The documents a military officer must present to obtain permission to marry: (1) his commission copy (authorized by the Contaduría); (2–3) both parties' baptism certificates; (4–5) paternal consent of both; (6) an instrument proving the bride's nobility/hidalguía/*calidad*; (7–8) dowry documentation (land/property or cash in judicial deposit); + Notas (legalized certs; the Cmdt-Gen may dispense *calidad*/dowry; all in triplicate)
| Date | 1786-09-04 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Fages (Monterey) — certified copy |
| Place | orig. Garrido, Chihuahua 19 Mar 1786 |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | VI |
| Original tomo page | vi.307–309 |
| Savage copy page | 406–408 |
| Scan leaf | n412–n414 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Fages (Monterey) — certified copy, orig. Garrido, Chihuahua 19 Mar 1786, 1786-09-04, Provincial State Papers, vi.307–309, 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-d448.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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