Figueroa's reply — affirms satisfaction with the Russians' 'honored and delicate conduct' & rebuts Beechey's otter charges as false; blames Anglo-American 'adventurers' for violating the law of nations & threatens indemnification; ⭐ questions the right by which the Ross establishment is founded, invoking the 1819 Adams-Onís boundary & Mexican prior possession, while deferring the decision to government-level negotiation
| Date | 1833-12-23 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Gov. José Figueroa (Monterey) |
| To | Governor of the Russian-American Colonies [Wrangel] |
| Series | State Papers, Sacramento |
| Tomo | X–XIX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | XIX·121–122 |
| Savage copy page | 408–411 |
| Scan leaf | n407–410 |
| Document type | abstract (corr.) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Gov. José Figueroa (Monterey) to Governor of the Russian-American Colonies [Wrangel], 1833-12-23, State Papers, Sacramento, X–XIX, XIX·121–122, 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-d465.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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