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Scope and Content of Collection Father Serra offers his congratulations and good wishes on Father Pangua's election to office and gratitude for the official documents that have been received. He also provides a summary of recent pastoral activities, describes the death of Father Juan Crespí, comments on the war tax imposed on the Indians, describes the effects of an earthquake, and mentions an assignment that he had never undertaken before: accompanying a soldier from Monterey on his way to execution. Written at Monterey, California, July 17, 1782.