The 1795 artisan-instruction contracts (habilitado-gen. Manuel Cárcaba, per Viceroy's order 19 Jun) — full text w/ each master's biography (see E20): Sastre (tailor) Joaquín Botello (San Felipe, Valencia; 32; $1,000/yr + ⅛ of output), Listonero (ribbon) Manuel Muñoz (Puebla; 30; single; $500), Alfarero/Lozero (potter) Mariano Tapia (Puebla; 38; wife Leonarda Benites $10/mo; $500), Tejedor de lo ancho Mariano José Mendoza (México; 40; wife Antolina Soto $15/mo; $600) — 5-yr terms, ⅛ of output, to teach the *naturales*, travel at Crown cost w/ the troop under Pedro Alberni. Signed 6 Aug 1795 (witnesses Cadet Manuel Rodríguez & Ramón Pérez); ratified by Bonilla 3 Oct. ⚠ Botello = tailor here (cf. C-A 16/54 'mason Botello' — reconcile)
| Date | 1795-10-03 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Branciforte (México) |
| To | Gov. of Cal. |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XIII |
| Original tomo page | xiii.86–99 |
| Savage copy page | (36)–(42) |
| Scan leaf | n254–n260 |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Branciforte (México) to Gov. of Cal., 1795-10-03, Provincial State Papers, xiii.86–99, Archives of California, C-A 7, 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/ca7/ca7-d362.html