Viceroy Guemes Pacheco sends orders to comandante general demotions, leaves of absence, retirements due to injuries. Directed to various officers and military personnel from different presidios and provinces. Letter from viceroy to different heads of presidios to help, protect, attend to Lord Eduardo Fitzgerald, cousin of Duke of Richmond, during visit to Nueva Espana. (A. Dell'acqua, October 1987)

(J. H. Ochs, sept., 1987)

(D. J. McClelland, October 1785)

(D. J. McClelland, October 1987)

Documents relating to military and civilian life within orders by king to retain third of salary from Muniz to be sent to his wife in Spain. Appointments, transfers, and retirement of officers and personnel from compania volante de Sonora as king ordered its desolution. Help consisting of personnel and cattle sent to Californias. Request for garce's diary. (A. Dell'acqua, March 1988)

Documents from viceroy to all military and civilian authorities within Provincias Internas regarding appointment by king of Teodoro Francisco de Croix as comandante general de Provincias Internas requesting from all personnel their obedience to new appointee. (A. Dell'acqua, March 1988)

Documents relating to archives of area of Provincias Internas requested by Caballero de Croix new appointee of king to be comandante general. These documents include every aspect of life in such provinces going back many years. (A. Dell'acqua, March 1988)

Drafts of correspondence in Provincias Internas requested by viceroy for issuance to Teodoro Croix new comandante general de Provincias Internas before he takes charge of his new duties. (A. Dell'acqua, March 1988)

Correspondence between virrey and three officers in Santander; Vidal de Lorca requests more munitions, money and troops to respond to Indian depredations; Maxent retires due to fever and illness suffered in San Luis Potosi; Quixas requests permission to go to Mexico City to See someone for cure, explains his sad position and excellent record; virrey is informed that Quixas, who is blind, has received permission from previous virrey but done nothing about it other than complain, causing previous virrey to impose perpetual silence on Quixas so virrey denies him permission to go to capital, but grants him permission to seek cure elsewhere; documents in Series, but intermingled. (D. J. McClelland, September 1988)

Correspondence between virrey, Herrera and Ramon primarily regarding Indian hostilities in Nuevo Leon and military attempts to rectify situation; documents include various notices of receipt of and enclosure of decrees and procedural military documents not actually present; of particular interest are diarios from Ramon of Punta de Lampazos and Herrera's discussion of situation in ff. 68-88, 104-119, and 126-132; women referred to as one casualty in a battle (f. 128); otherwise little substantive content. (D. J. McClelland, September 1988)