Continuation-through-end of a very long letter on the presidio supply crisis: 'V.P. está palpando pr sus mismas ojos los sacrific.s q.e la tropa está sufriendo en estos días lóbregos é infaustos'; troops have 'sin mas estipendio p.r ahora q.e un poco de maiz, frijol &c. p.a su manutenc.n'; attacks R.P. Fr. Geronimo Boscana whose replies to the S. Diego habilitado are 'mas denigrativas q.e satisfactorias', quoting his underlined refusal 'esta Misión no suministrará cosa alguna, mientras no se pague su justo valor al tiempo de la entrega'; quotes in full the S. Gabriel reply of 9 Feb 1824 to 'Sr. D.n Santiago Argüello' signed 'Fr. José M.a de Zalvidea = Fr. Je Sanchez': the mission 'tiene contratado el Sr. Macala y Hartnell, toda la manteca de res, y puerco á 3 p.s la prim.a y á 4 la seg.da', 'Los Bueyes todos estan muriendo, la mulada toda perdida'; the governor retorts that prices must follow 'el Arancel provisional' approved by 'la Ex.ma Diputac.n Provinc.l', not 'la contrata de Macala y Hartnell q.e vienen p.a regatear y hacer su negoc.o'; poor soldiers earn 'no es mas de 1/2 r.l como cualq.a Presidario ó forzado' and some 'han pedido alg.s sus licencias absolutas'; also relays identical complaints from 'el Sub.te del Cuerpo Nac.l de Art.a D.n José Ramirez Com.te del Piq.te'; closes 'parece q.e todas las furias infernales se han unanimado p.a trastornarla' and lets the Arancel stand this year 'q.e p.a el venidero (Dios Mediante) se reformará' (gloss: mission-vs-presidio supply war of 1824, with the McCulloch & Hartnell tallow contract as flashpoint)
| Date | 1824 (heading precedes n316; cites mission replies of 9 & 12 Feb 1824) |
|---|---|
| From | Argüello |
| To | P. Presid.te (V.P.; heading on earlier leaf) |
| Place | Monterey (inferred) |
| Series | Departmental Records |
| Tomo | I |
| Original tomo page | pp.238-49 |
| Savage copy page | 313/312. (span to 319/318.) |
| Scan leaf | n316-n322 |
| Document type | carta (long report-letter) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Argüello to P. Presid.te (V.P.; heading on earlier leaf), Monterey (inferred), 1824 (heading precedes n316; cites mission replies of 9 & 12 Feb 1824), Departmental Records, I, pp.238-49, Archives of California, C-A 46, 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/ca46/ca46-d450.html