Nautical Logs And Diaries

Documents arrival and departures of ships with freight and passengers between San Blas and Baxa California; includes detailed lists of passengers and freight; includes notice of transfer of sick people to Tepic because of bad climate in San Blas; notice of armed English brigs off coast of Baxa California. (p. Coyle, March 1990)

Detailed account of near disaster at sea. Ship Nepomuceno caught in storm. Account includes navigational info., lists of damages, and lists of ship mates. Discussion of shipments of cacao from Guayaquil. Lists of officials, marineros, grumetes, and passengers on board the Nepomuceno. Request that Nepomuceno pay port fees in cacao. Lists of payments entered in port treasury. Letter from Guayaquil port administrator discussing legalities of cacao cargo. Details of wages paid to marineros in Filipinas. Mourelle ill;requested leave of absence with pay. Mourelle given permission to return to Spain. (K. Mccaston, April 1990)

Informes concerning accidents which took place during a California expedition. Informes of Naval officer appointments. Letters requesting back wages. Letters commending Ayala's excellent service. Ezeta requested temporary leave to recover from an illness. Ezeta's condition complicated due to medications. Letters of recommendation for pilots. Gordonez in charge of commercial expedition to Peru. Letters commending Camacho's performance on the fragata Rosario. Technical terms concerning the water level in the San Blas channel. Beltran attacked by Blanco.

Castran (ship doctor on el Rosario) died. Replaced by drs. Caravajas and Sanchez. Naval personnel sought refuge in Guadalajara cathedral in order to avoid continuation of voyage to San Blas. Discussion of wages and promotions. Echeverria (pilot) ill. Hospitalized in Guadalajara with pay. Information on arms shipments. Technical terms concerning condition of ship. Discussion of water level of port Pozo. Discussion of copper usage in ship construction. Ship doctors received 800 pesos per year. Many suffering from common fever (tertian). Records of shipments. Discussion of voyage to Peru.

Officials Charged with desertion in times of war. Request for money for Cartegena to Guatemala voyage. Areche left San Diego in route to Acapulco. Juan Garcia ship surgeon. List of ports passed in route. Hiring of ship servants discussed. Santiago stopped in San Blas for provisions. Requests for Paquebot San Carlos to leave San Blas. Juan Beas accused of killing Juan Cardenas. Request to move from San Blas to Acapulco because port was cleaner and more comfortable. Cargo in weapons. Wages of Naval personnel discussed. Pedro Yzaquirre and other officers contracted illness on vessel. Martinez accused of misconduct.

Notifications of dispatch, receipt of correspondence among Quimper, Casasola, Escalante. Quimper asks Mondofia for navigation logbook from his voyage to San Blas. Quimper asks permission to repair Frigata san Jose y las Animas. medicine to be carried from San Blas to Acapulco. (R. Gomez, October, 1989).

Ships' log of Frigata San Juan y las Animas, recorded by Quimper, Mondofia; contains detailed navigation, Weather information for each day of 28-day voyage.

Various autos by Sola dealing with maritime traffic in the Californias. Sola submits listing of duty charges for use of national ships carrying sand, grease, a ramrod, leather, wool (clean and dirty),chamois leather, otter. He requests that national ships receive same rights that were demanded at their ports of origin. Itinerary for ship San Antonio (32-men crew) which left Lima destined for California and frigate cazadora which made various stops --panama, Lima, Chile, and other american ports before arriving in California. Recounts ship's need of landing to gather wood and water. Short account of Buenos-Ayres rebels attacking Chile due to lack of resources --medicine, agricultural tools, etc. Frays Duran and Marquinez protest new tax placed on goods from new Indian converts.

Concerns sale of agave in Aguascalientes. Ximenez is said to be the only one buying agave from the Indians; and the only one in selling it and tobacco at the price he wants to San Blas department. In the documents related to issues, the Indians are mentioned as being unreliable. Concerns departures and arrivals of ships to San Blas. Carlon is arrested and accused of negligence in his duties as navigator. Concerns Bega's petition for increase of salary. (R. Gomez, may 1989)

Choquet requests admission to religious Orden de Santiago. Notification not to expend any monies without virrey's approval. Concerns departures of ships from Tepic to Manila transporting food supplies to Loreto. Mention of virrey's death. Petition from Pantoja to become second navigator of ship la princesa. Petition for repairs of ship la favorita and construction new ship. (R. Gomez, may 1989)