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CHAPTER V.

ECHEANDf A S RULE MARITIME AND COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS.
1826-30.

VESSELS OF 1826 REVENUE RULES HARTNELL S BUSINESS HAWAIIAN FLAG COOPEK AND THE ROVER, LAWSUIT WITH ARGUELLO BEECHEY S VISIT IN THE BLOSSOM BOOKS RESULTING TRADING FLEET OF 1827 REGLAMENTOS ON LIQUORS AND LIVE-STOCK EMBARRASSMENT OF McCcLLocH, HARTNELL & Co. CUNNINGHAM AT SANTA CATALINA VISIT OF DUHAUT-ClLLY AND BOTTA MARITIME AFFAIRS OF 1828 RESTRICTIONS SMUGGLING AFFAIR OF THE FRANKLIN CANNON-BALLSAFFAIR OF THE KARIMOKO VESSELS OF 1829 CUSTOM HOUSE ARRIVAL OF THE BROOKLINE GALE S CORRESPONDE CE RAISING THK STARS AND STRIPES LANG AT SAN DIEGO THE SANTA BARBARA BUILT IN CALIFORNIA SHIPS AND TRADE OF 1830 LIST OF VESSELS, 1825-30.

THE vessels of 1826 were forty-four in number, including a few doubtfully recorded. There were twenty-two American, eight English, five Mexican, four Russian, three of the Hawaiian Islands, and one Californian, though the latter carried the American flag.Eleven were whalers seeking supplies; one was on n scientific and exploring expedition; and the rest, so far as the records show, were engaged more or less exclusively in trade. Ten or twelve were included in the list of the preceding year, having either remained over from December to January or repeating their trip.[1]


  1. The vessels of the year, for more particulars about which see list at end of this chapter, were the Adam, Alliance, Aryory, Baikal, Blossom, Charlt 1 *, Courier, Cyrus, Elena, Eliza, Franklin, General Bravo, Harb ntjer, Ii/ca, I nor?, J6ven An>/ustiax, Kiahkta, Maria E*ter, Maria Teresa, Mercury (2), Mero, Moor, Olive Branch, Paragon, Peruvian, Pizorro, J-fover, Sachem, Santa Apolonia, Sirena, Solitude, Speed i/, Spy, ThomsNowlan, Timorelan, Triton, Washington (3), Waverly, Whaleman, Youny Tartar, Zamora.