the American frigate *Hazard* entered San Francisco 30 Jan 1804, badly damaged — 3 months out from the Sandwich Islands bound for the NW coast; in storms it lost its 1st & 3rd pilots and 3 Hawaiian Islanders, 2 boats, a canoe & the mizzen topmast, the ship 'all in pieces'; asked aid. ⭐ The SF commander, with only a 4-man guard, feared the foreigners might come and seize the undermanned presidio, so summoned the Santa Clara & San José escorts
| Date | 1804-01-31 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | José [Darío] Argüello |
| To | Arrillaga |
| Place | San Francisco |
| Series | Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | XX–XXXIX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | 73–4 |
| Savage copy page | 263 |
| Scan leaf | n262 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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José [Darío] Argüello to Arrillaga, San Francisco, 1804-01-31, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XX–XXXIX, 73–4, Archives of California, C-A 16, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within XX–XXXIX]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/ca16/ca16-d445.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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