founding report of Mission San Fernando Rey de España — on 8 Sep 1797 (Nativity of Mary) at the native site 'Achois Comihavit' between Missions San Buenaventura & San Gabriel, with Fr. Francisco Dumetz assisting & the assigned garrison; many gentiles present; blessed water/place/cross, sang the Litany/Mass/Te Deum; gentiles offered 5 children of each sex for baptism; dedicated to San Fernando, King of Spain (per Viceroy Branciforte; copy by Borica)
| Date | 1797-09-08 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Fr. Fermín Francisco de Lasuén |
| Place | San Fernando |
| Series | State Papers, Sacramento |
| Tomo | X–XIX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | 389–390 |
| Savage copy page | 364–365 |
| Scan leaf | n363–364 |
| Document type | abstract (mission-founding) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Fr. Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, San Fernando, 1797-09-08, State Papers, Sacramento, X–XIX, 389–390, Archives of California, C-A 56, 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 X–XIX]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/ca56/ca56-d422.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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