Boris declared he had hunted 950 otter skins that year; couldn't leave for want of favorable winds

Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), tomo XL–LII · BANC MSS C-A 17, document 174

Boris declared he had hunted 950 otter skins that year; couldn't leave for want of favorable winds. The Russian/Aleut men jailed (natives in the cárcel, Boris in the guardhouse then house arrest); Cota let him bathe his sailors daily but denied the request to attend Mass at the nearest mission; the embargoed canoe-effects guarded. Orig. pp.107–9

Date1815-09-22 (exact)
FromGuillermo Cota
ToJosé de la Guerra
PlaceLos Ángeles
SeriesProvincial State Papers, Benicia (Military)
TomoXL–LII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagepp.107–9
Savage copy page116–117
Scan leafn115–n116
Document typeverbatim transcription
Sourceverbatim transcription

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How to cite this documentGuillermo Cota to José de la Guerra, Los Ángeles, 1815-09-22, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XL–LII, pp.107–9, Archives of California, C-A 17, 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 XL–LII]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/ca17/ca17-d174.html
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