'Incursiones' — reports (via the padre of Mission San Francisco Solano, N of SF) that the Commandant of…

Departmental Records, tomo IX–XIV · BANC MSS C-A 49, document 366

'Incursiones' — reports (via the padre of Mission San Francisco Solano, N of SF) that the Commandant of the Russian establishment at Bodega, with 40 armed men & various Indians, approached the mission & did sowing labors, 'como en los años anteriores' (Russian agricultural expansion from Bodega toward the Sonoma frontier); + the SLO padre reports many North Americans near Buena Vista [Lake] who killed an Indian & plan to found an establishment; Victoria will form an expedition vs. the Americans & deal diplomatically with the Russian governor

Date1831-05 (month)
FromVictoria
ToMinistro de la Guerra
PlaceMonterey
SeriesDepartmental Records
TomoIX–XIV (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo page316–318
Savage copy page130–131
Scan leafn129–n130
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentVictoria to Ministro de la Guerra, Monterey, 1831-05, Departmental Records, IX–XIV, 316–318, Archives of California, C-A 49, 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 IX–XIV]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/ca49/ca49-d366.html
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