William Wadsworth was an American sea captain hired by the Russian American Company (RAC) to sail the Russian ship Il’mena. He took RAC sea otter hunting crews to San Nicolas and San Clemente Islands in 1814. After depositing the hunters, Wadsworth continued to the Spanish Californian coast to trade for supplies. He sailed back to the Channel Islands to pick up the hunting crews.
DATE OF BIRTH: Unknown
PLACE OF BIRTH: USA
DATE OF DEATH: Unknown
PLACE OF BURIAL: Unknown
References
Gibson, James R. and Alexei A. Istomin with the assistance of Valery A. Tishkov. Russian California 1806–1860: A History in Documents, Vol. 1. London: Ashgate (2014): 338.
Istomin, Alexei A., James R. Gibson, and Valery A. Tishkov. Russia in California: Russian Documents on Fort Ross and Russian-Californian Relations in 1803–1850. Moscow: Nauka, 2005: 270.
Morris, Susan L., Glenn J. Farris, Steven J. Schwartz, Irina V. L. Wender, and Boris Dralyuk. “Murder, Massacre, and Mayhem on the California Coast, 1814–1815: Newly Translated Russian Documents Reveal Company Concern Over Violent Clashes.” Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 34, 1 (2014): 81–100.
Pierce, Richard A. Russian-America: A Biographical Dictionary, 537. Kingston, Ontario: The Limestone Press, 1990.
DATE OF BIRTH: Unknown
PLACE OF BIRTH: USA
DATE OF DEATH: Unknown
PLACE OF BURIAL: Unknown
References
Gibson, James R. and Alexei A. Istomin with the assistance of Valery A. Tishkov. Russian California 1806–1860: A History in Documents, Vol. 1. London: Ashgate (2014): 338.
Istomin, Alexei A., James R. Gibson, and Valery A. Tishkov. Russia in California: Russian Documents on Fort Ross and Russian-Californian Relations in 1803–1850. Moscow: Nauka, 2005: 270.
Morris, Susan L., Glenn J. Farris, Steven J. Schwartz, Irina V. L. Wender, and Boris Dralyuk. “Murder, Massacre, and Mayhem on the California Coast, 1814–1815: Newly Translated Russian Documents Reveal Company Concern Over Violent Clashes.” Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 34, 1 (2014): 81–100.
Pierce, Richard A. Russian-America: A Biographical Dictionary, 537. Kingston, Ontario: The Limestone Press, 1990.
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