'Comunica: que el pretesto que los buques balleneros alegaban para ir al Sausalito, era la escaces de…

Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Custom House), tomo I–VIII · BANC MSS C-A 41, document 156

'Comunica: que el pretesto que los buques balleneros alegaban para ir al Sausalito, era la escaces de agua en Yerba buena, y que para vencer este obstaculo, habia probado un parage en la orilla de la playa, donde se podia hacer un gran pozo de 10 varas de largo y diez de ancho a fin de abastecer a todos los buques que llegaran a este punto, pues habia encontrado agua muy buena y en abundancia; y que consultado el costo de d.ha obra, se hacia consistir en $60 u 80 pudiendo remunerarse este gasto, cobrando un real a los buques por cada pipa. Lo q.e ponia en su conocim.to esperando su superior resolucion.' [Proposal for a public well 10 x 10 varas on the Yerba Buena beach to break Sausalito's water monopoly; cost 60-80 pesos, recoverable at one real per pipe.] Month verified under magnification: 'Feb.'

Date1844 Feb. 24 (year)
FromB. Diaz - al Admor. de Mont.
PlaceYerba Buena
SeriesDep. State Papers, Benicia (Custom House)
TomoI–VIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagepp. 217-18
Savage copy page132 / 8.
Scan leafn132
Document typeoficio (abstract, near-verbatim)
Sourceverbatim transcription

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How to cite this documentB. Diaz - al Admor. de Mont., Yerba Buena, 1844 Feb. 24, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Custom House), I–VIII, pp. 217-18, Archives of California, C-A 41, 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–VIII]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/ca41/ca41-d156.html
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