✓ VERIFIED vs scan n70 (2026-07-06): '1843 Julio 21 Mont, Guillermo E. Hartnell… á Juan B. Alvarado'; 'naufragó en Punta de Pinos la goleta inglesa Estrella de Occidente… su carguamento… á cargo de Dn Tomás O. Larkin, cónsul de los [E.]Unidos'; the auction commission (Díaz/Spence/Osio/Munras/Wilson) confirmed. Wreck of the English schooner *Estrella de Occidente* (Star of the West) at Point Pinos (night of 7th); captain & crew abandoned her; cargo consigned to Thomas O. Larkin (U.S. merchant, future consul). No law covering shipwreck salvage — asks whether to charge duties on the salvaged effects; salvage sold at public auction by a commission incl. Manuel Díaz, David E. Spence, A.M. Osio, Santiago Wilson.
| Date | 1843-07-21 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Guillermo (Wm) E. Hartnell, colector |
| To | Juan B. Alvarado, comand. de resguardo |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Custom House) |
| Tomo | I–VIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.III.1–2 (orig. 836, 848–50) |
| Savage copy page | 70–71 |
| Scan leaf | n70–n71 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Guillermo (Wm) E. Hartnell, colector to Juan B. Alvarado, comand. de resguardo, Monterey, 1843-07-21, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Custom House), p.III.1–2 (orig. 836, 848–50), 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-d78.html