C-A 23 · Provincial Records, Tomos III–IV

Volume 23 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
Records1,807
Span1782–1800
Leaves594
Coveragecomplete (scan)
Scan completeness: 2 leaves of this volume (stamps 226, 228) are physically absent from the Internet Archive scan itself and can appear in no record. "Coverage: complete" means complete against the scan, not against the manuscript volume. The absent leaves are registered in the corrections file; the register is a floor, not a census. The originals burned in 1906, so this content is recoverable only from the physical volume at the Bancroft.
Coverage: ITEM-LEVEL COMPLETE end-to-end (Fin del Tomo IV), 2026-07-22 read / 2026-07-27 published. Tomo III (Fages, docs 1–141, n0–~n282; the 1783–84 Baja/fiscal tails docs 140–141 bounded) + 7 rich Tomo-IV marquee docs 142–148 + the full leaf-by-leaf Tomo IV Borica letterbook docs 149–455 (n283–n593, index-grain: each leaf a dated multi-item abstract). ⚠ Tomo IV orig-page resets to 1 (per-tomo dual page system); Savage col = corner stamp. A few marquee leaves also appear as index rows (dual-grain, both valid). (“partial” = routine runs bounded, not itemized; significant documents are.)

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