NOOTKA / OPEN DOOR (heading reads *'Sobre prisiones'* — ⚠ mismatch; content is the fishing-vessel order): transmits Floridablanca's R.O. of 25 Sept [1790] *'sobre que no se hagan hostilidades á embarcaciones de pesca inglesas ú otras'* (no hostilities to English or other fishing vessels — the post-Nootka-Convention free-navigation rule), with the added caveat that this does NOT extend to those 'haciendo contrabando, ni introducir á los establecimientos que se intenten formar en el mar del Norte ó en el del Sur ó Pacífico á la parte interior de las costas.' ✅ verified scale 2.
| Date | 1791-02-22 (copy cert. Saltillo 2 Apr 1791) (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Conde de Revilla Gigedo + Pedro de Nava |
| Place | México |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | X |
| Original tomo page | p.284–285 |
| Savage copy page | 80 |
| Scan leaf | n81 |
| Document type | extract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Conde de Revilla Gigedo + Pedro de Nava, México, 1791-02-22 (copy cert. Saltillo 2 Apr 1791), Provincial State Papers, X, p.284–285, 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-d87.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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