José de la Guerra’s Commerce with Asia and Liverpool at Mexican Independence

The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation will host Marie Christine Duggan, Ph.D of Keene State College discussing José Antonio de la Guerra y Noriega, who was the nephew of a powerful merchant in Mexico City. In 1798, his uncle put him in to California’s supply line, probably to obtain otter hides for export to Asia. When Spain ceased to finance the colony in 1810, De la Guerra guided California’s economy into trade with Manila, San Blas, Lima, Manila, Canton and Liverpool.

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