Records266
Item-level266
Span1772–1829
Leaves516
Coveragecomplete
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
- 1793-03-27, San Diego · interim Gov. José Joaquín de Arrillaga → José [Darío] Argüello, Comandante de Monterey — ⭐⭐⭐ "Sobre entrega de marineros desertores ingleses": "Dispone que no entregue los 5 desertores ingleses á ningún buque de esa nación que no sea del mando de Vancouver, y á éste solo cuando pague sus gastos." Anglo-Spanish policy on the English deserter sailors held at Monterey between Vancouver's visits — delivery restricted to… (orig. p. 482) manuscript scan ↗
- 1792-10-31 · Hermenegildo Sal, Comandante (San Francisco) → Tte. Gob. José Joaquín de Arrillaga — ⭐⭐⭐ THE BOUNDARY LETTER: Sal reports his talks with Bodega y Quadra (comandante of San Blas) — the situado ship to call at SF henceforth; the presidio has 'un cañón, y ese reventado' (one cannon, and that one burst) where 10–12 are needed at the Cantil Blanco; Quadra to send 4–5 cannon on the goleta *Saturnina* + 5 quintals of fine… (orig. p. 657–8) manuscript scan ↗
- 1792-11-14, San Francisco (arrival "ayer al meterse el sol") · [unsigned — Sgt. Pedro Amador per Savage's note, or Tte. Hermenegildo Sal per the pencil emendation] → Gob. int. Arrillaga — ⭐⭐⭐ THE VANCOUVER-ARRIVAL DISPATCH: "ayer al meterse el sol entró en este puerto la fragᵃ de S.M.B. nombrada la 'Descubierta' (sic) del mando del Capᵗᵃⁿ de navío Dⁿ Jorge Vancouver, quien fondeó como á una legua más abajo del Presidio frente del parage que llamamos la Yerba buena." Vancouver's packet forwarded same date to Bodega y… (orig. p. 618–21) manuscript scan ↗
- 1793, Mar 16, San Francisco · Hermenegildo Sal → acting Gov. Arrillaga — (orig. p. 682–7) manuscript scan ↗
- 1792, Nov 30, San Francisco · Hermenegildo Sal → acting Gov. Arrillaga — (orig. p. 264–319) manuscript scan ↗
- 1780, 1793, 1835 — Doc III-18 — 1793 armament report + musters. (orig. p. 622–718,) manuscript scan ↗
- 1793, Oct 31, San Francisco · Sal → Arrillaga — (orig. p. 96–97) manuscript scan ↗
- 1808 + n.d. (report) — Doc IV-26 — long report on California's fiscal/comisaría system + the case for DIVIDING the Californias. (orig. p. 38–53,) manuscript scan ↗
- 1793, Apr 30, San Francisco · Hermenegildo Sal → Gov. Arrillaga — (orig. p. 27–31) manuscript scan ↗
- 1796, Aug, México · Branciforte (relaying Godoy) → Borica — (orig. p. 112–15) manuscript scan ↗
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