'Sobre obras de fortificación en San Francisco.' — Approves and closes the accounts of the SF habilitados Raymundo Carrillo & José Argüello for the works of *renovación del fuerte de San Joaquín* AND *la batería de Yerba Buena*. ⭐⭐ Confirms (a) the Castillo de San Joaquín was renovated c. 1800–02 and (b) a second SF battery at Yerba Buena (the cove) existed by then — SF coastal-defense chronology after the 1792 'one burst cannon.' → the presidio-decay dossier, the 1793 Bodega failure, the Bay Area borderlands dossier. *(Followed at p. 305–6 by a Feb 1 1802 order paying a small balance owed the SF presidio.)*
| Date | 1802, Jul 13, México (year) |
|---|---|
| From | Viceroy Marquina |
| To | acting Gov. |
| Series | State Papers, Sacramento |
| Tomo | I |
| Original tomo page | p.293–5 |
| Savage copy page | 65 |
| Scan leaf | n64 |
| Document type | Abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Viceroy Marquina to acting Gov., 1802, Jul 13, México, State Papers, Sacramento, I, p.293–5, Archives of California, C-A 54, 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/ca54/ca54-d64.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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