Sutter / Nueva Helvecia militia + Hudson's Bay Co. + purchase of Russian Ross–Bodega (Constitutas / consultas; see Expanded Entry 3). Mar 19/Apr 17: re Sr. Bidwell (John Bidwell), one of his empleados, whom he ordered to make a Carta topográfica mapping the terrain from the Bahía de San Francisco and the Río San Joaquín to the US frontier (to prevent foreigners penetrating), and re Jacob P. Leese de Sonoma; Apr 21: recomienda a Guillermo (William) Dickey para terrenos; Jul 23: has organized the Compañía Militar 'Nueva Helvecia' ready to defend the patria — recruits Sinclair (ex-Regt. de la Guardia Suiza), 40 Indios Cazadores, plans a Compañía de Indios Estrangeros; Vallejo has many govt horses in Sonoma; the Compañía 'Caravana' de la Columbia [Hudson's Bay Co.] arriving; Aug 6: extranjeros procedentes de Oregón, Columbia interrogated said they came to establish in the país, be made Mexicans, subject to the laws; ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (1843 Feb 1) the 'línea del Norte' opened by govt 1 Sept 1840, the Compañía de Hudson's Bay introducing itself into the country's lands 'con el objeto de pescar castores [otter]'; ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (1841 Dec 18, Sausalito) Sutter → Manuel Jimeno encargado del Gobierno en Monterey: that he has purchased the Russian establishments of Bodega y Ross ('ha comprado los Establecimientos rusos de Bodega y Ross')
| Date | 1844-03-19 → / 1841–1843 (retro docs) (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | J. A. (Juan Augusto) Sutter (Coronel de Brigada, Ayudante Cte. Gral. del Estado Mayor de la Armada de la República Mejicana, Gobernador, Comandante y Sub-Inspector de ambas Californias — titles per Micheltorena) |
| To | Gob. |
| Place | Nueva Helvecia / Sonoma / Sausalito |
| Series | Departmental State Papers (Juzgados / Naturalization) |
| Tomo | XVII |
| Original tomo page | 387–413 |
| Savage copy page | 83–86 |
| Scan leaf | n85–n88 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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J. A. (Juan Augusto) Sutter (Coronel de Brigada, Ayudante Cte. Gral. del Estado Mayor de la Armada de la República Mejicana, Gobernador, Comandante y Sub-Inspector de ambas Californias — titles per Micheltorena) to Gob., Nueva Helvecia / Sonoma / Sausalito, 1844-03-19 → / 1841–1843 (retro docs), Departmental State Papers (Juzgados / Naturalization), XVII, 387–413, Archives of California, C-A 33, 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/ca33/ca33-d127.html