On the whaler-barter policy: captains resist paying duties on trifling exchanges, and the policy is…

Departmental State Papers, tomo VII–VIII · BANC MSS C-A 31, document 311

On the whaler-barter policy: captains resist paying duties on trifling exchanges, and the policy is odious to *'multitud de infelices'* who get cheap clothing through the barter; Fitch cannot enforce it *'por faltarle la fuerza física'*

Date1845-10-31 (exact)
FromHenry D. Fitch
ToSrio de Gobierno
PlaceSan Diego
SeriesDepartmental State Papers
TomoVIII
Original tomo pageVIII:234–235
Savage copy page73
Scan leafn208
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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