Monumental Tome detailing everything you ever wanted to know about the missions of Nuevo Santander. One document comprising many assembled, transcribed reports from missions of Jalpam, Conca, Tancoiol, Tilaco, Landa, Herrera, Rioverde. Most of first half deals with Tancoiol, second half with Conca; others interspersed. F.359 concerns Landa; F.365 Jalpam; F.374 Conca; F.386 caderreita, Sierragorda; F.387 Rioverde, Nuevo Santander. Topics shuffled together, include minutely detailed description of architecture, ornamentation, furnishing of missions; reports on population (especially ff.349, 358, 375), crops planted (f.356), Indian labor in construction (344), livestock. Occasional mention of number of weddings, deaths of Indians. F.388 mentions Guastecos at Conca deserting. F.399 Indians gathered from mission to search of deserters. Throughout document are references to various missionaries, their document appears on ff.407-417 of this volume; See next entry. (A. Dean, April 1990)

Oficio from junta de real hacienda discussing following four reconstruction of church in Pitic for Seris; construction of churches in Churray and Suaqui for Sibubapas; reestablishment of pearl fishing off coasts of Tepoca and Californias. Description of construction details and costs of building Canal and churches. Decision made to maintain existing Canal as well as possible; build churches; rent out pearl fishing areas. (D. Uhlman, February 1988)

Documents concerning companias volantes de Nuevo Santander, Nuevo Leon; officers, sargeants listed with their horses, mules; retired officers also listed. Mentions conducting chaingangs of Indians, funding construction of additional buildings for troops, related topics. Included is well-drawn site plan for building comprising Corral, troop quarters, Patio, etc. With explanation. Estimates for cost of construction. (A. Dean, July 1989)

Documents relating to events in transporting families from canary islands to settle in Texas, lists of materials in clothing and all kinds of tools needed. Lists of supplies of foods, salary to be paid to guide, increase of daily maintenance for every person, census of families with physical description of every individual in expedition, proposals by church to marry every girl from 12 to 18 years of age and every Boy from 24 to 12 years of age. Appointment of priest to cure families, itinerary of trip. Also, lists of expenses incurred in transportation from Veracruz to San Antonio. Maps with planned areas in which such families could settle near San Antonio without conflicting with other settlers in area drawn by marquez de Aguayo in ff. 187. A plan to scale and drawing of proposed Villa to be established in ff. 201 and orderly issuing of lands to be given to families for planting. (A. Dell'acqua, January 1988)

List of weekly expenses in construction of Apache houses in Bacoachi; specific amounts listed for various construction tasks. (J. Tapia, November 1987)

Correspondence between Corbalan and virrey concerning issues of mules to California (specifies going price of mules); administration of Seri communities; account of debts incurred in military expedition; Canal (acequia) construction; Fueros' passport, administration of gold placers; certificacion of gold taxed (quintado) at Alamos between 1 may and 31 December 1773. (J. H. Ochs, January 1988)

Correspondence between Corbalan, virrey concerning issues shipments to California; mandate that all gold, silver be taxed (quintado). Attached is index of viceregal orders received by Corbalan from 7 September through September 29, 1773. (J. H. Ochs, January 1988)

Series of 10 short letters from Corbalan to virrey concerning various issues of provincial administration. Issues mentioned royal fifth to be extracted from all privately held gold, silver in Sonora; legal case against Torres; regulations pertaining to recovery of gold by individuals; Lumbreras' account with real Caja; Corbalan's delay in transmitting Cuenta general to office of virrey, virrey's response; revenue collected by real Caja through sale of tobacco, gunpowder, playing cards; Prestamero's repayment of debt owed real hacienda; lastly, index of letters from Corbalan to virrey from 17 September through 25 October, 1773. (J. H. Ochs, January 1988)

Letters concerning expenses of San Francisco's factory for years 1789-1794. Documents and letters related to deliveries made by presidios in California to ships and individuals. Commissioner of San Blas promises to pay immediately his debt and ask in the future to send him an invoice with the goods. Letters mentioning amount of money alloted to each presidio. Document containing detailed accounting of San Francisco's factory, presidio and church. Letters concerning expenses of presidios Santa Barbara, San Diego, San Francisco and Monterrey. Letter explaining extra expenses incurred in Monterrey due to fire in presidio and detailed description of repair work and daily life of Indians employed to do it (folio 335-337). (T. Kahana September 1989)