1809 report of a frigate anchored at the PUERTO DE BODEGA

Archives of California, Miscellaneous, tomo — · BANC MSS C-A 62, document 296

1809 report of a frigate anchored at the PUERTO DE BODEGA: Moraga tells the governor that the SF-mission neophytes returning from «la otra banda del estero» reported «una fragata fondeada en el Puerto de Bodega», its launch working up & down the estero de San Rafael — early documentation of the Russian approach to Bodega (Kuskov era, eve of Fort Ross) → the Bodega dossier + Russian California + Solano County history. (+ Abella's 1809 mission Easter-communion certificate.)

Date1809-06-20 & 1809-07-17 (exact)
FromFr. Ramón Abella + Gabriel Moraga
ToTte José [Fⁿᵈᵒ] de Arrillaga
PlaceSan Francisco
SeriesArchives of California, Miscellaneous
Tomo—
Original tomo pagep.50/273–74
Savage copy page277
Scan leafn299
Document typereport / certificate
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentFr. Ramón Abella + Gabriel Moraga to Tte José [Fⁿᵈᵒ] de Arrillaga, San Francisco, 1809-06-20 & 1809-07-17, Miscellaneous, —, p.50/273–74, Archives of California, C-A 62, 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/ca62/ca62-d296.html
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