Papel de puntos, pts 19–33+: (19–20) ⭐ foreign-ship-trade control — the memorias kept closed while ships…

Provincial State Papers, tomo X–XI · BANC MSS C-A 6, document 155

Papel de puntos, pts 19–33+: (19–20) ⭐ foreign-ship-trade control — the memorias kept closed while ships are in port (to stop the troops/settlers bartering their clothing in the *cambalache*), commanders to watch the sailors to prevent scandal with the Indians; (21–22) ⭐⭐ the incorrigible LA/San-José settlers — Sebastián Albitre & Francisco Ávila (jailed ~6 yrs for 'excesos con las indias,' then made pobladores; Albitre fled with a Sta Clara neophyte 3 months among the Gentiles; Ávila accused of 'crimen bestial'), José Antonio Navarro (amancebamiento) — prominent early-Angeleno family names; (23) ⭐ José Antonio Pedraza, the Luzón-regiment (Manila) deserter off the 1786 Nao de Filipinas, left on the beach, kept in Fages's garden, later jailed for a crime w/ a Carmelo neophyte (fuller version of Doc 81); (24–27) the officer/habilitación reshuffle after Tte. José Joaquín Moraga's death (SF founder) — ⭐ Sal's 'quiebra' (default) imputed by the ayudante but then cleared, Ramón Lasso's 2nd default (docked to 2 r/day), Ayudante-Inspector Nicolás Soler retired & owing 7,000+ p, then died; (28–29) the Loreto/company revistas; (30) ⭐ 4,000 pesos to each of Monterey/SD/SF to gratify the troops who built the presidios; (31) ⭐⭐ THIS (Monterey) presidio concluded but its *tule-thatch (Jacal de tule)* roofs BURNED 11 Aug 1789 — rebuilding improved, Indians + San José Gentiles volunteering, a church-with-tower replacing the one on the plaza; (32) ⭐⭐⭐ construction state of all 4 presidios: San Francisco 'poco ha adelantado… por la escasez de madera y mala dirección'; Santa Bárbara concluded but a short stretch; San Diego nearly done; (33) the 1789 fire burned Real-Hacienda goods. ⏳ continues past n167

Date1791-02-26 (exact)
FromPedro Fages
ToRomeu
PlaceMonterey
SeriesProvincial State Papers
TomoX
Original tomo pagep.…
Savage copy page159–166+
Scan leafn160–n167
Document typeextract (multi-point)
SourceSavage abstract

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