*Prevenciones contra hostilidades* — explains to the 1st artillery corporal the standing orders for the Punta de Guijarros battery: the corporal & 4 of his piquete (5th as cook) alternate the guard with the Volunteers every 24 h, keeping a live sentinel at the battery day & night watching the harbour-mouth (bocana del Estrecho); on sighting a sail, leather-jacket soldier rides with the report; if a ship nears at dawn without answering the signal, raise the flag & fire a cannon-shot; weekly drills; had 4 leather cases made to keep cannon-cartridges dry in the battery
| Date | 1797-05-11 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Grajera |
| To | Borica |
| Place | San Diego |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XVI |
| Original tomo page | 1039–1042 |
| Scan leaf | n270–n271 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Grajera to Borica, San Diego, 1797-05-11, Provincial State Papers, XVI, 1039–1042, Archives of California, C-A 9, 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/ca9/ca9-d477.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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