The William Glen Rae suicide investigation — the death of D. Guillermo (William) Glen Rae, HBC agent at Yerba Buena; witnesses Nathan Spear, Jas. C. Davis, John Ross, Wm. Reynolds, Nathan Spear, Concepción Ávila (Mrs. Fuller), Mrs. Fuller, Sinclair, Hinckley describe Rae's melancholy, the pistol, the botella of poison (opium tincture); ⭐⭐⭐ Vice-Consul Forbes confirms suicide & remits Rae's last document (Alta Cal., Bahía de San Francisco, Yerba Buena, 20 Jan 1845) transferring all HBC 'Bahía de Hudson' goods & establishment to Forbes & to Jacobo P. Leese as sobrecargo, 'á beneficio de… mi esposa Dña Eliza McLoughlin Rae'; the real raíces of the HBC to remain with Forbes until Dn Juan McLoughlin or the HBC's Columbia agent arrives; Judge declared the suicide proven & drew testimonio for the Superioridad (ends orig p.1206)
| Date | 1845-01 (month) |
|---|---|
| From | Juez / Diego (James Alexander) Forbes, Vice-Cónsul de S.M.B. — Causa |
| Place | Yerba Buena / San Francisco |
| Series | Departmental State Papers, Benicia |
| Tomo | II (Miscellaneous) (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | pp 1159–96 |
| Savage copy page | 449–453 |
| Scan leaf | n449–n453 |
| Document type | verbatim |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Juez / Diego (James Alexander) Forbes, Vice-Cónsul de S.M.B. — Causa, Yerba Buena / San Francisco, 1845-01, Departmental State Papers, Benicia, II (Miscellaneous), pp 1159–96, Archives of California, C-A 39, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within II (Miscellaneous)]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/ca39/ca39-d156.html