The presidial self-financing model laid bare: can't pay militia without supreme order

The presidial self-financing model laid bare: can't pay militia without supreme order; defense-works & garrison costs exceed San Diego's income; California's income 'generally doesn't cover its expenses' → each presidio sustains itself from its own maritime duties + eventual *alcabala* + the missions' tithes; Monterey too runs a deficit yet pays *libranzas* 'in favor of foreigners'; reconciles $1,500+ owed to William Hartnell & 135 fanegas wheat for an SF launch; no faculty to take loans, least of all from foreigners; when funds fall short, scarcity shared proportionally & troops preferred over officers

Date	1826-10-14 (exact)
From	Herrera
To	Gefe Sup. Político y Comandⁿ Genⁿ (Echeandía)
Place	Monterey
Series	Departmental State Papers, Benicia (Commissary & Treasury)
Tomo	I–V (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo page	p.345–354
Savage copy page	57–61
Scan leaf	n56–n60
Document type	corr
Source	Savage abstract

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Herrera to Gefe Sup. Político y Comandⁿ Genⁿ (Echeandía), Monterey, 1826-10-14, Departmental State Papers, Benicia (Commissary & Treasury), I–V, p.345–354, Archives of California, C-A 40, 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 I–V]

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