San Antonio de Bejar. July 6, 1731-July 14, 1731. 92p. Letters, informes, autos, certificaciones. Copies.

Mexico. August 12, 1731- December 11, 1731. 20p. Letters, autos, certificaciones. Copies.

Chihuahua, Mexico. May 27, 1791 - July 7, 1791. 8pp. Approximate. Letters, diarios de comision. Originals, copies.

Mexico, estancia de rio florido, Chihuahua. February 16, 1791 - September 18, 1792. 30pp. Approximate. Letters. Originals, copies. Being abstacted here; submittal of the diario de comision and quaderno by Borica; resumption of visita throughout Nueva Vizcaya by Borica in accordance with orders received by Revilla gigedo despite the deterioration of the horses with one of the primary purposes of checking the abuse of indians within the mission system; diario de comision written for visita mentioned above; suspension of Borica's visita due to the rainy season in the remaining jurisdictions to be inspected, decision made to wait so that a proper inspection can be made, delaying the submittal of the recommendations made for the jurisdictions already inspected until entire visita conducted, no incidences of fugitive missions in areas visited so far, problems have emerged on use of indians by jueces and misioneros without remuneration and also in the administration of justice system; Borica fulfilling the duties of ayudante inspector in the villa where he is located until the rainy season passes; content of Borica's visits which include information on Spanish and indian populations, haciendas and ranches, pardon of 4 prisoners sentenced to death, 6 thieves, aprehension of various delinquents and fugitive indians from the missions and their rehabilitation, population figures for indians and comments on their activities and unjust use of their labour in agriculture performed for others, remedied this last situation, prohibited the continuation of having indians punished by judges and stimulatd them to respect ministers and apply themselves to the christian religion, inspected archives of the ruling bodies of the 24 jurisdictions for their improvement and coordination, in each pueblo a file established during visita noting number of indians in each, local circumstances, language spoken, character, property owned collectively and individually, pressures they felt and what Borica did to alleviate these, the fact that other measures still need to be implemented, advises haste on the latter, nava seeks virrey's guidance on measures still to be implemented; sealed letter from virrey conde de Revilla gigedo to the fiscal de lo civil summarizing the activities and correspondence associated with Borica's visita as has been done above; acknowledgement made by virrey of correspondence from nava on subject of Borica's visits. (O. Velez, March 1989)

Mexico, Chihuahua. June 26, 1789 - May 21, 1790. 38p. Approximate. Letters, temporalidades. Originals, copies. expulsion of the Jesuits and the reorganization of the missions in taraumara and tepehuana which will involve the individuals Gomez de Salazar, Beregana, and the biones indians; certification that 10,000 pesos have been deposited into real caja under authority of Beregana by yribarren on behalf of guizarnotegui and amount is deductable from the pay in arrears account; sealed letter from guizarnotegui certifying that he had yribarren deposit 10,000 as mentioned above; letter to real hazienda informing them of the 10,000 deposit; further explanation of above transaction with involvement of mugarrieta and madariaga; virrey's statement that he will release the 10,000 pesos from the account fondo de temporalidades once he receives draft or bill exchange; 3,000 pesos to be put in real caja under authority of podruesa on behalf of palacios to be taken from fondo de temporalidades and deducted from his pay in arrears, total for this account being 70,410 pesos; certification for 3,000 pesos for palacios and pesquera; pinto's request that their money associated with above transactions be released; three additional certifications fo 9,000, 3,600, and 4,500 pesos deposited by yribarren, porio, and martinez on behalf of heros, orduna, and galo; letter from virrey completing above transaction; request by heros, orduna and galo that sums mentioned above be credited to their pay in arrears account; the deposit of 21,317 pesos tres tomines tres granos in coinage belonging to recently deceased Arechevala, severino by the executors of his estate Arechevala, manuel and baroco into the real caja with the request that said sums be released from pay in arrears account. (O. Velez, March 1989)

Chihuagua/Mexico/Monterey/aripe. July 12, 1792 - November 28, 1792. 44p. Approximate letters. Originals/copies. Surrounding communities of the San Xavier mission of baborigame and how the indians are not receiving the proper religious instruction because the priest has so far to travel and a recommendation that another mission be established under same synod; gives population statistics; recommendation of Borica that mission be established in basanopa and have under its jurisdiction the communities of tohallana, cinco llagas, and tenoriba, gives distances from the existing mission of all the communities; sealed letter that gives sanction to the plans for mission establishment, urges nava to keep conde informed on developments; the sum of 390 pesos associated with the annual synod payment and relating this information to the junta superior; the fiscales of the junta superior signing of a letter approving sum of 390 pesos for establishment of mission; letter of the real hazienda taking note of the letter of the junta superior; request for the involvement and cooperation of obispo of Durango in this project; cone's order to have the intendente of area give nava the 390 pesos for the annual synod and also the request made to obispo de Durango that he cooperate with nava in this establishment; letter to intendente requesting the 390 pesos; bishop of Durango's concern that mission in question May not be operational due to lack of priests or religious personnel, mentions various orders like the colegio de Zacatecas, recoleccion de San Diego, and colegio religiosos fransiscos recolectos de pachuca, the latter the only one capable of providing personnel but problematic since they provide personnel to the entire area known as the frontera, notes that he currently has 19 religious establishments (missions and presidios) without the necessary personnel to man them; letter written by conde outlining needs and requests of the bishop in previous letter addressed to el fiscal de la real hazienda; letter sent to puertollano complying with request to inform him as to how many people he May have available for bishop's use, advises him that document signed in Madrid prohibits him from sending out additional personnel for the purpose of servicio de doctrinas, curatos and others related to conversiones and reducciones, gives number of priests under his command and describes demands made on such a small group, informs conde that he has sent out 5 misioneros to him and that unless he is allowed to recruit priests from europe he will not be able to meet the needs of both the bishops of Durango and linares; sealed letter by merino advising him of above letter and the prohibition of using the 5 religiosos mentioned earlier for curatos y doctrinas; letter from conde to obispo de Durango telling him what the response has been to the request made of puertollano; transmittal of information to puertollano on the use of the 5 religiosos he has provided lorenzo; nava's informing virrey that he will begin with the establishment of the mission on his return from vizcaya. (O. Velez, February 1989)

Saltillo, parras. December 17, 1790-September 20, 1791. 80p. Informes, representacion, letters. Signed, unsigned, originals.

Saltillo. September 25, 1789-October 9, 1790. 72p. Diligencias, letters, oficios. Signed, unsigned, copies, originals.

Saltillo, parras. January 14, 1788-November 6, 1790. 100p. Oficios, letters, testimonios. Originals, copies, signed, unsigned.

Provincias Internas. December 3, 1787-June 20, 1788. 78p. Letters, decreto, ordenes. Signed, unsigned, originals.