SECOND *borrador* register of Solá's outgoing orders (1815–17) — the volume's richest Russian/foreign-relations stretch. Indigenous/campaign: ⭐⭐ Moraga's 1815 Palomas expedition (Solá orders Comte. Luis Argüello to mount 50 men—35 presidial + 15 inválidos/vecinos—and Gabriel Moraga to direct from Santa Cruz the campaign to the Ranchería de las Palomas); ⭐⭐⭐ Solá's Russian-trade policy query ('cuántas veces los Rusos han entrado… qué se les ha suministrado, cómo lo han pagado,' whether to continue/cut communication 'con otros Rusos, Anglo-Americanos ú otra Nación extranjera'); the Quintana assassins causa remitted to Gómez (Lino, Antonio, Vicente, Julián, Ambrosio, Andrés, Secundino, Fulgencio); the Juan Eliot de Castro chest sequestered (RAC agent, cf. C-A 12); Sgt. Soto's expedition. Russian/foreign maritime (1816–17): ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Kotzebue's *Rurik* at SF (Oct 1816) — 'franquee todos los auxilios que necesite el buque de Nueva Rusia, su Comandante Kossebue [Kotzebue]… que ancló ayer'; ⭐⭐⭐ the Russian ship *Suvorov* ('Serraroff,' Lazarev) at SF (21 Aug); ⭐⭐⭐ two Russians fled from 'el establecimiento situado arriba del Puerto de Bodega' (Fort Ross), declarations taken (Nov 1816); ⭐⭐⭐ the Russian war-chief Podushkin + an 'almost-resolved' decision to hand him a packet from St. Petersburg (Mar 1817); ⭐⭐ an anchored Russian ship's request to leave canoes/baidarkas at Sausalito to hunt (denied); ⭐⭐ the French corvette *Bordelais* (Roquefeuil), 200 t, for wood & water (Aug 1817, took deserters); ⭐⭐ an English NWC brig from the Columbia River (Aug 1816); ⭐⭐ defensive measures vs. the 'insurgentes de Buenos Aires' (pre-Bouchard, 1816: spike the battery guns if taken, missions to ready bows & arrows); ⭐ Fort San Joaquín works concluded (Gómez). Converges w/ C-A 12 (*Suvorov*, Elliot de Castro) & C-A 13 (Podushkin/*Chirikov*, Roquefeuil/*Bordelais*). Orig. pp.510–684
| Date | 1815–1817 (borradores; orig pp.510–684) (year) |
|---|---|
| From | Gob. Solá |
| To | various (drafts) |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | XL–LII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | pp.510–684 |
| Savage copy page | 144–153 |
| Scan leaf | n143–n152 |
| Document type | verbatim transcription (borradores) |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Gob. Solá to various (drafts), Monterey, 1815–1817 (borradores; orig pp.510–684), Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XL–LII, pp.510–684, 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-d188.html