Heading: '1818 = Marzo 2 = Monterey / Gobr al Virrey

Provincial Records, tomo VIII–X · BANC MSS C-A 25, document 755

Heading: '1818 = Marzo 2 = Monterey / Gobr al Virrey. Sobre llegada de Bergantin Sn Ruperto y haber facilitado á la Provª varios efectos.' Body: 'Dice qe en 24 de Enero ppdo dió fondo en aquel Ptº el Bergantin Español Sn Ruperto, procedente de Manila; su Captn y maestre Franco Cagigas Varela, qe salio con destino á Sn Blas y por temporales qe sufrió y bastante deterioro del buque y tripulacion muy enferma de escorbuto se dirijio al referido Ptº de Monterey donde se le prestaron ausilios á pesar del estado miserable en que se halla dicho Ptº. Que habiendole dicho el referido Captn los efectos qe traia, advirtió qe algunos le eran muy útiles para la tropa y vecinos, y en consecuencia los qe tomó importan con descuento del valor de los viveres 13,822 - 3 rs los qe suplica se le paguen á dicho captn en Sn Blas.' [= on 24 January last the Spanish brig San Ruperto from Manila, captain and master Francisco Cagigas Varela, bound for San Blas, put into Monterey after storms, heavy damage to the ship and a crew badly sick with scurvy; she was relieved despite the wretched state of that port; some of her goods being very useful to troops and settlers, the governor took them, amounting after deduction of the value of provisions to 13,822 pesos 3 reales, which he begs be paid to the captain at San Blas]

Date1818 Marzo 2 (year)
FromGobr al Virrey
PlaceMonterey
SeriesProvincial Records
TomoVIII–X (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagepp. 580-82.
Savage copy page424 | 175
Scan leafn428
Document typecarta oficial (borrador) - abstract in full, marked with a + in the margin
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentGobr al Virrey, Monterey, 1818 Marzo 2, Provincial Records, VIII–X, pp. 580-82., 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-d755.html
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