Vancouver's letter cont. — the shore operations he needs: examine the rigging, unload the supply ship's cargo onto the *Discovery* & *Chatham* (requiring part on land), casks + a guard ashore; his commission includes Astronomy & Natural History, with shore observatories; names the officer Mr. Whidbey [Joseph Whidbey], pilot of the *Discovery*, + 2 midshipmen; and ⭐ 'Mr. Menzes [Archibald Menzies],' the naturalist, needing to come ashore to fulfill his commission; asks that the officers be allowed to walk/ride as on his prior visit
| Date | 1793-12-02 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Vancouver |
| To | Arrillaga |
| Place | Monterey Bay (Discovery) |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XI |
| Original tomo page | p.269–278 |
| Savage copy page | XI:106–107 |
| Scan leaf | n290–n291 |
| Document type | transcription |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Vancouver to Arrillaga, Monterey Bay (Discovery), 1793-12-02, Provincial State Papers, XI, p.269–278, Archives of California, C-A 6, 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/ca6/ca6-d225.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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