(Ross–RAC dossier ) The RAC's long wheat/provisions trade with California; lacking salt at the frequented ports it has had to source it from the Sandwich Islands — requests permission to gather salt at San Quintín; bearer Adolf Etholén (cmdr of the RAC brig *Baykal*) empowered on the salt price/duties AND commissioned to propose the renewal of the mutual otter-hunting contract granted in 1826; ~12 Aleuts & 6 skin canoes aboard, but under strict orders not to hunt otters without the governor's permission (aboard mainly to load salt at San Quintín)
| Date | 1828-10-13 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Pyotr Chistyakov (Gov. of the Russian establishments in America) |
| To | Gobernador de Californias |
| Place | Nuevo Ángel (Sitka) |
| Series | Departmental State Papers |
| Tomo | II |
| Original tomo page | p.193–201 |
| Savage copy page | II:65 |
| Scan leaf | n230–n232 |
| Document type | verbatim |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Pyotr Chistyakov (Gov. of the Russian establishments in America) to Gobernador de Californias, Nuevo Ángel (Sitka), 1828-10-13, Departmental State Papers, II, p.193–201, Archives of California, C-A 27, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.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/ca27/ca27-d246.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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