Observations on the difficulties of founding the Villa de Branciforte (per Viceroy Branciforte's order…

Observations on the difficulties of founding the Villa de Branciforte (per Viceroy Branciforte's order, via P. Pres. Pedro Callejas) next to Mission Santa Cruz — Lasuén thinks founding a *villa* so near the mission all but 'imposible,' yet will obey; lists mission livestock issued to settlers (13 tame horses, 21 mares + 2 studs, 13 ox-yokes, 160 sheep, 232 ewes, 56 young bulls…); on Santa Cruz's poverty, ruined church & dwellings, grain shortage *(corrected — earlier mis-attributed to 'Borica→Viceroy'; read mid-document)*

Date	1797-05-05 (exact)
From	Fr. Fermín Lasuén (Mission San Carlos)
To	Coronel & Comte. Insp. Diego de Borica
Series	State Papers, Sacramento
Tomo	VI–IX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo page	p.vii.28–31 (abs. pp.~–72)
Savage copy page	166–169
Scan leaf	n165–n168
Document type	abstract
Source	Savage abstract

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How to cite this document

Fr. Fermín Lasuén (Mission San Carlos) to Coronel & Comte. Insp. Diego de Borica, 1797-05-05, State Papers, Sacramento, p.vii.28–31 (abs. pp.~–72), Archives of California, C-A 55, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [page interpolated; verify at the leaf] [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within VI–IX]

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