C-A 1 · Provincial State Papers, Tomos I–II

Volume 1 of the Archives of California (BANC MSS C-A, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley) — Thomas Savage’s 1876–77 copies of the Spanish/Mexican-era government records of Alta California. The originals burned in 1906; these transcripts are the sole record. ← Search the full catalog · All volumes
Records223
Item-level223
Span1767–1787
Leaves415
Coveragecomplete
Coverage: FULL item-level read COMPLETE 2026-07-26 (Opus 4.8): doc_ids 1–223, n0–n414 (n415 = misbound duplicate Tomo I title). Upgrade of the prior 51-record gap-sample. Two tomos w/ independent page systems: Tomo I (PSP Tom.I 1767–77, n0–n287) + Tomo II (PSP Tom.II 1778–80, n288–n414, orig pagination restarts). The founding archive of Alta California (Sacred Expedition, San Diego 1775 revolt + P. Luis Jayme, San José/Los Ángeles/Santa Bárbara founding dossier, Neve's 1779 Reglamento). (“partial” = routine runs bounded, not itemized — significant documents are.)

Manuscript scans: this volume on the Internet Archive (digitized microfilm of the Savage transcripts).

Printable finding aid (PDF) — the full one-line record list with provenance, for offline use and circulation.

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