RAC diplomatic protest — Alexander Baranov (Gov.-Gen. of the Russian American Possessions, Collegiate Counsellor, Knight of St. Anne 2nd Cl.) → Gov. Solá: protests 'insults to the Russian flag and the capture and keeping in cruel bondage of Russians and other people subject to our august Monarch… in the waters and coasts of California,' invoking the treaty of 1812 (arts. 3 & 4); has petitioned St. Petersburg / the Emperor; sends Lt. Yakov Podushkin aboard the *Chirikoff* as a *parlamentario*; closes 'The Holy Protector of California preserve you.' Translated by Ivan Petroff (i.e. for the Bancroft project, not 1817). = expanded Document 20 ✓ *(scan n206 verified 2026-07-07: the English Baranov protest — 'Gracious Sir! Important national questions with regard to insults to the Russian Flag… the treaty of 1812… I resolved to send on the Russian schooner Chirikoff… Yakov Podushkin, in the capacity of a parlamentario.' CONFIRMS the the Petroff-translation reliability question cross-link — this is Petroff’s English of Baranov’s Russian original.)*
| Date | 1817-02-02 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Novo-Arkhangelsk |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XX |
| Original tomo page | i.866–870 |
| Savage copy page | 207–209 |
| Scan leaf | n206–n208 |
| Document type | original (Eng. transl. Petroff) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Novo-Arkhangelsk, 1817-02-02, Provincial State Papers, i.866–870, Archives of California, C-A 13, 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/ca13/ca13-d264.html