Major documents deal with salaries, personnel, appointments, expenses, budgets and pensions for the department; supplies for California presidios and cargos and itineraries for the fragata requirement for monthly reports by Hijosa for personnel in San Blas and California; shipment of carriages for Areche; technical experts in shipbuilding to be sent to San Blas from Spain; ports of Realejo and Sonsonate now belong to district of Guatemala; need to recruit two surgeons for San Blas to fill vacancies. (J. M. Johnson, September 1988)

Primary topics of correspondence are: recruitment of pilots, contramaestros, sailors for arsenal; explanations of vacancies and discussions of qualifications, salaries, illnesses and regulations concerning personnel. Cargos and documents transported to California. Expenses for provisioning ships. Viceroy orders naval equipment stored in Veracruz to be released for use in San Blas. Many details of shipments, itineraries, etc. of Goleta Sonora, paquebot El Principe, fragata Santiago and navio de guerra San Luxan (?). F. 52 Carlos III orders Hijosa to return to Spain to resume marital life after separation of 14 years from wife. (J. M. Johnson, September 1988)

(A. Dell'acqua, may 1988)

Documents refer to travel from Cadiz to Veracruz of eleven missionaries captured by French pirates, imprisoned on Island of Guadalupe. Liberated by Englishmen who shipped them to puerto Rico where five of these missionaries died; others shipped to Veracruz for missions in California. Documents detail expenses incurred by crown for their support, transportation, cure and burial. Monies paid to officials for same issues. (A. Dell'acqua, may 1988)

Documents from various civilian officers and viceroy regarding contracting of avilitador for presidios of California. Lists of supplies for officers, troops and dependents; amounts of supplies to be Charged to cajas reales. Lists of craftsmen sent to area missions to teach crafts to general population. (A. Dell'acqua, may 1988)

Correspondence regarding debt incurred by gobernador Fages to presidio San Diego; efforts to recover monies by captain of presidio and other civil officers as Fages denies owing monies. (A. Dell'acqua, may 1988)

(J. Hiller, October 1988)

Censuses of haciendas of Minyo and Vina --includes detailed listing of monetary transactions; many other haciendas and past owners named. (J. Hiller, September 1988)

(J. Hiller, September 1988)

Informe noting destination of 8888 pesos--half to chaplaincy for celebration of Guadalupe and other half to legitimate children of Bentura de Arguinao and Francisca de Cuevas. Includes receipt of funds. (J. Hiller, January 1988)