FULL-TEXT LETTER with its own heading, verbatim: '+ (Sin fecha ni lugar) se cree Monterey. / Gob.r al Virrey Sobre arribo de fragata 'Racum' &.a' Text, verbatim in substance: 'Que capt.n de la fragata Ynglesa 'Racum' surta en Pres.o de S.n Fran.co le a dirigido pliego q.e adjunta, q.e dicha fragata sufrió algunas averias en la salida del rio de Columbia y q.e actualmente esta compuesta, habiendosele franqueado aucilios se hizo á la vela con un bergantin que trajo en su conserva, q.e llegó con su tripulacion enferma y escueta de viveres; q.e socorrida y aliviada la gente se hizo á la vela con destino á Rio Columbia á hacerse cargo de aquellos establecimientos q.e cojieron á los anglo Americanos: = Que la fragata 'Racum' es una de las tres q.e a un mismo tiempo salieron del Rio de Londres el año p.p.o y vinieron juntas á Rio Janeyro donde se separaron p.a la costa de Lima y la 'Racum' recibió órden p.a pasar al de Columbia á cojer aquel establecimiento como lo verificó.' English gloss: the captain of the English frigate Racum, lying at San Francisco presidio, sent him the enclosed dispatch; the ship was damaged coming out of the Columbia River and is now repaired; supplies having been furnished her she sailed with a brig she had brought in company, which arrived with her crew sick and short of provisions; relieved, they sailed for the Columbia to take charge of the establishments seized from the Anglo-Americans. The Racum is one of three that left the River of London the previous year and came together to Rio de Janeiro, where they separated for the coast of Lima, the Racum being ordered to the Columbia to take that establishment, as she did. I am inferring, not asserting, that Racum is HMS Racoon and the establishment is Astoria, and that the letter therefore belongs to 1814; Savage records no date and no place and the surrounding pages are 1813.
| Date | sin fecha (Savage: 'Sin fecha ni lugar, se cree Monterey'); content points to 1814, inferred not stated (inferred) |
|---|---|
| From | Gobernador (Solá) al Virrey |
| Place | se cree Monterey (Savage) |
| Series | Provincial Records |
| Tomo | VIII–X (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | pp.426-432 (terminal cite 'p.p 426-32.' written at the top of n385) |
| Savage copy page | stamped 381 / pencil 132 |
| Scan leaf | n384 |
| Document type | verbatim full text |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Gobernador (Solá) al Virrey, se cree Monterey (Savage), sin fecha (Savage: 'Sin fecha ni lugar, se cree Monterey'); content points to 1814, inferred not stated, Provincial Records, VIII–X, pp.426-432 (terminal cite 'p.p 426-32.' written at the top of n385), Archives of California, C-A 25, 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 VIII–X]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/ca25/ca25-d1061.html