Opposes opening Monterey to the Nao de China (per supor orn 1 Jul prior): «si se alzase la Prohibicion qe hay de desembarcar y vender en Monterey los efectos qe conduce la Nao de China, no resulturian utilidades ni ventajas a estas tropas, ni à las familias pobladoras». Situado goods suit the climate, China cloth «delgados»; free trade = «puerta franca» to greed; Monterey's 20-25 men would corner it. Encloses Neve's Instrucn Reservada Art.17.
| Date | 1787-02-18 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Pedro Fages |
| To | Sr Comte Gral. Dn Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola |
| Place | Presidio de San Diego (copy taken at Monterey, 20 Oct 1790) |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | IX |
| Original tomo page | pp. 640-41 |
| Savage copy page | 357/355 (spans 358/356, 359/357) |
| Scan leaf | n360 |
| Document type | informe (with covering letter; certified copy taken 1790) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Pedro Fages to Sr Comte Gral. Dn Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola, Presidio de San Diego (copy taken at Monterey, 20 Oct 1790), 1787-02-18, Provincial State Papers, IX, pp. 640-41, 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-d308.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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