the RAC manager's petition to build a warehouse & wharf at the Yerba Buena beach (future SF) for the…

State Papers, Missions and Colonization, tomo II · BANC MSS C-A 53, document 134

the RAC manager's petition to build a warehouse & wharf at the Yerba Buena beach (future SF) for the Company's California grain trade — 5 articles: buy/build there (no store or customs house exists); learn the storage-duty tariff; cut timber in the S. Rafael woods for construction & keep 2 Company workers to guard the *almacén y muelle*; cede it gratis to the Departmental government after 10 years; the Company's grain-only ships to be inspected & pay tonnage at Yerba Buena. ⚠ date reads 1839 (Rotchev's tenure c.1836–41), though bound amid 1833–35 material

Date1839-05-10 (exact)
FromAlexander Rotchev ('Comandante de la fortaleza de Ross')
Toel Gobernador
PlaceMonterey
SeriesState Papers, Missions and Colonization
TomoII
Original tomo pagep.326–328 (Sav. pp. 388, 529–31)
Savage copy page240–242
Scan leafn238–240
Document typeabstract (corr.)
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentAlexander Rotchev ('Comandante de la fortaleza de Ross') to el Gobernador, Monterey, 1839-05-10, State Papers, Missions and Colonization, II, p.326–328 (Sav. pp. 388, 529–31), Archives of California, C-A 53, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.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/ca53/ca53-d134.html
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