Lydia

Arrival & detention of the Am. schooner *Lydia*, Capt. Henry Gyzelaar, from Sitka (45-day voyage); capt. came ashore 'mu

• Archives of California (BANC MSS C-A), C-A 41, doc 1 (scan n1)
• Bancroft, History of California: Bancroft HoC II narrates this vessel in 1816 (Refugio, Santa Bárbara, Sitka)
• Ogden, The California Sea Otter Trade: Ogden 1941, appendix s.v. 'Lydia, 1816' (Santa Bárbara, 1816-03-15)

Long explanatory report acknowledging the 18th's order approving the *Lydia*'s capture. Confesses his own 'poquísima int

• Archives of California (BANC MSS C-A), C-A 41, doc 6 (scan n6)
• Archives of California (BANC MSS C-A), C-A 41, doc 9 (scan n10–n15)
• Bancroft, History of California: Bancroft HoC II narrates this vessel in 1816 (Refugio, Santa Bárbara, Sitka)
• Ogden, The California Sea Otter Trade: Ogden 1941, appendix s.v. 'Lydia, 1816' (Santa Bárbara, 1816-03-15)

Roster of 'Prisioneros americanos' from the Am. frigate *Albatross* (Capt. William Smith) and schooner *Lydia*. *Albatro

• Archives of California (BANC MSS C-A), C-A 41, doc 2 (scan n3)
• Archives of California (BANC MSS C-A), C-A 41, doc 8 (scan n9)
• Archives of California (BANC MSS C-A), C-A 41, doc 11 (scan n16)
• Bancroft, History of California: Bancroft HoC II narrates this vessel in 1816 (Refugio, Santa Bárbara, Sitka)
• Ogden, The California Sea Otter Trade: Ogden 1941, appendix s.v. 'Lydia, 1816' (Santa Bárbara, 1816-03-15)

Went aboard the *Lydia* per orders, made inventory of ship & cargo, left a corporal + 4 soldiers after arresting Capt. G

• Archives of California (BANC MSS C-A), C-A 41, doc 3 (scan n4)
• Bancroft, History of California: Bancroft HoC II narrates this vessel in 1816 (Refugio, Santa Bárbara, Sitka)
• Ogden, The California Sea Otter Trade: Ogden 1941, appendix s.v. 'Lydia, 1816' (Santa Bárbara, 1816-03-15)

English. Demands the *Lydia* be sent to San Blas to claim justice; protests the 'excesos' aboard & the poor boat given h

• Archives of California (BANC MSS C-A), C-A 41, doc 10 (scan n15–n16)
• Bancroft, History of California: Bancroft HoC II narrates this vessel in 1816 (Refugio, Santa Bárbara, Sitka)
• Ogden, The California Sea Otter Trade: Ogden 1941, appendix s.v. 'Lydia, 1816' (Santa Bárbara, 1816-03-15)

Hoja de servicios of José de la Guerra y Noriega: cadet 2y, alférez 5y, teniente 11y, capitán 11y; served in the SD/Mont

• Archives of California (BANC MSS C-A), C-A 18, doc 343 (scan n323–n324)