Point-by-point commentary on Adjutant Nicolás Soler's inspection report (Doc 4): troop reform (2 officers per presidio), the *situado*-arrears problem, suppressing the Loreto captaincy, removing Tte Diego González from Monterey, reducing the SF company = 'dejar abandonadas á las Misiones'; the cattle-slaughter labor (⭐ must request Indians from Mission Carmelo for the SD/SB provisioning), the tithe on cattle, land-*mercedes* harming the Gentiles' reduced herds, discharged-soldiers (*licenciados*) settled in the pueblos with *solares*/*tierras*/livestock. Ends 'prescindiendo de la pasión que me pueda ocultar el Ayud.te Inspector Soler.'
| Date | 1787-11-08 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Pedro Fages (Monterey) |
| To | Brig. Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | V |
| Original tomo page | v.5–14 |
| Savage copy page | 3–12 |
| Scan leaf | n3–n11 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Pedro Fages (Monterey) to Brig. Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola, 1787-11-08, Provincial State Papers, v.5–14, Archives of California, C-A 3, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.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/ca3/ca3-d3.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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