major dispatch (topic-header: Tulares; fleet; Dept. commerce; American-adventurer & wild-Indian threats; the Alvarado–Vallejo rift; 'Asuntos de Ross'; ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Compra de propiedades Rusas por Sutter') — the Fort Ross sale to Sutter (Tsar's evacuation order; Rotchev's offer to Mexico declined; Ross evacuated 19 Dec 1841, 'ya no tremola el pabellón Ruso'); Sutter's Nueva Helvecia 'entre los indios bárbaros' (defended it with 8 men, settled 300+ gentiles + a school, recovered rancheros' stolen horse-herds via repeated campaigns); the Bartleson–Bidwell party (~30 armed Missourians, Vallejo returned their arms & passported them over Alvarado's objection); Vallejo's 'acrimonia' toward Sutter (dup. pp.35–38) — see Expanded Entry 8
| Date | 1842-01-11 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Alvarado |
| To | Ministro de Relaciones (México) |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Departmental Records |
| Tomo | IX–XIV (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | XIII·16–23 |
| Savage copy page | XIII·6–13 |
| Scan leaf | n351–n358 |
| Document type | transcription |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Alvarado to Ministro de Relaciones (México), Monterey, 1842-01-11, Departmental Records, IX–XIV, XIII·16–23, 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-d974.html