On sailings and the picking of sailors for mission work. Verbatim: 'previnó al Com.te de Marina de San Blas, que cuando salgen Buques para ese destino, elijir los Marineros que puedan quedarse en el Soborio [word uncertain] y plantacion de Nuevas Misiones, de buenas costumbres, utiles y aplicados.' Gloss: crews for the California run are to be chosen so that men of good conduct, useful and industrious, can be left behind for the founding and planting of new missions.
| Date | 1790-12-14 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | El Conde de Revilla |
| To | Fages |
| Place | Monterey [so headed by Savage; the writer is in México] |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | IX |
| Original tomo page | p.450 |
| Savage copy page | 243/241 |
| Scan leaf | n244 |
| Document type | letter |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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El Conde de Revilla to Fages, Monterey [so headed by Savage; the writer is in México], 1790-12-14, Provincial State Papers, IX, p.450, Archives of California, C-A 5, 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/ca5/ca5-d251.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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