Cordero reports having taken charge of the mission's interests «despues de algunos obstáculos», and asks…

State Papers, Missions, tomo VI–XI · BANC MSS C-A 51, document 248

Cordero reports having taken charge of the mission's interests «despues de algunos obstáculos», and asks leave to slaughter cattle for neophyte rations and to put gente de razón to work: «Pide permiso para matar ganado pª suministrar raciones á los neófitos, qe. estan en mal estado pr. la escacés de aguas, y pª asociar á estos algunos de razon en las obras del establecimiento.» [drought + starving neophytes]. Savage marks it «(2 Docs)». FIRST doc of Tomo IX (orig. p.1).

Date1841-02-28 (exact)
FromMiguel Cordero
ToGob. Alvarado
PlaceSanta Inés
SeriesState Papers, Missions
TomoIX
Original tomo pagep.1-3
Savage copy page178/1
Scan leafn178
Document typeletter
SourceSavage abstract

Read this leaf on the Internet Archive ↗ · leaf n178

How to cite this documentMiguel Cordero to Gob. Alvarado, Santa Inés, 1841-02-28, State Papers, Missions, IX, p.1-3, Archives of California, C-A 51, 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/ca51/ca51-d248.html
The 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.
See something wrong? Corrections are reviewed against the leaf and published in the errata register on this very page, with credit.
← doc 247All 468 documents in C-A 51doc 249 →