Vessel
LELIA BIRD
LELIA BIRD: 4 recorded visits to the Californias, 1803 to 1805, calling at San Francisco, Trinidad, Santa Bárbara. Flag United States. Every visit cited to its source.
- Flag
- United States
- Recorded span
- 1803 to 1805
- Recorded visits
- 4
- Name as written
- LELIA BIRD, Lelia Bird (1), Lelia Bird (1), Lelia Byrd (1), Lelia Byrd, William Shaler (1)
- Anchorages
- San Francisco, Trinidad, Santa Bárbara
- Record status
- reviewed
Recorded visits
1803 · San Francisco
port-call? alta
★ FRIGATE *LELIA BIRD* AT SAN FRANCISCO — informed of what happened with frigate *Lelia Bird* of Portsmouth upon arrival
- Archives of California (BANC MSS C-A), C-A 11, doc 320 (scan n311)
- Archives of California (BANC MSS C-A), C-A 11, doc 320 (scan n311)
- Bancroft, History of California: Bancroft HoC II narrates this vessel in 1803 (San Diego, San Francisco)
- Ogden, The California Sea Otter Trade: Ogden 1941, appendix s.v. 'Lelia Byrd, 1803' (San Quintín, 1803-05-03)
1804
unlocated alta
Informed that Viceroy has communicated about what happened with the *Lelia Bird*. pp. 897–8
- Archives of California (BANC MSS C-A), C-A 11, doc 363 (scan n368)
- Bancroft, History of California: Bancroft HoC II narrates this vessel in 1804 (Monterey)
- Ogden, The California Sea Otter Trade: Ogden 1941, appendix s.v. 'Lelia Byrd, 1804' (San Francisco, 1804)
1804-05-11 to 1804-05-18 · Trinidad
port-call alta otter arrived
The Lelia Byrd (Shaler) trading for furs at Trinidad, 11-18 May 1804 — an American fur ship at Trinidad Bay
- Published secondary source: Ogden 1941, appendix, s.v. 'Lelia Byrd, 1804'
1805-09-24 · Santa Bárbara
port-call? alta contraband departed
The American frigate 'William Shaler' (Guillermo Sholar) careened at Santa Catalina Island, then to the Sta Bárbara chan
- Archives of California (BANC MSS C-A), C-A 12, doc 73 (scan n76)
- Archives of California (BANC MSS C-A), C-A 12, doc 73 (scan n76)
- Bancroft, History of California: Bancroft HoC II narrates this vessel in 1805 (San Diego)
- Ogden, The California Sea Otter Trade: Ogden 1941, appendix s.v. 'Lelia Byrd, 1805' (San Diego, 1805)
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