C-A 6 · Provincial State Papers, Tomos X–XI

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Notable documents

• 1793-11-05 · George Vancouver → Arrillaga — A LETTER FROM VANCOUVER HIMSELF: 'Siento muchísimo… dejar este Puerto sin tener en mi poder de pagar el dinero de la cuenta del ganado y &c recibido en este Pto. y su Sn. Fran.co' before any English ship can gather the sum; he'll settle via the commander at Nootka or remit from London; asks Arrillaga to have Sal send his bills of… (orig. p. 266) manuscript scan ↗
• 1793-12-02 · Vancouver → Arrillaga — header '1793 Novre (debe ser Dicre) 2, Bahía de Monterrey, Á Bordo del Buque de S.M. Británica 'Descubierta,' Vancouver á [Arrillaga]… el borrador… se dá cuenta minuciosa del objeto de su expedición'; the survey quote VERBATIM — 'la Costa del Noroeste de América es uno de los principales objetos… está totalmente asegurado hasta la… (orig. p. (1793)) manuscript scan ↗
• 1793-12-02 · Vancouver → Arrillaga — Vancouver's letter cont. — the shore operations he needs: examine the rigging, unload the supply ship's cargo onto the *Discovery* & *Chatham* (requiring part on land), casks + a guard ashore; his commission includes Astronomy & Natural History, with shore observatories; names the officer Mr. Whidbey [Joseph Whidbey], pilot of the… (orig. p. 269–278) manuscript scan ↗
• 1791-02-22 (copy cert. Saltillo 2 Apr 1791) · Conde de Revilla Gigedo + Pedro de Nava — NOOTKA / OPEN DOOR (heading reads *'Sobre prisiones'* — ⚠ mismatch; content is the fishing-vessel order): transmits Floridablanca's R.O. of 25 Sept [1790] *'sobre que no se hagan hostilidades á embarcaciones de pesca inglesas ú otras'* (no hostilities to English or other fishing vessels — the post-Nootka-Convention free-navigation rule),… (orig. p. 284–285) manuscript scan ↗
• 1791-05-28 · (unsigned; Fages by the hand) → Romeu — 'INFORMES PARTICULARES' — Fages's confidential exit assessment to his successor. OFFICERS: José Joaquín Arrillaga 'un buen oficial'; José Zúñiga apt w/ the Diegueños; ⭐ Goycoechea's pretensions — his order to register a few cattle 'fue causa que se mataron dos soldados'; Diego González incompetent ('abuso del mando, falta de… (orig. p. 497–506) manuscript scan ↗
• 1792-09-14 · Arrillaga → the comandantes of San Diego, Monterey & San Francisco — NOOTKA BOUNDARY COMMISSION / OPEN DOOR: 'sobre la actitud que deben observar para con los Ingleses' — warns that in 1792 the English & Spanish ships that must unite at *Nutka [Nootka]* may arrive at those CA ports, 'cuyos buques… deben tratar de la cuestión de límites entre las dos naciones' (the *boundary question* between the two… (orig. p. 149–151) manuscript scan ↗
• 1791-09-06 / 09-07 · Revilla Gigedo → Gov. — Floridablanca no-hostility order, THIRD copy (reinforces THESIS-CRITICAL #3): no hostilities to English fishing/other vessels; but if establishments are found, recognize them and 'sujetarlos á la última convención' [the Nootka Convention], maintaining precautions on the sites & establishments (pp.159–160); + ⭐⭐ Tte. de Fragata Francisco… (orig. p. 159–160) manuscript scan ↗
• 1792-03-11 · Hermenegildo Sal → Romeu — THE SAN FRANCISCO PRESIDIO CONDITION REPORT + a hand-drawn MEASURED FLOOR PLAN (Savage copied Sal's drawing, n234): room-by-room w/ dimensions — sala de diversión, cuartel, 2 calabozos, ropa & víveres almacenes, the Comandante's houses, iglesia (19½ varas), casa mata (powder), sargento's house (the lienzos: 114 varas N-facing, 134 varas… (orig. p. 74–…) manuscript scan ↗
• 1792-12-29 · Sal → Arrillaga — Sal's SECOND SF-presidio report: the $1,200 construction gratification never arrived (vs $4,000 to each Provincias-Internas presidio — Sal's pointed complaint); no worker list; the construction history again; the lienzos building-by-building — almacenes/guardia/cuartel 'viniendo abajo,' commandant's & troop houses needing repair, the… (orig. p. 178–183) manuscript scan ↗
• 1793-07-06 · Revilla Gigedo → Gov. — THE 1793 BODEGA OCCUPATION ORDER ('sobre ocupación del Puerto de Bodega'): Bodega y Quadra (Cmdte. de la Expedición de Límites) gave the same news as Arrillaga's 15 Mar report — the SF Indians saw English ships anchored at Bodega — so the Viceroy 'tomó providencias para que se reconozca y ocupe dicho Puerto, quitando á extranjeros ese… (orig. p. 253–254) manuscript scan ↗
• 1793-03-13 (copy Monterey 2 Nov 1793) · Revilla Gigedo → Vancouver — The Viceroy's LETTER TO VANCOUVER: he has 'franqueado al Teniente de la Marina Real D. Roberto Guillermo Broughton [William Robert Broughton] todos los auxilios… para hacer el viaje y embarcarse en Veracruz' — so the British Court will receive Vancouver's *pliegos* sooner — *'por mediar el servicio de SS.MM. Española y Británica.'* The… (orig. p. 256–259) manuscript scan ↗
• 1793-08-11 + s.f. · Revilla Gigedo → Gov./[Arrillaga] — = THESIS-CRITICAL #1 (verified verbatim in the audit): (a) the 1793-08-11 order to HAND the 5 deserters over to Vancouver 'en uso de la buena armonía,' charged to the *expedición de Límites* (n279–280, refs Bodega y Quadra); (b) the 'Reservadísima' (sin fecha; copyist attributes it to Revillagigedo→Arrillaga ~Aug 1793) — foreign ships… (orig. p. 260–263) manuscript scan ↗
• 1793-11-11 · Arrillaga (draft) → Vancouver — Arrillaga's draft reply: returns the libranza on Sal — 'á quien pagaré yo su importe' (he'll pay it himself); tells Vancouver not to regret not paying for 'lo que así en este Puerto, como en el de San Francisco ha buscado,' and offers him more novillos (cattle) 'como expresión de mi afecto… sin que en ningún tiempo exija otra cosa' (free… (orig. p. 267) manuscript scan ↗
• 1793-'11-31'[Dec?] · Arrillaga (draft) → Vancouver — Arrillaga's draft (the exclusion side): 'me hallo sin orden para recibir buque alguno extranjero en los Puertos de mi jurisdicción, á menos… el derecho de hospitalidad y de gentes'; notes Vancouver came not only here but to San Francisco ('en donde tenía yo dadas las órdenes respectivas á iguales casos'); asks him to communicate the… (orig. p. 268) manuscript scan ↗
• 1793-12-06/07 · Arrillaga (draft, his own hand) → Vancouver — Arrillaga's draft reply GRANTING the aid: notes the Viceroy's gracious letters + Quadra's son's gifts, but that he lacks a Royal order to receive Vancouver's ships 'como la que trajo el Conde de La Perouse' (Lapérouse) — so he follows last year's precedent/prudence. Yet he convienes (for the needed days) to the cargo being unloaded into… (orig. p. 273–276) manuscript scan ↗
• 1793-02-18 (copy Monterey 2 Nov 1793) · Revilla Gigedo → Vancouver — The Viceroy congratulates Vancouver that (per Vancouver's 13 Jan letter) the Spanish subjects of New Orleans received him 'con la mayor hospitalidad y amistad,' conforming to the King's wish to keep 'la mejor correspondencia con el Rey y la Nación Británica'; he'll please Vancouver 'en cuanto pueda ofrecérsele en estos Reinos' — signed… (orig. p. 279) manuscript scan ↗
• 1794-02-28 · Revilla Gigedo → Gov. — Tte. Antonio Grajera arrived at San Diego, will go on to Tucson once Capt. José de Zúñiga embarks (p.578); + ⭐⭐⭐⭐ the Viceroy approves the Gov. received from Vancouver a Grumete (ship's boy), José Santos de Allica[?], to work at the presidio until he returns to his department (p.579) (orig. p. 578–579) manuscript scan ↗
• 1794-02-28 · Revilla Gigedo → Gov. — THE VICEROY APPROVES ARRILLAGA'S WHOLE CONDUCT WITH VANCOUVER (per the Gov.'s 14 Apr notes on Vancouver at San Francisco & Monterey): the timely warnings to the commanders were 'acertadas,' 'todo lo ha aprobado,' and orders him to continue admitting & franqueando auxilios á embarcaciones inglesas (R.O. 25 Mar 93); if Vancouver returns,… (orig. p. 380–382) manuscript scan ↗
• 1794-05-16 · Revilla Gigedo → Gov. — The 5 English deserters to be HANDED OVER TO VANCOUVER (per the 22 Nov order) embarked on the fragata *Concepción*; the $388 3r in San Blas costs to be recovered from the establishments when Vancouver arrives, else sent to Nootka with the charges, or given to any English ship — recovering it 'con prudencia y sin alteraciones que turben… (orig. p. 405–406) manuscript scan ↗
• 1794-06-06/09 · Revilla Gigedo → Gov. — Capuchin alms (p.407); a Dominican-friar matter (p.408); + ⭐⭐⭐⭐ hand over to Vancouver (or another naval officer of his nation) the deserter Tte. Grajera recovered at San Diego (p.409; circulated to Monterey 19 Aug) (orig. p. 407–409) manuscript scan ↗
• 1794-06-09 · Revilla Gigedo → Gov. — Reiterates the 16-May order to hand the 5 deserters to Vancouver, recovering the costs 'de modo que no se turbe la buena armonía' (p.410); + ⭐⭐⭐ enterado of the Gov.'s materials-gathering to finish the *esplanada provisional* del Puerto de San Francisco (the SF gun-platform/battery, p.411) (orig. p. 410–411) manuscript scan ↗
• 1794-06-09/11 · Revilla Gigedo → Gov. — = THESIS-CRITICAL #2 (verified, audit): (a) the SUSPENDED BODEGA establishment — the Viceroy won't supply its lancha 'p.r estar suspendido'; timber Monterey→SB/SD; provisional esplanadas/trincheras only, 'como las q.e hizo el Comand.te de Nootka' (pp.413–14); (b) the R.O. to shelter English ships in *Spain's* ports (Conde de Alange, 25… (orig. p. 412–417) manuscript scan ↗
• 1791-09 (s. día) · Revilla Gigedo → Gob. de California — NOOTKA/OPEN DOOR (corroborates THESIS-CRITICAL #3): by his 25 May letter, Floridablanca acknowledged the Gov.'s compliance with the order that 'no se hiciesen hostilidades á las embarcaciones de pesca inglesas ú otras, ni á establecimientos que se hallasen en costas desamparadas' — the post-Nootka fishing-vessel rule applied & confirmed… (orig. p. 439–440) manuscript scan ↗
• 1791-11-18 / 11-21 · Revilla Gigedo → Gov./Romeu — Socorros to the presidios *with a stop at Nootka* — deliver the memorias 'sin hacer el tabaco' (p.454); + ⭐⭐⭐ acknowledges the arrival at MONTEREY of the corvettes *Descubierta y Atrevida* (the Malaspina Expedition, Sept 1791) + the aid given them to continue the voyage (p.455; cf. C-A 15 Malaspina@Monterey) (orig. p. 454–455) manuscript scan ↗
• 1791-11-26 / 11-28 / 10-04 · Revilla Gigedo → Gov. — Acks the founding of Mission Santo Tomás de Aquino — ⚠️ here dated *24 April* (vs Doc 117's 26 April; flag) (p.456); + ⭐⭐⭐ acks that the Gov., arriving the 13th, found the goleta *Saturnina* 'procedente de Nuca [Nootka]' heading to San Blas (p.457; the *Saturnina* = the Límites-expedition schooner, later the 1792 SF Cantil-Blanco… (orig. p. 456–459) manuscript scan ↗

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