the HEMP / FLAX / NAVAL-CORDAGE dossier (2 chained México copies Borica assembled for the CA hemp project): (a) the 1793 royal hemp/flax cultivation instructions (México 14 Apr 1793, Director D. Luis Gálvez; retting, spadilla, tools 'como los del país' not Spain, the labradores weed with Indians 'de á dos reales,' an administrator + maestro carretero) — copied Parrilla/Bonilla → Borica; (b) the 1795 San Blas ARSENAL cordage report (Hijosa → Marqués de Branciforte, 21 May 1795: the arsenal spins pita/cáñamo into jarcias/cables/estopa for the ships, ~4,800 [arrobas] consumed/yr, the Veracruz *jarcia trozada*, oakum for caulking) — the Spanish naval-hemp initiative Borica pushed in Alta California. ⚠ n55 & n56 are the SAME leaf (Savage 56; n56 ink-blotted)
| Date | 1793 → copied 1795-11-27 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Diego Borica (Monterey) — 'es copia de su original de que certifico' |
| Series | Departmental State Papers, San José |
| Tomo | I–III (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.54–57 + 282–284 |
| Savage copy page | 55–59 |
| Scan leaf | n54–59 |
| Document type | abstract (copies) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Diego Borica (Monterey) — 'es copia de su original de que certifico', 1793 → copied 1795-11-27, Departmental State Papers, San José, I–III, p.54–57 + 282–284, Archives of California, C-A 44, 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–III]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/ca44/ca44-d52.html