THE FOUNDING VICEREGAL ORDER of the Vasadre sea-otter monopoly: per R.O. 2 Jun 1785, the Superior Gov. examined Vicente Vasadre y Vega's project for 'un comercio recíproco con las Chinas cambiando Pieles de Nutrias y Lobos Marinos… por Azogues de la Asia' — and, per the Tribunal de Minería & Fernando Mangino (Superintendent-General of Azogues), resolved to establish it: Vasadre to sail to California on one of the San Blas presidio-supply ships 'que deben salir en Marzo' (✎ CORRECTED from 'May' — full-res crop, 2026-07-02 verification pass; the founding-order quote 'un comercio recíproco con las Chinas cambiando Pieles de Nutrias y Lobos Marinos… por Azogues de la Asia' ✓ re-verified verbatim on n471 the same pass), make sufficient pelt-*acopio*, then return; the pelts Fages obtains in the interim to go via the *Nao de Filipinas* (touching California late that year) to the Ministry of Acapulco; Fages to aid & protect Vasadre. The top-level order behind the bando (Doc 444) → E6
| Date | 1786-01-23 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Conde de Gálvez (Viceroy) |
| To | Fages |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | VI |
| Original tomo page | vi.426–427 |
| Savage copy page | 463–465 |
| Scan leaf | n470–n472 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Conde de Gálvez (Viceroy) to Fages, 1786-01-23, Provincial State Papers, vi.426–427, Archives of California, C-A 3, 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/ca3/ca3-d506.html