REPORT ON ILLEGAL COMMERCE FROM AMERICAN FRIGATE — Viceroy's order re

Provincial State Papers, tomo XVIII · BANC MSS C-A 11, document 491

★★ REPORT ON ILLEGAL COMMERCE FROM AMERICAN FRIGATE — Viceroy's order re: entry/commerce of frigate at Monterey and SF; Castro reports frigate anchored at Puerto de SF and Yerba Buena in May; stayed several days; considerable commerce; Cadete José Ma. Estudillo told him ship carried $500 and returned with cargo; invalid Luis Romero seen carrying goods outside pueblo; Mayordomo of Mission del Carmelo went; beach crowded with people trading; 'everyone got some little thing; to this day foreign goods are still circulating' ('hta. el día corren géneros que parecen extranjeros'). pp. 1057–60

Date1804 Jul 30 (year)
FromMacario de Castro (S. José)
ToArrillaga
SeriesProvincial State Papers
TomoXVIII
Original tomo pagep.403–05
Savage copy page406–08
Scan leafn407–409
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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