Legal ruling on the *Mercurio* seizure: the *Flora* could not lawfully seize her as a corsair — exercising the *derecho de corso* requires a declared state of war between two states; the real question is 'el comercio ilícito que el Capt. de la *Mercurio* protegió en costas de Cal.'; the San Blas marine command has no jurisdiction here.
| Date | 1814-04-24 México (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Calleja |
| To | Gov. |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XIX |
| Original tomo page | 1211–2 |
| Savage copy page | 364 |
| Scan leaf | n371 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Calleja to Gov., 1814-04-24 México, Provincial State Papers, XIX, 1211–2, Archives of California, C-A 12, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca12/ca12-d437.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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