Anti-smuggling patrol strategy: how to stop foreigners trading with the coastal natives

Provincial State Papers, tomo XIX · BANC MSS C-A 12, document 86

Anti-smuggling patrol strategy: how to stop foreigners trading with the coastal natives. Settles the Arrillaga vs. Benito Vivero y Escaño dispute over where to station the patrol frigate. Dictamen: use the copper-bottomed frigate *Princesa* (faster), based at Monterey, cruising to Punta de la Concepción (34°32') and on to San Diego, checking all anchorages for English/American smugglers; build a small battery at Punta López de Haro (entrance to Pto San Quintín) to block foreign ships. (Legalized Méx 10 Mar 1806.)

Date1805-09-20 San Blas (exact)
FromRamón de Saavedra (Comd. of San Blas)
ToViceroy Iturrigaray
SeriesProvincial State Papers
TomoXIX
Original tomo page227–231
Savage copy page85–90
Scan leafn87–n92
Document typetranscription (dictamen)
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentRamón de Saavedra (Comd. of San Blas) to Viceroy Iturrigaray, 1805-09-20 San Blas, Provincial State Papers, XIX, 227–231, 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-d86.html
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