2823. Virmond, Enrique P.[Carta a Lucas Alamán sobre su salida de San Diego en donde vió al general Victoria que posteriormente salió para Monterrey a recibir el gobierno de manos de Echeandia.] Mazatlán,February 21, 1831.ALS., February 21, 1831.

Reference to: Orders for settlements at missions Carmelo and San Gabriel; suspension of order at Santa Bárbara by Lieutenant Zamavano; San Blas; revolution of Solís; shipMaría Ester;reinforcements lefts at Island of Santa Cruz; state of disrepair in Monterrey and San Francisco; theLeonor;soldiers at Pueblo de los Ángeles; laborers from San Luis Potosí; conditions in San Diego; trade in grain with Russian ships; port of Sitka; Hudson Bay Company ship in Monterrey from Colombia River; trade in salt, dried meat, and tallow; price of tallow in Lima; land trade with New Mexico recently opened; communication with Sonora; hostility of Indians at mouth of the Colorado; beaver-hunting by Indians at San José and on Río Sacramento and San Joaquín; skins taken by Anglo-Americans from Río Jesús María; need for establishment north of San Francisco; otter-hunting agreement with the Russians; danger of their extinction; Captain Beachy of English corvetteBlossam;mapping of San Francisco Bay; samples of plants and animals gathered by Sr. Deppe; exploration of Sacramento, Jesús María, and Colorado Rivers; Acapulco; election of Carlos Carrillo from California; dwindling of missionaries; growing dislike for Mexicans.