Intelligence (from an English merchant-frigate captain)

Provincial State Papers, tomo XII–XIII · BANC MSS C-A 7, document 306

Intelligence (from an English merchant-frigate captain): an English 40-gun warship was to sail (last Oct.) to Nootka 'á tratar varios asuntos… y relevar á Dn George Wancouver,' now 'muy inmediata á esta costa' — warns Borica to watch; thinks Vancouver's stated motive (his commission ending this year) 'frívolo' (see E18)

Date1794-06-15 (exact)
FromRamón Saavedra (Cmdt of Nootka)
ToGov. of Cal.
SeriesProvincial State Papers
TomoXII
Original tomo page521
Savage copy page208
Scan leafn212
SourceSavage abstract

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