Informe sobre lugares a propósito para fundar nuevas Misiones* (see Expanded Entry 8) — the definitive…

State Papers, Missions, tomo I–V · BANC MSS C-A 50, document 162

*Informe sobre lugares a propósito para fundar nuevas Misiones* (see Expanded Entry 8) — the definitive site-selection synthesis of the five 1795 reconnaissances: (1) SD–SJC = 'Palú' [→ San Luis Rey]; (2) SG–SB = still undecided (candidate far from firewood) [→ San Fernando]; (3) SL–SA = 'las Pozas' [→ San Miguel]; (4) Monterey–Sta Clara = two sites, near 'San Bernardino' (N) or 'San Benito' (S) [→ San Juan Bautista]; (5) N of Sta Clara toward SF = the estuary site the explorers called 'San Francisco Solano' [→ San José]; all 'con bastante Gentilidad'

Date1796-01-12 (exact)
FromFr. Fermín de Lasuén
ToBorica
SeriesState Papers, Missions
TomoI–V (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagep.ii.267–69
Savage copy page192–194
Scan leafn191
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentFr. Fermín de Lasuén to Borica, 1796-01-12, State Papers, Missions, p.ii.267–69, Archives of California, C-A 50, 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–V]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/ca50/ca50-d162.html
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