey p.a el apostadero de Sn Blas… suspendido… por la desgraciada sublevación del Reyno'; 'es necesario q.e se poblase la N. Cal. con gentes de razón industriosas… de lo contrario será una carga perpetua al Estado por no poderse contar con los indios q.e son de un carácter torpe, flojo, desidioso y abandonado… y q.e se exterminan conforme se van agregando á Misiones'; ⭐ 'gentes de razón… 2,538 almas'; with 500 familias could export flour, 12-15,000 @ de untos, pieles de nutria y lobo marino, cueros, cáñamo, lino, vino, aceite, aguardiente, lanas, legumbres 'libres de todo derecho'; ⭐ reopen 'la comunicación del Río Colorado cerrada desde 1781' to Sonora/Sinaloa (commerce + invasion defense); ⭐⭐⭐ coastal defense = 'no de fortificaciones… sino de fuerzas de tropa de tierra y marítimas respetables' + ships based at SF/Monterey; the 2 cos. of 100 men + 4 field cannon he requested; ⭐ arrived to find 'la tropa enteramente desnuda,' bought Lima cloth from ship *Paz* ($2,000 of his salary advance); 7 expediciones contra gentiles; repaired Monterey/SF batteries 'de cal y canto'; ⭐ established escuela at Monterey + ordered same at SF/Sta Bárbara/SD (teach troops' children 'á leer y dogmas de la Religión Católica').
| Date | [c.1817-18] (month) |
|---|---|
| From | Solá |
| To | Virrey |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Provincial Records |
| Tomo | VIII–X (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.IX:~530–542 |
| Savage copy page | 411–417 |
| Scan leaf | n415–n421 |
| Document type | manuscript |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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