CRITICAL INTELLIGENCE: Tobar on goleta *Sutil* explored coast Bucareli→Monterey. May 28

Provincial State Papers, tomo XXI–XXII · BANC MSS C-A 14, document 259

CRITICAL INTELLIGENCE: Tobar on goleta *Sutil* explored coast Bucareli→Monterey. May 28: sighted frigate ~15 leagues from Paso de Martín de Aguilar / Columbia River — fog prevented examination. At Nootka June 15: Indians said Broughton there 10 days prior. June 19: American frigate 'El otro Boston' Capt. Bour (sic) presented Spanish consular passports. Intelligence: English brigantine had orders from Court to harass Spaniards; frigates from England bound to found establishment at Nootka; Americans planned settlement at 54°5'N with two ships

Date1796-07-07 (exact)
FromBorica
ToJosé Tobar y Tamariz
SeriesProvincial State Papers
TomoXXI
Original tomo pagep.~xxii.612–13
Savage copy page—
Scan leafn244–245
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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