Long verbatim *dictamen* on the pearl-fishery leases (*buceo de perlas*) of the Tepoca coast & the Californias — see expanded entry. Three questions: (1) whether to auction the lease; (2) whether divers owe a *licencia* right beyond the royal fifth; (3) into which caja it's paid. Cites *Recopilación* lib. 4 tít. 25 leyes 29–30 (free pearl-fishing for vassals & *naturales* with permit, paying the fifth), R.O. 10 Apr 1777, Junta de México 1 Apr 1776, José de Gálvez's *instrucción* at La Paz 14 Apr 1769 (arts. 6, 14), the $13,000/yr offer of militia capt. Manuel García Morales, Fiscal of the Audiencia de México (8 Aug 1780), and a 1755 Panama-fishery cédula precedent
| Date | 1783-07-18 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Asesor Galindo Navarro |
| To | Caballero de Croix |
| Place | Arispe |
| Series | State Papers, Sacramento |
| Tomo | VI–IX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.i.51–67 |
| Savage copy page | 11–19 |
| Scan leaf | n10–n18 |
| Document type | extract/verbatim |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Asesor Galindo Navarro to Caballero de Croix, Arispe, 1783-07-18, State Papers, Sacramento, p.i.51–67, Archives of California, C-A 55, 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 VI–IX]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/ca55/ca55-d17.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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