«Acusa recivo de nota de 17 de Marzo y dice pondra todo cuidado en instruir tropas y escoltas del Presidio en manejo de armas y ebuluciones [= evoluciones] militares haciendolas tirar al planco [= blanco] dos ó tres vezes por semana con consideracion á las seis libras polbora y seis plomo, y se pasa á cada soldado.» Target practice two or three times a week, budgeted against the six pounds of powder and six of lead issued to each soldier — a rare quantified statement of presidial marksmanship training and munition allowance.
| Date | 1789-03-26 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Arguello [José Darío Argüello] |
| To | Fages |
| Place | San Francisco |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | IX |
| Original tomo page | p.112 |
| Savage copy page | 84/82 |
| Scan leaf | n86 |
| Document type | letter (acusa recibo) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Arguello [José Darío Argüello] to Fages, San Francisco, 1789-03-26, Provincial State Papers, IX, p.112, 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-d30.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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