Doc. in French w/ Savage's literal translation. THE RUSSIAN ABANDONMENT OF FORT ROSS announced formally: the RAC governor is charged to obtain from the Alta California govt 'pormenores sobre los negocios que ocurrieron en Bodega' following an American ship's arrival there (anchored July 1839) to report to St. Petersburg; recalls Vallejo's promise 'de alejar cada uno por su lado, la discordia entre el Gob. de la California y el gefe de Ross, para terminar como amigos… la morada y los negocios de los rusos'; 'el objeto principal de su llegada… es de declararte á V. como gob.or principal del país, que el gob. de las colonias ha recibido el consentimiento de S.M. el Emperador de todas las Rusias, para abandonar Ross' — asks Alvarado's assurance of measures to preserve concord between the pueblo & the Russians during their remaining time
| Date | 1840-11-23 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | J. Koupreanoff (Ivan Kupreyanov), Coronel de la Guardia Imperial, Capitán de navío de 1ª clase (governor of the Russian-American colonies) |
| To | Gob. J.B. Alvarado |
| Place | aboard the *Nicolás* at San Francisco |
| Series | Departmental State Papers, Benicia |
| Tomo | II (Miscellaneous) (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.554–556 |
| Savage copy page | 155–156 |
| Scan leaf | n155–n156 |
| Document type | verbatim |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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J. Koupreanoff (Ivan Kupreyanov), Coronel de la Guardia Imperial, Capitán de navío de 1ª clase (governor of the Russian-American colonies) to Gob. J.B. Alvarado, aboard the *Nicolás* at San Francisco, 1840-11-23, Departmental State Papers, Benicia, II (Miscellaneous), p.554–556, 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-d55.html