C-A 4 · Provincial State Papers

Volume 4 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
Records450
Span1773–1788
Leaves322
Coveragecomplete
Coverage: Item-level complete, n0–n321 (278 docs). Consolidated flat catalog 2026-08-02: front half Docs 1–159 (n1–n102) from the survey; Soler libro Docs 160–256 (n103–n200) item-leveled (previously 18 summary rows, now 97); back half Docs 257–278 (n202–n321) survey base + 4 Tomo-VIII leaves (n213 the 1788 Fages price arancel, n221, n305, n315). ⚠ per-tomo orig-page resets → 7/35 Bancroft cites need per-tomo page pinning (known follow-up; does not affect the records). (“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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