Pertaining to discovery silver mine, request license to exploit. Indian unrest in mission Vizarron due to settlement of town on Indian lands. Includes map of area of dispute. Request soldiers to protect land, mine and town from Indian attacks. Rebellion, refusal to send soldiers by presidio's captains, fined by fiscal mayor. Dismisal of missionary for criticizing king. (A. Dell'acqua, March 1987)

Summary of meeting of junta general. Issues discussed include ornaments for mission of Santo Nombre de Jesus and San Felipe, and possible relocation of inhabitants of San Antonio to aforementioned missions. (J. H. Ochs, April, 1987)

Meeting of junta general in which it is decided that shipments of food and other supplies will not be restored to Coahuilan missions. (J. H. Ochs, February 1987)

Oidor's recommendations concerning discontinuation of supplying food to Coahuilan missions in which fiscal criticizes what he views as poor management of resources on by provincial administration. (J. H. Ochs, February 1987)

New gobernador Cancio reports to virrey. Principal topics killing of soldiers at San Sava; status of equipment, training of military under his command; peace treaty between Spain, Austria and England; junta de guerra defends against Apache attacks; visitas and discussion of dictamenes; taxes Alcabala; Giraud and Barrios report on bad state of preparation of soldiers; Piquetes, small band of selected soldiers sent to San Sava to aid defense; new discovery of Potreros mine; Indian deserters sent back to Monclova; corruption in Texas; salaries for presidio officials; Cancio's poor health, requests recovery time in Mexico; concern for safety of civilian population; Ravago scandal and actions taken by Bustillos y Cevallos. (J. M. Johnson, January 1987)

Sesma reports on visitas to presidios in Coahuila. Finds military preparation and organization in poor condition and maltreatment of Indians. Ff. 75-76 details new procedures to be followed by paymasters habilitados to avoid embezzlements and fraud of military salaries. Ff. 77-78 note abuses and recommends ways to improve distribution of clothing, supplies against Indian attacks, canons, difficulty of populating presidios in Texas with families, changes of command in presidios and governorship of Coahuila, administrative impediments to permission for missionaries in Guadalajara to come to work in Coahuila, desire of certain Indians to transfer their place of residency to missions, junta de guerra and missionaries requested to cooperate with government in putting Indians into reduccion. (J. M. Johnson, January 1987)

Concerns implementation of new regulation of presidios (1772); Ugarte presents objections to certain provisions and lists other difficulties that may result. (J. Williams, February 1987).

Naming of Agustin Fernandez de San Vicente as commissioner to Californias, transition of political, religious government after independence. (A. Dell'aqua, 1/87)

Reports about transition of governments in the Californias, including document on resistance by missionaries. (A. Dell'aqua, 1/87)

Series of documents pertaining to permission sought by fray Luis Velasco of colegio de San Fernando to return to Spain. Letter from Velasco and supporting documents. Briefly discusses his career in missions. (S. Fiederlein, November 1986)