Dictamen prohibiting commerce with English ships re the English schooner *Columbia* at Monterey & the North West Company of Canada agents' protest: the Company holds an establishment on the Columbia at 46° — founded by Anglo-Americans ~8 years ago, then seized by the English Company [Astoria → Fort George], garrisoned, corresponding with Asia; agents sought to land European goods (Solá might allow it for lack of memorias); the schooner left 10 deserters; partner [McTavish] stayed at Monterey with a carpenter to provision the post, waiting at Bodega while writing London; suspicion they aim to seize the territory under pretext of the beaver trade; orders to watch Fort George, prevent commerce/contraband, provision only per hospitality. (Asesor 4 Jul; Calleja signs 8 Jul 1815.)
| Date | 1815-07-08 México (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Calleja (Fiscal Sagárzurieta dictamen) |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XIX |
| Original tomo page | 1374–87 |
| Savage copy page | 390–392 |
| Scan leaf | n397–n399 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Calleja (Fiscal Sagárzurieta dictamen), 1815-07-08 México, Provincial State Papers, XIX, 1374–87, 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-d482.html