Spanish passport/safe-conduct for the *Rurik*, issued by Don Carlos Gutiérrez de los Ríos, Conde de Fernán Núñez, duque de Montellano (Spanish ambassador in London, *signed at London 16 Sep 1815, 'gratis y vale para este viaje'*), at the request of the Russian ambassador to Britain — for the frigate *Rurik*, Capt. Kotzebue, property of the Chancellor of the Russian Empire, Prince 'Romanoff' [Rumyantsev], on a round-the-world scientific voyage; binds all Spanish civil/military authorities in Asia, Africa & both Americas to aid it, invoking the 'estrecha alianza' Spain–Russia. Certified copy by Luis Argüello, SF 2 Oct 1816
| Date | 1815-09-16 (copied SF 1816-10-02) (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | London |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XX |
| Original tomo page | i.~631 |
| Savage copy page | 138–140 |
| Scan leaf | n137–n139 |
| Document type | verbatim |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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London, 1815-09-16 (copied SF 1816-10-02), Provincial State Papers, i.~631, Archives of California, C-A 13, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [page interpolated; verify at the leaf]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/ca13/ca13-d171.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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