Records401
Item-level401
Span1775–1835
Leaves412
Coveragecomplete
Manuscript scans: this volume on the Internet Archive (digitized microfilm of the Savage transcripts).
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Notable documents
- 1792-09-10 · Hermenegildo Sal (San Francisco) → Gob. Arrillaga — THE TARGET — 'Haber hecho fuego contra un buque español por equivocación.' The SF port-mouth guard sighted the ship at 8 a.m., fired a *cañonazo* as a signal; when it didn't respond, manned the *cantil blanco* battery (its 8 cannon) with munitions, meaning to sink it (*echarlo á pique*) if it stayed silent; at 11 a.m. it was at the… (orig. p. i.304–305) manuscript scan ↗
- 1796-05 → 1798-03 · Sgt. Macario de Castro (Monterey) — 'Diario de novedades' — his inspection tour of the escorts under SF/Monterey jurisdiction, ordered by Hermenegildo Sal, kept from 22 Dec 1796 (but folding in 1796 events) — see Entry 12. Highlights: a neophyte woman from Nootka; Borica's Order of Santiago investiture; H.M.S. *Providence* under Broughton, 4–18 June 1796 (11-gun salute); a… (orig. p. i.~404–437 (rep. 426)) manuscript scan ↗
- 1793-02-27 · Hermenegildo Sal, Habd.º (San Francisco) → Gob. Inte. Arrillaga (4 docs) — Bundle — (Nº1) an artisan/smith-armorer arrived; (Nº2) admin re Ramón Lasso & the Sta Bárbara company; (Nº3) ⭐⭐ the CHARQUÍN uprising: a Christian Indian, Charquín, scarcely 8 days at Mission San Francisco, fled, took up arms against the mission Christians, grew 'temible entre la indiada'; per Sgt. Miguel Pacheco (Sta Cruz escort) he… (orig. p. vii.57–64) manuscript scan ↗
- 1777-07-11 (+ 26 May *sumaria*) · Tte. José Fco. de Ortega (San Diego) — Long *sumaria* (Sgt. Fco. de Aguiar) on the disorders in the San Juan Capistrano & San Gabriel escorts — soldiers going at night to the rancherías to solicit/force gentile women ('forzar á las mujeres de los gentiles'); Fran.º Villagómez twice violated 'el 6º mandamiento' with the gentile captain's wife (she came to wash clothes at the… (orig. p. viii.231–250+) manuscript scan ↗
- 1792-10-08 · Hermenegildo Sal (San Francisco) → Gob. Arrillaga — 'Buques ingleses en Bodega' — see Entry 9. An Indian 'de las Islas' before the presidio reports two ships in the Puerto de la Bodega; the foreigners' speech not understood; sailors wore clothes 'con nuestras vueltas,' believed to say they were English; ashore 4 days & still there, taken water, firewood, hunted many deer, asked the… (orig. p. i.296) manuscript scan ↗
- 1792-09-30 · Hermenegildo Sal (San Francisco) → Arrillaga — THE CANNON-BURST — see Entry 11. During the fiesta of the patron saint (Llagas de San Francisco), 'reventó un cañón, sin causar daño, y se hizo diez pedazos' (a cannon burst, harming no one, blown into ten pieces), some fragments reaching the church, 145 *varas* away; fired by soldier Alejandro Arriola (orig. p. i.323–324) manuscript scan ↗
- 1793-01-30 · Hermenegildo Sal (San Francisco) → Gob. Arrillaga — 'Buques ingleses en Bodega' (2nd report; see Entry 13) — two English ships anchored at Bodega 15–17 Jan 1793; cannon-signals heard ('5 cañonazos,' answered with one); fog hid them near the harbor mouth; Vancouver sailed from Monterey the 13th, and Sal does not doubt it was Vancouver who fired the shots to call those ships — presumed… (orig. p. i.545–546) manuscript scan ↗
- 1791-10-01 · Hermenegildo Sal (San Francisco) → Gob. Romeu (9 docs) — Bundle incl.: *factura* of San Blas provisions (via comisario Fran.º Hijosa) for the SF troop, carried on the frigate *Aránzazu*; ⭐ founding of Mission Santa Cruz (1791) — aided P. Pres. Lasuén (at Sta Clara) to scout the Santa Cruz site; 5 sailors assigned as the new mission's servants; Tte. José Darío Argüello sent 12 men + a sergeant,… (orig. p. vii.34–47) manuscript scan ↗
- 1816-11-11 · Fr. Vicente Fco. de Sarría (Mission) → Gob. Solá — Mission supplies to the Russians of Fort Ross — see Entry 15. On the *suministración* the missions of San Francisco, San José & Santa Clara made to 'D. Juan Abad Cuzoff' [Ivan Kuskov], commander of the Russian Establishment; done by order of the then-governor, raising the question of contravening Royal dispositions & religious law (orig. p. vii.336–337) manuscript scan ↗
- 1793-03-27 · J. Joaquín de Arrillaga (San Diego) → José Argüello (Mont.) — Do NOT aid the two English ships at Bodega (those of his letter of the 2nd) who sought to resupply / harbored deserters — wait for the Viceroy's decision, 'á no ser que sucediese antes peligro de muerte.' Arrillaga's foreign-exclusion policy applied directly to Bodega, the policy follow-up to the Jan 1793 sighting (Doc 164/Entry 13) (orig. p. vii.579+) manuscript scan ↗
- ~1820 (Savage '1810') · Gov. Simón Yanovsky (Russian America, New Archangel) → Gov. of California — English-translation letter proposing Russo-Spanish commerce & joint fur-hunting — see Entry 16. Hagemeister left ill; the RAC brig *Ilmena* is bound for 'Port Ross' with St-Petersburg papers & goods; sends agent Khlebnikov ('Clebnicoff') to arrange 'a commercial intercourse'; offers goods for grain; recalls Hagemeister's petition to the… (orig. p. viii.579–622) manuscript scan ↗
- 1820-08-04 · Gov. Solá (Mont.) → Gov. of Sitka Simón Yanovsky — Reply to the RAC overture (Entry 16): supplied seeds via Khlebnikov & supercargo; thanks for the gifts (a mirror & glass), sends a small one back; ⭐ on the otter-hunting request — he CANNOT grant it on his own authority, only the Viceroy of the Reyno can, so he will petition; until then he lacks the faculty to concede it (orig. p. viii.~579–526) manuscript scan ↗
- 1818-10 · Solá (Mont.) → Comte. de Presidios — 'Sobre buques piratas' — the Bouchard-raid defense mobilization: per Capt. José de la Guerra's letter, two frigates (34 & 18 guns, 230 crew) sailed from the Sandwich Islands for California, known via an American ship to be pirates; orders — hide gold/silver & church vessels/vestments in interior missions; ready families to evacuate… (orig. p. viii.549–551) manuscript scan ↗
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