'La Purisima.' [La Purisima]. The church is 25 varas long and 6 1/2 wide, flagged, with jacal roof and…

State Papers, Missions, tomo I–V · BANC MSS C-A 50, document 79

'La Purisima.' [La Purisima]. The church is 25 varas long and 6 1/2 wide, flagged, with jacal roof and walls of adobes, the sacristy and baptistery the same. Various jewels, scanty ornaments and some clothing. The fathers' house is of adobe, spacious; library of 200 volumes; utensils for carpentry and a forge; and an account of the livestock and agricultural property. Note this is the BAJA California Purisima, distinct from the Alta California mission of the same name whose 1792 census stands at n103.

Date1793 (year)
Fromnot stated in Savage's abstract
PlaceMision de La Purisima, Baja California
SeriesState Papers, Missions
TomoI–V (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagep.618-23
Savage copy page108 / 106 to 109 / 107
Scan leafn107-n108
Document typemission inventory (Savage abstract)
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentnot stated in Savage's abstract, Mision de La Purisima, Baja California, 1793, State Papers, Missions, I–V, p.618-23, 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-d79.html
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