C-A 24 · Provincial Records, Tomos V–VII

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.

Notable documents

• 1794-11-23 · Borica → Com.te de la Escolta de Santa Cruz — ✓ VERIFIED vs scan n23 at full res (2026-07-08) — RESERVED (header: *'Que prohiba el desembarque de individuos Yngleses, esta comunicación es reservada'*): the 3 boats from the English ships at Monterey come for *bituallas*; the commander shall receive them 'en términos de atención y buen modo que escuse permitir el que ninguno de los… (orig. p. 25–26) manuscript scan ↗
• 1794-12-01 · Borica → Com.te SF — ✓ VERIFIED vs scans n26–27 at full res (2026-07-08; dateline crop = '1794 Dbre 1.º Monterey' — the [?] resolved, it's 1.º not 16, so issued while Vancouver still lay at Monterey, sailed 2 Dec) — RESERVED (header: 'Sobre el modo de recibir los Buqs Estrangs — Reservado'): *'Mi oficio del 12 de Nov.e pasado que trata sobre el modo de… (orig. p. 28–29) manuscript scan ↗
• 1795-05-04 · Borica → Com.te SF — *muerte de siete indios* — the death of 7 Mission SF Indians 'sacrificados al furor de los Gentiles de la otra banda del estero' [= the 1795 Mission Dolores massacre; cf. C-A 7 Danti/Sacalan arc]; Borica will go to that Port/Mission (orig. p. 52) manuscript scan ↗
• 1795-12-13 · Borica → Sal (Comte. SF) — ✎✓ VERIFIED vs scan n76 at full res (2026-07-08) — TWO catalog misreadings CORRECTED: verbatim = *'Ordena que con mucha reserva y maña averigüe si en la Costa hay ó ha habido barcos estrangeros, y le avise 'lo cierto como cierto y lo dudoso como dudoso;' valiéndose para ello de Indios de Rancherías colindantes. Recomienda la conveniencia… (orig. p. 80–81) manuscript scan ↗
• 1796-02-03 · Borica → Sal (Comte. SF) — ✎✓ VERIFIED vs scan n80 at full res (2026-07-08) — misreading CORRECTED: verbatim = 'Enterado p.r el indio de la nación Guirmenes que no ha visto Barco Estrangero en Bodega y sus inmediaciones vá para 2 años; previene se tenga á ese indio contento, para que continúe siendo amigable' — ✎ 'Enterado p.r el indio' (informed BY the Indian),… (orig. p. 90–93) manuscript scan ↗
• 1796-10-26→12-08 · Borica → Comandantes (SF/SB/SD) & Argüello — keep cartridges/powder dry (defense readiness); 2 Christian Indians apprehended for killing a cow (punish per the Bando); 4-mo. grillete for an SF Indian taking married women 'á la otra banda'; ⭐⭐⭐ on the foreign ships 'que andan en solicitud de pieles… como… el Americano' — Borica told the Sta Bárbara cabo he had 'orden de… (orig. p. 139–140) manuscript scan ↗
• 1797-07-21 · Borica → Pedro Amador / Argüello — the 1797 recovery expedition resolving the 1795 Mission Dolores massacre — Amador's expedition made the Spanish arms respected by the 'indios Socalanos [Sacalan] y gentiles'; recovered 83[/58?] Christians of all ages/sexes + captured 9 Gentiles who took part in the killing of the SF Indians 'á fines de 95'; 9 Gentiles killed for not… (orig. p. 172–174) manuscript scan ↗
• 1794-11-21/28 · Borica → Antonio Grajera (SD) — report what gifts Capt. José Vancouver made to the [San Diego] presidio when he arrived, what remains, & what was done with them; + Tte. Juan Perdíguez's illness; invalid bonifications (orig. p. 300) manuscript scan ↗
• 1797-06-08 · Borica → Com.te San Diego — war-contingency defense instructions for San Diego (full text): save all possible powder & ball-cartridges for guerrilla actions & as a last resort; if forced to evacuate, hand over the sacred vessels, church ornaments, archives & most precious effects and destroy the provisions but never burn the presidio (lest the enemy do it); keep… (orig. p. 443–444) manuscript scan ↗
• 1797-08-03→19 · Borica → Com.te San Diego / Ramón Lasso — index: spare escopetas from Las Cuestas to arm the troop; frezadas & 3 indios; ⭐⭐⭐ Borica: the Christian Indians 'han sido maltratados en la misión de San Francisco,' and this has been publicized among the gentiles, 'que por eso se resiste el que se vengan á Dios' — the mistreatment must be prevented lest it harm the state & religion… (orig. p. 477–479) manuscript scan ↗
• 1798-07-09→08-16 · Borica → Com.te San Diego — Indians captured & 4 baptized; despatch the effects to relieve the SF troop; habilitación; ⭐⭐⭐ Borica acks the founding of Misión San Luis Rey de Francia on 13 June 1798 ('en el paraje… al Viejo'), with 54 párvulos of both sexes baptized that same day, voluntarily presented by their parents — the accomplished founding (payoff of Docs… (orig. p. 510–513) manuscript scan ↗
• 1799-03-08→11 · Borica → Com.te San Diego / Antonio Grajera — estados de servicio & padrones received; ⭐⭐⭐ the 'monstrous birth' investigation — per Grajera's private letter (18 Feb) from S. Juan Capistrano, an india of the mission reportedly 'parió una perra prieta' (gave birth to a black she-dog) on the 3rd, which the Indians killed & buried in the camposanto until the friars had it exhumed &… (orig. p. 529–530) manuscript scan ↗
• 1799-05-20→06-05 · Borica → Com.te San Diego — soldiers with the SM-required service time to be proposed for inválido; ⭐⭐⭐ 'Justificación de la India que parió una perra — Copia Archivada' (the SJC monstrous-birth investigation completed & archived, 24 May); order to the SD friars on the juridical handling; ⭐⭐ Borica sentences some Indians for a homicide — the principal to 8 years'… (orig. p. 533–534) manuscript scan ↗
• 1796-07-11 · Borica → Arrillaga — Alberni's SF-defense & settlement reconnaissance: Borica celebrates Alberni's arrival 'á buen tiempo para tranquilizar… la frontera'; the Engineer must arrange the puntos de defensa at San Francisco & examine the terrain 'para hacer el mapa lo menos mal que pueda'; ⭐ Alberni reconnoitered 'los terrenos… buenos para población de… (orig. p. 657–658) manuscript scan ↗
• 1796-11-27 · Borica → Arrillaga — congratulates Arrillaga on his 3rd frontier sortie (the reconnaissance diary; Sta Catalina/Catarina proposed for a settlement); ⭐ Borica 'ya no quiere hablar de castigo, y el mal método de esas reducciones' (weary of the punishment method in the reductions); ⭐⭐⭐ an American frigate 'llena de necesidades' from Bahía Botánica [Botany Bay]… (orig. p. 673–675) manuscript scan ↗
• 1798-10-30 · Borica → Virrey Azanza — KEYSTONE — 'Sobre medios para impedir el deterioro de la Indiada neófita' (see Expanded Entry): Borica proposes a fixed regulation ('pauta fija') of the friars' temporal management of neophytes — catechization, food & clothing per mission means, family housing, dormitories for grown girls, infirmaries, labor by season/age/health, work… (orig. p. 429–439) manuscript scan ↗
• 1798 Dic 22 / Dic 24 · Borica → Virrey — 'Presunto de desertores de buque estrang.º' — 4 crew deserted from an American ship arrived at Punta de los Ánimos; taken to S. Diego; the American ship, capt. 'Huarte' (~Wirt?) — tripulac.ⁿ 21 hombres, con 6 pedreros y 6 cañones a 6, y era provincia de Londonderry(?) e iba á Europa; gave some supplies to mis. S. Tomás; sgto. José Ruiz… (orig. p. pp. 463–4; +) manuscript scan ↗
• 1795 Nov 3 / Oct 9 / Oct 9 · Borica → P. Antº Danti; →P. Martín Landaeta; →P. Cay. Pallás — Nov 3 'Tratamiento de Indios' — verbatim below; Oct 9 Landaeta sin importancia; Oct 9 to Pallás: obeying superior order, grants license to P. Jorge Calvo to retire, orders Arrillaga permit his departure (orig. p. p. 604; 607–8; +) manuscript scan ↗

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