Documents deal with following topics: Urgency of need for supplying frontier presidios with firearms and causes of delays in shipment from Spain. Military and religious salaries and monte pio for California. Promotions, commissions, assignments and transfers requested because of hardship on frontier for personnel. Request for passport for transfer of recruit to another province. Need for reprinting reglamentos. Alcabala on tobacco, playing cards, gunpowder. Neve named as gobernador of California. Administrative matters concerning postal service, aduana at Chihuahua, supply of mercury for mines and salary and duties of assayer at rosario. (J. M. Johnson, July 1988)

Documents discuss effect of land distribution on Sonora after Galvez' inspection, references to past cedulas and viceregal decisions. Difficulties of collection of tribute in areas of Sinaloa due to poor treatment by officials. Needed improvement in operations of mines and collection of Alcabala. After reviewing problems, king and Galindo recommend halting of land distribution until province receives favorable return defensively and economically. Establishment of Casas reales at Arispe and Rosario approved, with suggestions for fiscal economization and duties for personnel. (J. M. Johnson, July 1988)

Series of concise letters between Nava and viceroys conde de Revilla Gigedo and marques de Branciforte covering appointment of Fernandez Cosio as Ensayador de Caxas de Rosario; collection of Alcavala, gunpowder, tobacco, and playing card taxes in Arispe; reassignment of several Lower level administrative personnel; petition by Portillo for position in Caxas de Guadalaxara (includes resume of previous employment);criteria for awarding military retirement benefits; and welcoming of Branciforte as new viceroy. Documents devoid of specific detail, many merely acknowledging receipt of previous letters. (A. Tukey, August 1988)

Series of concise letters between Nava, Arrillaga and virrey covering collection of Alcavala, moving capital of Sonora from Arispe to Ures, retirement of Urrutia, establishment of new schools and universities in California, prohibition of exchange of currency between Nueva Espana and Spain, birth of Infante Felipe Maria Francisco, and dispute over inheritance left by Luis Cazorla. Documents without much specific detail, with many merely confirming receipt of earlier letters. (A. Tukey, August 1988)

Series of concise letters between Nava and virrey covering granting of travel allowance to Garibay, inauguration of diputacion de Mineria, retirement of Arce, granting of military escort to Leon for conducting of botanical studies in Sonora, moving of bishopric of Nuevo Leon to Monterrey, establishment of presidio at San Fernando, collection of Alcavala, and transfer of Vial from Nueva Mexico to Luisiana. (A. Tukey, August 1988)

Requests for retirement and official salary for Villasenor and Tranga accompanied by their service records. Nava receives order about arrival of officials and salary abonos. Nava sends service records of cadets, sargents, and officials of Sonora and Nueva Mexico to viceroy. Nava conforms to order giving predecessor copies of relaciones on officials of his jurisdiction. Viceroy approves salary increase and double rations for subordinate California officials. Guizarnotegui given contract to provision Nuevo Viscaya and Nueva Mexico troops. Fernando de la Concha receives Coronel de infantria command. Nava to publish vando on increases of Alcabala. Brena given post of captain. Diaz Salorzano and Marinelarena given commands in Principe; Tovar given Principe capitancy. Concerns regulations for treatment to invalids. Diaz de Solorzano given leave to heal from accident. Commanders asked to declare to inquisition their Fueros militares. Concerns licence given to arimiga to build chapel in Rancho del oro. Carcabas given office of Abilitado general in California. Publication of vandos on contraband. (L. L. Woodward, July 1988)

58 oficios from Vaamonde, governor of Nuevo Leon, to Castro, comandante general de Provincias Internas sent in response to fija sobre sueldos a oficiales (f. 365); Acuna granted gobierno of use of military uniform by civilians (f. 369); Vaamonde recognizes nomination of Castro as comandante general de for transfer of captain Tovar and family to Rio Grande presidio fugitive Indian from Bejar apprehended in Nuevo Leon (f. 386); collection of limosna for rescate de cautivos per viceregal marques de Bajamar (f. 392); Vaamonde promulgates order concerning general amnesty for contrabandistas (f. 401, 406); (ff. 402, 417); copy of letter from Ramon, teniente at Lampazos, concerning theft of horses from Rio Grande (f. 403); disposition of correspondence to Castro during comandante general's visita to Texas (ff. 408, 413, 415); Vaamonde resulting in injury suffered by tlaxcalan, death of Arriero, plus request that presidios abandoned on Rio Grande be re Borrados from San Cristobal (f. 414); Vaamonde received order stating that conductores de valijas are forbidden to carry descuento de Invalidos y Monte Pio (f. 412); received copies of brief informe from virreyes, presidentes, etc. Of state of agriculture, population, roads, etc. In indias (f. 420); mass sung and 3 nights of veneration done in honor of birth of prince (f. 421); Vaamonde orders publication of circular order virrey's peace proposal with Lipanes (ff. 423, 431); Vaamonde acknowledges receipt of royal decree conceeding to Gordoqui Gracia y facultad of putting media firma on all avisos, oficios, and Ordenes concerning Spain and Indies (f. 424); Vaamonde transfers two salvaguardias from Purificacion to gualahuices to contain fugas E inquietudes of Indians present there (f. 425); sends testimonio of Gonzalez Huerta for nomination as Habilitado of Lampazos (ff. 426, 432); received copy of Bando concerning foundation of colegio in Granada for instruccion y adelanto of nobles americanos (f. 427); received copy of order stipulating that no military person may contract marriage without permission of padres, abuelos, tutores o curadores (f. 428); received order freeing governors of Provincias Internas (except Sonora, Nueva Vizcaya) from Media anata (f. 430). (J. H. Ochs, October 1988)