(A. Tukey, June 1988)

Requests for payment of sinodos similar to ff. 437-457 of same volume. Includes list of Head administrators at each of 18 missions in California. (A. Tukey, June 1988)

Cortes and Lopez ask viceroy that sinodos owed to California missions be paid through Cajas de Zacatecas. Lopez' letter includes summary of policies of previous viceroys in regard to payment of sinodos. (A. Tukey, June 1988)

Cortes complains to viceroy that Cajas de Guadalaxara has failed to pay 15,200 pesos worth of sinodos. Because goods shipped from southern ports are expensive, life for missionaries in California has become miserable without sinodos. (A. Tukey, June 1988)

(A. Tukey, June 1988)

Documents concern repayment of 38,800 pesos owed to real hacienda since 1791 by Fondo Piadoso of California missions. (A. Tukey, June 1988)

Summary of legal proceedings which resulted from complaint registered against Matas Dominguez, mayordomo of Soledad, by Teran, priest of Rio Blanco. (J. H. Ochs, April 1988)

Parrilla informs virrey of receipt of copies of reales Ordenes pertaining to temporalidades of missions of Tarahumaras, Tepehuanes in Nueva Vizcaya. (J. H. Ochs, March 1988)

Fajardo y Cobarrubias informs virrey of having transferred 16 Tepehuana and tarahuamara to Sandoval, secretary of reales Juntas. (J. H. Ochs, March 1988)

Concerns illegal act of american captain who left 11 people, including one woman on shore near Monterrey, against will of governor of Californias; the 11 are sent to San Blas, then Marched to Veracruz, where they are to be sent to Habana and subsequently back to their native countries, as commanded by virrey; one Dies of illness on March, one flees on board portuguese ship in San Blas, six go on to Habana while three remain behind in Veracruz, requesting to be converted to catholicism and incorporated into Spanish realm; those remaining behind include an Englishman, Prichard, and bostonian Husband and wife, Andres and Juana Lambert; questions arise as to whether Juana is also married to another man, serious investigation ensues, conclusion is she has always been married board by Daw and prices; ff. 433, request in English for conversion, catholic marriage and repatriation signed by by drink, Andres not her legitimate Husband; ff. 556-9, question their fidelity to crown and church; ff. 574-586, personal letters from Andres to Juana used as evidence of their faithful marriage; further documentation includes Series of testimonies by military commanders on road from Tepic to Mexico that captives had been given no reason to complain of bad treatment, and final decision of virrey to give lamberts choice between Spain and Baja California as ultimate place of residence. (D. J. McClelland, June, 1988)