The Spear-&-Hinckley vs. Leese company suit (foreigner-commerce dispute, Yerba Buena)

Departmental State Papers, tomo IV · BANC MSS C-A 29, document 279

The Spear-&-Hinckley vs. Leese company suit (foreigner-commerce dispute, Yerba Buena): 'Queja contra Jacobo P. Leese por no haber rendido cuentas y haberle tomado algún dinero.' Full: at examining the accounts terminated by mutual agreement 'aparece una ganancia de 13,000 ps de cuya parte nos intenta defraudar Leese, presentando libros llenos de errores y enmendaduras. Por su cuenta aparte él admite solo una ganancia de 4,000 ps… se me ha negado, en presencia del Sr. Alcalde de S. Franco., abiertamt. la existencia de tal compañía'; but they hold the Alcalde's certificate + Leese's own earlier letters + a founding document; Leese later 'otorgado un documto. en que confiesa la deuda del Capn. y parte de las ganancias, prometiendo… hacer revisar sus libros pr. una persona competente; pero ya han pasado 2 meses… sin que Leese cumpla'; meanwhile 'diariamt. echando manos de Maderas &c.'; he took possession of a house and threw out their sacks of wheat 'en pretesto de haber alquilado la casa á Dn Pedro el Ruso' (Kostromitinov?); begs V.E. interpose authority 'pr. Leese no para de sus gastos y cada dia se incapacita mas de pagar.' The company held 2–3 houses on the Yerba Buena beach

Date1838-10-07 (exact)
FromNathan Spear y Wm. S. Hinckley
ToAlvarado
PlaceYerba Buena
SeriesDepartmental State Papers
TomoIV
Original tomo pagep.546–547
Savage copy page235–237
Scan leafn232–n234
Document typeverbatim
Sourceverbatim transcription

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How to cite this documentNathan Spear y Wm. S. Hinckley to Alvarado, Yerba Buena, 1838-10-07, Departmental State Papers, IV, p.546–547, Archives of California, C-A 29, 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/ca29/ca29-d279.html
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