On soldiers' abuses in acquiring otter pelts: though no complaints yet, warns that soldiers abandon…

Provincial State Papers, tomo V–VI · BANC MSS C-A 3, document 476

On soldiers' abuses in acquiring otter pelts: though no complaints yet, warns that soldiers abandon their service to seek pelts & take them by violence without paying the owners (the Indians) — orders vigilance (the otter monopoly's coercive underside)

Date1786-09-13 (exact)
FromOrtega (Rosario)
ToFages
SeriesProvincial State Papers
TomoVI
Original tomo pagevi.360
Savage copy page437
Scan leafn444
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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