had, and shall have, occasion to cite this author frequently on local and other topics, and it is with regret that I leave the book here without long quotations.[1]
I find notice of thirty-six vessels on the coast in the year 1828, sixteen of which were included in the fleet of the preceding year, and several others had visited California before. Six were whalers.[2] A few meagre items of revenue amount to less than $6,000 at San Francisco and $34,000 at San Diego. In January Echeandía issued an order closing the way-ports, or embarcaderos, except San Pedro, to foreign vessels.[3] This was in accordance with orders from Mexico, and was enforced so far as possible. In July San Pedro was also closed by an order which declared that all coasting trade must be done in Mexican bottoms, that Monterey and Loreto were the only ports open to foreign trade, but that in cases of necessity trade might be permitted at the other presidial ports.[4] In September San Francisco and Santa Bárbara were closed provisionally; though ves-
- ↑ Mention of the Héros in Dept. Rec., MS., vi. 32; Dept. St. Pap., Ben. Mil., MS., lxiii. 2; Id., Ben. Pref. y Juzg., MS., i. 2. Taylor, in Brown's L. Cal., 43, mentions this voyage.
- ↑ See list at end of this chapter. Vessels of 1828: the Andes, Arab (under a Russian name), Baikal, Becket (?), Brillante (?), Clio, Courier, Emily, Fenix, Franklin, Fulham, Funchal, General Sucre, Griffon, Guibale (?), Harbinger, Héros, Huascar, Karimoko, Kiahkta, Laperin (?), Magdalena, María Ester, Minerva, Okhotsk, Pocahontas, Rascow, Solitude, Telemachus, Thomas Nowlan, Times, Verale (?), Vulture, Washington, Waverly, Wilmantic. I have fragments of the Waverly's original log for 1828-9. The author describes, p. 10, a celebration of St Nicholas day on the Russian vessels at Monterey Dec. 17th; also a fandango on shore. Peirce's Rough Sketch, MS., and Memorandum, MS., describe the Griffon's voyage as remembered by the author, who was on the vessel. Six vessels at S. F. in January are not named, but described by Morineau as a Russian frigate; a Russian brig of 200 tons loaded with grain for Sitka; an English schooner from New Albion; an American brig of 150 tons from Manila; a Hawaiian brig of 140 tons manned by kanakas; and a Mexican schooner of 100 tons from Sandwich Islands. El Brillante was at S. Diego from S. Blas, according to this author.
- ↑ Jan. 29, 1828, St. Pap., Sac., MS., x. 104. March 3d, Echeandía to com. gen. Has been obliged to keep open the four presidial ports and S. Pedro. Dept. Rec., MS., vi. 7.
- ↑ July 8, 1828, gov.'s order. Dept. Rec., MS., vi. 63, 77; Dept. St. Pap., S. José, MS., iv. 53-4.
the Comète brought cargoes, which, besides being too large, were ill-assorted and did not sell well.
