Vessel
Betsy
Betsy: 4 recorded visits to the Californias, 1800 to 1807, calling at San Diego, Todos Santos. Flag United States. Every visit cited to its source.
- Flag
- United States
- Recorded span
- 1800 to 1807
- Recorded visits
- 4
- Anchorages
- San Diego, Todos Santos
- Record status
- reviewed
Recorded visits
unlocated alta
Brig *Betsy*; sick missionaries
1800-12-01 · San Diego
port-call? alta seized
The anglo-American brig *Betsy* at San Diego (1800): arrived seeking aid (given at fair price); also called at San Blas;
- Archives of California (BANC MSS C-A), C-A 55, doc 369 (scan n316–n317)
- Bancroft, History of California: Bancroft HoC I narrates this vessel in 1800 (San Francisco)
- Ogden, The California Sea Otter Trade: Ogden 1941, appendix s.v. 'Betsy, 1800' (San Blas, 1800)
1801 · Todos Santos
port-call? baja
American brig 'Betsy' re-entered Ensenada de Todos Santos despite orders. Arrillaga: warn, repeat, then 'use your right'
1807-01-10
mention alta
R.O. on a U.S. ship called the *Eagle*, ~100 tons, 10–12 cannon, being fitted out at New York to sail — intelligence rel
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