VERBATIM: «Sin fecha ni lugar / Sin firma / Extracto de la alianza entre la España yla Republica francesa firmada en S.n Yldefonso à 2 de Fructidor (23 de Agosto) y ratificada en 26 del mismo por el consejo delos Ancianos en Paris», followed by «(En seguida del titulo que precede, va lo siguiente):». A SELECTIVE extract, not the whole treaty: it begins at article 4 and copies only arts. 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15 and 18. Art. 4, «Dentro de 3 meses que se contaran desde el momento de la requisicion, la parte requerida aprontará 15 navios de linea; 3 de á 3 puentes ó de 80 Cañones y 12 de 70 ó 74», plus 6 frigates provisioned 6 months and rigged for a year. Art. 5, the copy reads «189 infantes y 69 Caballos» for Europe or for the defence of the contracting parties' colonies in the Gulf of America (the treaty's actual figures are 18,000 infantry and 6,000 cavalry, so Savage's numerals are abbreviated or miscopied; recorded here as written). Art. 18, «Siendo la Inglaterra la unica potencia Contra quien la España tiene quejas directas, la presente alianza solo tendrá su ejecucion contra ella durante la guerra actual, y la España quedará neutral respecto á las demas potencias armadas contra la Francia.» Savage's own dating «à 2 de Fructidor (23 de Agosto)» is transcribed as written; 2 Fructidor an IV is in fact 19 August 1796
| Date | 1796-08-18? (inferred) |
|---|---|
| From | Treaty of San Ildefonso |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XIV |
| Original tomo page | p.276–278 |
| Savage copy page | 92–94 |
| Scan leaf | n88–n90 |
| Document type | verbatim |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Treaty of San Ildefonso, 1796-08-18?, Provincial State Papers, XIV, p.276–278, Archives of California, C-A 8, 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/ca8/ca8-d147.html- Three corrections. (1) PAGES: the extract closes on n90 (stamp 94) at «pp. 276-278»; the row cited p.281–286. (2) DATE: the row read 1795-08-18. The Treaty of San Ildefonso — the Franco-Spanish alliance the row itself names — is of August 1796, and the surrounding leaves are 1796 material; the copy is undated and unplaced («Sin fecha ni lugar / Sin firma») and gives only «á 2 de Fructidor (23 de Agosto) y ratificada en 26 del mismo por el consejo de los Ancianos en Paris», so the year is supplied from the treaty's identity, not transcribed from the leaf. (3) CONTENT: the row glossed art. 18 as «mutual navigation rights». It is not — art. 18 provides that England being the only power against whom Spain has direct grievances, the alliance shall operate against her alone during the present war, Spain remaining neutral toward the other powers armed against France. The summary now carries the articles as transcribed (4, 5, 18). ⚠ FOURTH correction, found by an adversarial re-read 2026-09-09: the row's own VERBATIM quotation was mistranscribed. Savage writes «Yldefonso» with a capital Y, joins his words as «yla Republica» and «delos Ancianos», and accents «à 2 de Fructidor». The copy is also a SELECTIVE extract beginning at article 4 (arts. 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18 only), not the whole treaty. And the row previously glossed art. 5 as «18,000 infantry and 6,000 horse»: the manuscript reads «189 infantes y 69 Caballos». Those are the treaty's real figures abbreviated or miscopied, but the record now carries what Savage wrote, with the discrepancy noted.