Long explanatory report acknowledging the 18th's order approving the *Lydia*'s capture. Confesses his own 'poquísima inteligencia en asuntos navales'; on Fr. Luis Martínez's pilotage offer ('no sé qué hacer'); the *Albatross* will return (passport ashore, no food, only 7 men, no pilot); Smith self-described as 'el mas pobre de los que han venido á esta costa'; encloses the *Lydia*'s passports, register, and 'la proclama de paz entre su Gob. y el de Inglaterra' (Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812), which the captain asks returned.
| Date | 1816-01-22 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Guerra |
| To | Gov. Solá |
| Place | Santa Bárbara (9½ P.M.) |
| Series | Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Custom House) |
| Tomo | I–VIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.9–14 (orig. 25–40) |
| Savage copy page | 10–15 |
| Scan leaf | n10–n15 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Guerra to Gov. Solá, Santa Bárbara (9½ P.M.), 1816-01-22, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Custom House), I–VIII, p.9–14 (orig. 25–40), Archives of California, C-A 41, 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 I–VIII]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/ca41/ca41-d10.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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