Previously uncatalogued — recovered by the 2026-08-27 coverage audit

Superior Government State Papers, Benicia, tomo XIX–XXI · BANC MSS C-A 58, document 115

Previously uncatalogued — recovered by the 2026-08-27 coverage audit: the document lay inside the declared span of a grouped entry covering n101-n116, which had passed every completeness check while concealing it. Heading verbatim: '+ 1838. Oct. 20. Mej.o / Gorostiza / Decreto sobre habilitacion de puertos nuevos — p. 300.' [= 1838 - October 20 - Mexico. Gorostiza. Decree on the habilitation of new ports.] Decree on opening (habilitating) new ports to trade. Directly relevant to the California port-habilitation question.

Date1838-10-20 (exact)
FromGorostiza (Hacienda) / general decree
PlaceMexico
SeriesSuperior Government State Papers, Benicia
TomoXIX–XXI (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagep. 300
Savage copy page102 [stamp] / 24 [ink]
Scan leafn101
Document typeacta / abstract
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentGorostiza (Hacienda) / general decree, Mexico, 1838-10-20, Superior Government State Papers, Benicia, XIX–XXI, p. 300, Archives of California, C-A 58, 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 XIX–XXI]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/ca58/ca58-d115.html
The 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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