✓ VERIFIED vs scan n5 (2026-07-06). English verbatim. Sworn statement: impossible to proceed after a 'boisterous passage of 45 days' without provisions & water; broadside 'stove in'; came to anchor at first houses sighted after two days coasting. Signed Master Gyzelaar, Chief Officer Jacob Smith, 2nd Wm Owen [Snee?], sailmaker Archie Bean, seamen Haft/Rowe/[Benderfeldt]/Dennison.
| Date | 1816-01-17 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Henry Gyzelaar & crew |
| Place | 'Schr Lydia, Coast of St. Barbary' |
| Series | Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Custom House) |
| Tomo | I–VIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.5 (orig. 12) |
| Savage copy page | 5 |
| Scan leaf | n5 |
| Document type | verbatim |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Henry Gyzelaar & crew, 'Schr Lydia, Coast of St. Barbary', 1816-01-17, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Custom House), I–VIII, p.5 (orig. 12), 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-d5.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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