Records507
Span1780–1787
Leaves474
Coveragecomplete
Manuscript scans: this volume on the Internet Archive (digitized microfilm of the Savage transcripts).
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Notable documents
- 1787-11-03 · Nicolás Soler (Ayudante Inspector, Monterey) → Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola — Soler's presidio-inspection report ('Informe sobre la atención, Policía y Gobierno') — a ~40-numbered-point reform memorandum (the report Fages answers in Doc 3): situado arrears, moving the Loreto company to San Diego, mission-supply replacing San Blas imports, freeing the troops from cattle-faenas, citing Felipe de Neve's prior… (orig. p. v.15–24) manuscript scan ↗
- 1784-12-23 · José Moraga (SF) → Fages — ✓ VERIFIED vs scan n104–n105 (2026-07-25); title = 'Sobre Reses muertas y pérdida de un Buque'; THREE parts, and 2 abstract errors fixed. (1) Gentiles found dead cattle at the Punta de Almejas (one res run aground with a rope on its horns), eaten by the Gentiles — a sergeant's party brought back hide bearing no brand. (2) On 12 Nov the… (orig. p. v.210–212) manuscript scan ↗
- 1785-05-04 · Pedro Fages — ✓ VERIFIED vs scan n134 (2026-07-25) — 2 abstract errors fixed: ship's alias = 'el Hércules' (was mistranscribed 'El Hombre'); commander = 'Conde de San Donás' (was 'San Denis'); of the Casa de Ostáriz. The wreck of the Macao ship 'San Francisco de Paula alias el Hércules' at the Bahía de San José del Cabo (3 Nov 1784): from Macao (East… (orig. p. v.277–278) manuscript scan ↗
- 1785-04-27 · José Velásquez — DIARY of Gov. Fages's 1785 expedition — reconnaissance + PUNITIVE campaign — from San Diego across the Sierra to the mouth of the Colorado & back (~21 days; via the Anza-route landmarks Sta Olaya / Cerritos de San Pedro y San Pablo / the Yumas), reconnoitering the desert nations (Cocopás, Camillares, Guycomaes, Bagiopas, Cajenches,… (orig. p. v.401–417) manuscript scan ↗
- 1782-02-22 · José de Gálvez → José de Basco — ✓ VERIFIED vs scan n227 (2026-07-06): '1782 El Pardo Febrero 22 — Real Orden sobre navegación'; the San José off Punta de Año Nuevo 11 Oct 1779, skipped Monterey → Cabo San Lúcas → Acapulco 'en contravención de repetidas Reales órdenes'; galleons 'tengan precisamᵗᵉ [escala] en el Puerto de Monterey, obligándose á ello ántes de salir de… (orig. p. v.430–431) manuscript scan ↗
- 1786-09-26 · Goycoechea (Santa Bárbara) → Fages — Holds the bando for collecting sea-otter & sea-lion (Lobos Marinos) pelts (by R.O. 2 Jun 1785 the Conde de Gálvez, Viceroy, transmitted; Fages inserted 5 Oct), published in the escorts/jurisdiction — and reports that 'en la Fragata Princesa vendrá el Caballero Comisionado Don Vicente Vasadre, quien me entregará dinero para dicho… (orig. p. vi.105–107) manuscript scan ↗
- 1786-03-24 · José Antonio Rengel (Chihuahua) → Fages — ✓ VERIFIED vs scan n373 (2026-07-06); ✎ scan-start corrected n372→n373 (n372 is the tail of Doc 411's Baja El-Encino/San-Francisco-Solano text — the old range wrongly overlapped it & mis-pointed the link). Header verbatim 'Sobre fundación de la Misión de la Concepción': Fages 'en oficio de 2 de Junio del año último informó… reconoció el… (orig. p. vi.244–245) manuscript scan ↗
- 1786-08-27 · Vicente Vasadre y Vega (frigate *Princesa*, Bahía de Monterey) → Fages — The otter-monopoly Comisionado's own letter: encloses 2 viceregal oficios; frames his commission as supplying quicksilver (Azogues) to New Spain — 'Ramo Principal de la subsistencia de España' — via the pelt trade; fair advance prices to sellers, funds from the San Blas treasury; writes 'de la Fragata Princesa al ancla en la Bahía de… (orig. p. vi.295–297) manuscript scan ↗
- 1786-08-27 · Fages (Monterey) — *bando* — THE sea-otter/sea-lion-pelt monopoly BANDO (per R.O. 2 Jun 1785, via Viceroy Conde de Gálvez 7 Mar): establishing 'un comercio recíproco entre estas costas y la China,' exchanging pelts for Asian azogue — the project 'propuso á Su Majestad Don Vicente Vasadre y Vega'; the mission Presidents to direct the Missionaries to collect pelts &… (orig. p. vi.298+) manuscript scan ↗
- 1786-08-31 · Fages (Monterey) — *tarifa* — The official sea-otter-pelt PRICE SCHEDULE (of the King's account; 'Tarifa de los precios á que por ahora han de satisfacerse de cuenta de S.M. las pieles de nutria'): 3 classes (1ª = piel de 1¼ vara; 2ª = de á vara; 3ª = de ¾) × negra/color × curtida/cruda, 4 price points each — 1ª: 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 pesos; 2ª: 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 pesos; 3ª: 5 /… (orig. p. vi.303) manuscript scan ↗
- 1786-08-14 · Fages (Monterey) → José Argüello — Instructions for the repartimiento de tierras (land distribution) at the Pueblo of Los Ángeles + tithe collection: Argüello commissioned (by an attached Mandamiento) to distribute the LA lands per the plan he drew when the pueblo was erected, following the San José precedent (⚠ Savage writes 'á lo practicado en el Presidio de San… (orig. p. vi.310–312) manuscript scan ↗
- 1786-06-08 · José Francisco de Ortega (Rosario) — *memorial de méritos y servicios* — ✓ opening VERIFIED vs scan n434 (2026-07-06): header 'Misión del Rosario… Ortega… sobre méritos y servicios militares'; 'solicita… el descanso que por su avanzada edad y grosura de cuerpo requiere'; service '30 años 8 meses en esta Península… de soldado 10 meses 2 días; de Cabo 2 años 6 meses 6 días; de Sargento 14 años 6 meses 4 días' —… (orig. p. vi.344–350) manuscript scan ↗
- 1786-01-23 · Conde de Gálvez (Viceroy) → Fages — THE FOUNDING VICEREGAL ORDER of the Vasadre sea-otter monopoly: per R.O. 2 Jun 1785, the Superior Gov. examined Vicente Vasadre y Vega's project for 'un comercio recíproco con las Chinas cambiando Pieles de Nutrias y Lobos Marinos… por Azogues de la Asia' — and, per the Tribunal de Minería & Fernando Mangino (Superintendent-General of… (orig. p. vi.426–427) manuscript scan ↗
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