✎✓ LEAF-VERIFIED 2026-10-06 (n219, read at full resolution): the previous summary described a document that does not exist, and has been replaced in full. Savage's heading reads ‘1733 ⟦sic, for 1793⟧. Marzo 27. – S. Diego. / J. Joaq.n de Arrillaga – á José Argüello – Mont.’ His abstract, in full: «Previniéndole, no acceda á la solicitud de los dos desertores Ingleses de que habló en Carta del 2 del corriente, los cuales habían solicitado abrasar ⟦abrazar⟧ la Religión Católica, dando esta razon como motivo principal de su desercion: en el supuesto, de que debiendo S.E. determinar de ellos, era necesario aguardar hasta entonces ó no ser q.e sucediese antes peligro de muerte.» So: Arrillaga instructs Argüello not to grant the request of two English deserters who had asked to embrace the Catholic religion, giving that as the chief motive of their desertion. Because the Viceroy must rule on their disposal, Argüello is to wait until then, unless danger of death should intervene first. The record carries no reference to Bodega and none to any ship; neither word appears on the leaf. A separate letter of the same date, ca54-d74, concerns five English deserters and the terms of their delivery to Vancouver.
| Date | 1793-03-27 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | J. Joaquín de Arrillaga (San Diego) |
| To | José Argüello |
| Place | Mont. |
| Series | State Papers, Sacramento |
| Tomo | VI–IX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.vii.579+ |
| Savage copy page | 220 |
| Scan leaf | n219 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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J. Joaquín de Arrillaga (San Diego) to José Argüello, Mont., 1793-03-27, State Papers, Sacramento, p.vii.579+, 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-d258.html- Previously read Do NOT aid the two English ships at Bodega (those of his letter of the 2nd) who sought to resupply / harbored deserters — wait for the Viceroy's decision, 'á no ser que sucediese antes peligro de muerte.' Arrillaga's foreign-exclusion policy applied directly to Bodega, the policy follow-up to the Jan 1793 sighting.. Leaf-verified 2026-10-06 at full resolution. Savage's abstract in full: «Previniéndole, no acceda á la solicitud de los dos desertores Ingleses de que habló en Carta del 2 del corriente, los cuales habían solicitado abrasar ⟦abrazar⟧ la Religión Católica, dando esta razon como motivo principal de su desercion: en el supuesto, de que debiendo S.E. determinar de ellos, era necesario aguardar hasta entonces ó no ser q.e sucediese antes peligro de muerte.» Arrillaga instructs Argüello not to grant the request of two English deserters who had asked to be received into the Catholic Church, pending the Viceroy's decision, unless danger of death intervenes.