✓ VERIFIED vs scan n127 (2026-07-06). sea-otter-hunting contract — 'Dice que Echeandía concedió permiso al Ruso Cirilo Cthenisof[?]' ✎ *(the contractor is a RUSSIAN — 'el Ruso Cirilo…', 'Cirilo'=Kirill; ⚠ surname reading uncertain, possibly the RAC's Kirill Khlebnikov — verify vs Gibson/Khlebnikov's CA records; this makes it an explicit RAC otter contract, not a generic foreigner)* to hunt otters as new revenue 'entretanto resuelve el Supᵒ Gobⁿᵒ,' terms: 1ª 4-month term; 2ª only the brig + 25 cayucos with its crew + 10 territory men to learn to hunt; 3ª hunting the islands from Santa Cruz to San Diego; 4ª no trade/provisions except at Monterey, Sta Bárbara, San Diego; 5ª pelts processed at any territory port; the territory keeps 1/3 of all pelts (by class).
| Date | (n.d., c.1826–28) (year) |
|---|---|
| From | José Mª Echeandía |
| Place | contract |
| Series | State Papers, Sacramento |
| Tomo | X–XIX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | XI·(to 193) |
| Savage copy page | 128–129 |
| Scan leaf | n127–128 |
| Document type | abstract (contract) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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José Mª Echeandía, contract, (n.d., c.1826–28), State Papers, Sacramento, X–XIX, XI·(to 193), Archives of California, C-A 56, 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 X–XIX]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/ca56/ca56-d147.html