THE SAN FRANCISCO PRESIDIO CONDITION REPORT + a hand-drawn MEASURED FLOOR PLAN (Savage copied Sal's drawing, n234): room-by-room w/ dimensions — sala de diversión, cuartel, 2 calabozos, ropa & víveres almacenes, the Comandante's houses, iglesia (19½ varas), casa mata (powder), sargento's house (the lienzos: 114 varas N-facing, 134 varas E-facing). Verbatim condition report (n235): *'Los almacenes son de piedra y lodo, sin amarre alguno, y expuestos á una ruina'*; the guard/barracks walls *'muy desplomadas'* propped with stone buttresses 'por sostenerlas'; the sergeant's house *'viniendo abajo'*; the church walls *'desplomadas y deterioradas'*; ALL roofs of *zacate ó tule* 'tan sumamente expuestos á un incendio'; the winds (NE summer, S/SE winter) *'como fuertes huracanes'* wrecking the roofs in *'trabajo inacabable'*; *'las fuerzas son pocas… lo más del año se halla este sin más fuerza que el sargento ó un cabo y la guardia de plantón'*; exposed to fire, short of arms
| Date | 1792-03-11 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Hermenegildo Sal |
| To | Romeu |
| Place | San Francisco |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XI |
| Original tomo page | p.74–… |
| Savage copy page | XI:49–51 |
| Scan leaf | n233–n235 |
| Document type | transcription + plan |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Hermenegildo Sal to Romeu, San Francisco, 1792-03-11, Provincial State Papers, XI, p.74–…, Archives of California, C-A 6, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.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/ca6/ca6-d190.html- Previously read "Domingo Olvera vs. Fr. José Lapuente" debt dispute.. Case header (n266): "diferencias entre el P. Lafuente y Domingo Otero."