Memorial sobre el estado de los soldados en las misiones de California
Translated Title:
Account on the state of the soldiers in California's missions
Other Title:
Memorial del Sargento Juan Ruiz y el Cabo Miguel Pericas sobre servicios prestados en la expedición de San Carlos Monterrey, bajo teniente Pedro Fages
Description:
Account of Sergeant Juan Ruiz and Corporal Miguel Pericas on the dire state of the soldiers in California's missions and services rendered in the San Carlos de Monterrey expedition under the command of Lieutenant Pedro Fages. They are requesting royal favor from the Spanish crown in light of the sacrifices they have made for the expedition and in the missions. The letter details the number of soldiers stationed and the rationing of food, clothes, and other staples they had to do in each mission to survive in the last five years. The authors claim to be representatives of the soldiers of the Free Company of Volunteers of Catalonia.
Creator/Contributor:
Puig, Juan (author), Pericas, Miguel (author), and Stephens, William B., -1937 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1775-03-11
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
Soldiers, Soldados, Operational rations (Military supplies), Raciones operativas (suministros militares), Starvation, Inanición, Death, and Muerte
Time Period Covered:
18th century and siglo XVIII
Place Name:
California, United States of America
General Note:
Transcription of the document in TXT version available in the Texas Data Repository: https://doi.org/10.18738/T8/CKZ6RI.
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:f4692471-b631-4060-b119-41ef57615cc5
Local:
utblac_wbs_0137
Related Resource - Other:
Memorial sobre el estado de los soldados en las misiones de California, 1775 marzo 11 (title), https://doi.org/10.18738/T8/CKZ6RI (uri), and (Related resource URL)