Leaf-verified 2026-09-22, previously UNCATALOGUED: the leaf had been claimed by the grouped d149–d164 series, so no earlier check had seen this document. ⭐⭐ VERBATIM HEADING: «1796 = Marzo 12 = Sta Barbara / F. Goycoechea a D. Borica / Descubrimiento de metales de azogue». SUBSTANCE: Sargento José María Ortega reports finding a vein of quicksilver ore in the cerro de la Laguna Larga, on the edge of the beach; Goycoechea went to inspect it, and asks what is to be done with the ore «para mas agrado de S.M.».
| Date | 1796-03-12 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Felipe de Goycoechea |
| To | Diego de Borica |
| Place | Santa Bárbara |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XIV |
| Original tomo page | pp.381–382 |
| Savage copy page | 108 / 107 |
| Scan leaf | n104 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Felipe de Goycoechea to Diego de Borica, Santa Bárbara, 1796-03-12, Provincial State Papers, XIV, pp.381–382, 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-d492.htmlThe 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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