encloses two documents: one on the loss of 491 otter skins (pieles de nutria) confiscated from the…

State Papers, Missions, tomo I–V · BANC MSS C-A 50, document 324

encloses two documents: one on the loss of 491 otter skins (pieles de nutria) confiscated from the American frigate *Alexander*, the other on the value of 19 pieces of *bretaña* (linen) sold by his order — an otter-smuggling seizure & contraband-trade record → the Bodega primary sources / Open-Door foreign-contact thread

Date1806-06-21 (exact)
FromArrillaga (Monterey)
ToViceroy Iturrigaray
SeriesState Papers, Missions
TomoI–V (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagep.iii.596
Savage copy page302
Scan leafn301
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentArrillaga (Monterey) to Viceroy Iturrigaray, 1806-06-21, State Papers, Missions, p.iii.596, Archives of California, C-A 50, 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–V]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/ca50/ca50-d324.html
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