Serial Number
041-00165
Title
Correspondence of Hijosa, comisario del departamento de San Blas, to viceroy Bucareli for August, 1777.
Author(s)
Hijosa, Francisco (Comisario)
Bucareli y Ursua, Antonio Maria (Virrey)
Date
07-23-1775
Date
00-00-1782
Documentation
San Blas, Mexico. August 20, 1777 to September 24, 1777. 26p. Informes. Letters. Drafts. Originals, signed.
Summary
Series of documents of administrative and financial matters concerning San Blas. Topics include appointments, salaries and payments for expenses of personnel; also cargos, intineraries & freight charges of the fragata Santiago and Paquebot Principe. Completion of construction of new ship to be called la Princesa (Nuestra Senora del Rosario), including details on design of figurehead and whether it should be armoured as fragata or be a Paquebot. F. 376 acknowledges receipt from Neve for food supplies and other provisions ordered for California settlements for 1778. Ff. 379-381 detail 5 yr. Contract with townspeople of Tequepespam for supply of tar for ship maintenance. (J. M. Johnson, October 1988)
Persons
Hijosa, Francisco (Comisario)
Bucareli y Ursua, Antonio Maria (Virrey)
Hezeta, Bruno de (Capitan de Fragata)
Goya, Manuel Ramon de (Factor)
Corres, Francisco Xavier de
Trillo, Francisco (Comisario)
Neve, Phelipe de (Gobernador)
Izaguirre, Pedro (Capitan de Maestranza)
Quero, Pedro (Escribiente)
Places
Californias
San Blas
San Francisco
San Diego
Monterrey
Tequepespam (Pueblo)
First Location
AZTM, AGN, Vol. 010 ff. 369-381
Original Location
AGN, Mexico City, Provincias Internas Vol. 010 ff. 369-381
Language
Spanish
Notes
Good Volume index and summary marginal notes for each document. Chronological except for viceroy's later responses. Some documents interrupted and frames blank or repeated.
Reference Number
1000014
Rights
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Keywords
Presidios, Postal Service, Fiscal Affairs, Transportation (Maritime), Food Supplies, Mission Supplies, Ships (Construction), Naval Personnel, Naval Finances, Naval Salaries, Civil Offices (Comisario), Nautical Logs And Diaries, Bibliography (Correspondence), Naval Offices (Comisario), Naval Administration, Naval Appointments, Labor Force (Contracts), Tar, Tools (Naval)
General Subjects