The British Presence
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This section provides a sample of transactions by "anglos" in the early years.
1877-78
Adams, Tobías [Toby] |
property owner |
Atkins, Hayward [Heyward] |
of Valparaíso, part
owner of the US ship "Rescue" |
Clark, William |
grants power of attorney |
Dunsmure, Diego
[Jacob?] |
hires a diver
to salvage the US ship "P. R. Hazeltine" |
Ewans, Guillermo
D. [Evans, William D.] |
lends money,
supplies provisions |
Falker, Nathaniel
H. |
US merchant
marine, captain of the "Devonshire", resident of Biddeford,
Maine; detained while loading guano at Isla de Monte León,
Santa Cruz |
Johnson, Jorje
[George] |
sells rural
property |
King, George
S. |
witness |
Pritchard, Griffith |
seal-hunter,
captain of the cutter "Rayo" |
Reynard, Enrique
L. [Henry] |
acts as interpreter |
Saavedra de
Duncan, Margarita |
receives power
of attorney from husband |
Wood, Carlos |
civil governor |
Wood, Guillermo
[William] Bennett |
purchases cutter
"Rayo" |
1900
Treachery in the waters of Tierra del Fuego
James Docherty, shipowner, declares that his schooner Ethel D,
commander Captain Charles Sherbold, was boarded by the crew of the US schooner
Carrier Dove and robbed of its cargo while at Charles III Island
[western sector of the Magellan Straits]. Said captain first sent his crew
ashore, and subsequently fled in the other vessel. JD claims losses of £500
plus $2,300 (pesos). Extract from the original text follows: [Ref: Source
2/Vol.58, No.683, f.702]
contra quien corresponda
... Como armador de la Goleta Nacional "Ethel D" mandó la espresada embarcación al mando del capitán Charles Sherbold a las Islas Australes cargada con mercaderías generales y provisiones, para venderlas al mejor precio posible. El espresado capitán, aprovechando la ausencia de abordo de la tripulación que por su orden se encontraba en tierra en la isla Carlos Tercero, trasbordó a la Goleta Norte Americana "Carrier Dove" todo el cargamento con el personal de esta última y se fugó con ella. El valor de las mercaderías asciende a la suma de quinientas libras esterlinas, las provisiones en mil ochocientos pesos y los avances de la dotación del buque a quinientos pesos. En consecuencia viene en protestar ante quien corresponda del robo de que ha sido objeto reservándose el exigir la indemnización de perjuicios ...
1904
Sale of mining rights
James Docherty trades in the the mining rights of gold-bearing sands located
at the following locations in Tierra del Fuego: Río Verde, Río
Paravich, Chorrillo Ogaz, Río Horqueta and Río Oscar. List
of individual sellers (possibly miners or investors) with "anglo"
surnames follows: [Refs: Source 2/Vol. 77, Nos. 182, 322, 357, 569, 570]
| Cameron, Daniel | Mac-Lean [McLean], Colin | Robson, W A |
| Crichton, C | M'Carthy [Mac Carthey], James | Ryan, Patrick [Rayan, Patricio] |
| De Bruyne, Pedro A | Newbery, Eduardo | Shepard [Shepherd?], José |
| Dolt, Jaime | Newbery, Jorje | Sheridan Linley, R |
| Flynn[?], José | Newbery, Rodolfo | Trudgett, George M [Jorge D] |
| Foggie, Juan H | Nicol, Andrew | Voice, A W |
| Hardy [Harde], Herbert A | Nicol, Mungo | Whitney, Enrique L |
| Horrocks, Guillermo H | Reynolds, Juan | Williams, Eduardo |
| Huntington, Ralph | Roberts, Juan D | |
| Jones, Guillermo J | Robins, James Charles |