Pedro Cevallos (Secretary of State) → Viceroy — Royal Order on foreign whaling-contraband ships. — The companion metropolitan order: foreign ships 'so color de la pesca de la Ballena hacen un excedido contrabando' on the Mar del Sur coasts of the King's dominions; coastal employees to bar foreigners from landing per standing orders, 'siendo este punto convenido entre todas las potencias que tienen colonias'; ships caught smuggling — the named 'Ulises' and 'Stefan' — to be confiscated. ⭐⭐ The King is notifying the Spanish Minister to the United States of America to warn that Government that action will be taken against [ships] landing at the Spanish colonies. ⭐ Strong borderlands evidence — Spain at the metropolitan level (1803) addressing the U.S. directly over American/foreign whalers & contraband on the Pacific/California coast. → the Bay Area borderlands dossier (American perspective / foreign incursion), the otter-trade corruption cases.
| Date | 1803, Aug 10, Madrid (year) |
|---|---|
| From | Doc II-37 |
| Series | State Papers, Sacramento |
| Tomo | I |
| Original tomo page | — |
| Savage copy page | 191–192 |
| Scan leaf | n190–n191 |
| Document type | Transcription |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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