Previously uncatalogued — recovered by the 2026-08-27 coverage audit

Previously uncatalogued — recovered by the 2026-08-27 coverage audit: the document lay inside the declared span of a grouped entry covering n132-n151, which had passed every completeness check while concealing it. Heading verbatim: '+ 1840. Mayo 17. Mej. / Echeverria - Decreto sobre cerrarse los puertos de Sisal, Isla del Carmen y Bacalar en el Dep.to de Yucatan. (2 ejempl.s)' [= Echeverria. Decree on the closing of the ports of Sisal, Isla del Carmen and Bacalar in the Department of Yucatan. (2 copies)] Closes three Yucatan ports, a measure of the 1840 Yucatan separatist crisis, circulated to California as a general customs order.

Date	1840-05-17 (exact)
From	Echeverria, Ministro de Hacienda
Place	Mexico
Series	Superior Government State Papers, Benicia
Tomo	XIX–XXI (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo page	pp. 557-8
Savage copy page	141
Scan leaf	n140
Document type	acta / abstract
Source	Savage abstract

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How to cite this document

Echeverria, Ministro de Hacienda, Mexico, 1840-05-17, Superior Government State Papers, Benicia, XIX–XXI, pp. 557-8, Archives of California, C-A 58, 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 XIX–XXI]

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