(2 docs) ⭐⭐⭐ Nuevas declaraciones del negro desertor habanero de la fragata *Mercurio* (Capn

Provincial Records, tomo XI–XII · BANC MSS C-A 26, document 488

(2 docs) ⭐⭐⭐ Nuevas declaraciones del negro desertor habanero de la fragata *Mercurio* (Capn. Jorge [Eayrs]): que el buque llegó al Río de Columbia (42° de altura), estuvo entre los indios, y que una expedición de 26 hombres venidos de Norteamérica (a quienes dejaron 1 yegua y 3 caballos) dijo que el viaje había durado 1 año y 4 meses [Afro-Cuban deserter's intelligence on American penetration of the Columbia/PNW, 1809 — pre-Astoria]

Date1809-06-02 (exact)
From[Gob.]
ToComte. de Sta Bárbara
PlaceMonterey
SeriesProvincial Records
TomoXI
Original tomo page478–479
Savage copy page134
Scan leafn133
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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