Details given for officials, Zuniga, Gonzales, Laso, Garcia Ruiz appointed to newly established presidios. Major topics adjustments and supplements to salaries for these four, showing amounts taken out for Invalidos and Monte Pio; travel expenses and dates. Other items concern cost of acquiring and transporting flour to several presidios. (J. M. Johnson, February 1989)

Documents concern naming of officials for new presidios in Janos, San Carlos and San Buenaventura. Details discussed appointments to fill vacated posts; transportation arrangements, including delays due to travel difficulties caused by drought and deserts; replies of receipt of travel orders by officials and granting of passport. Other documents concern supplies for soldiers, need for recruiting volunteers to transfer to California, instructions to presidio habilitados (paymasters) and new regulations in effect. (J. M. Johnson, February 1989)

Correspondence between oficials in Alamos, gobernador Corbalan and comandante Croix concerning various forms of aid which should be given to the Rivera expedition to California. Details given on status of recruitment of soldiers and settlers from Sonora (24 families, 59 soldiers); numbers reported for different dates. Rivera urgently requests action for daily expenses, horses, riding gear. Great detail on clothing requirements for each man, woman, child. Talks of calamity if food supplies of beans, corn, dried meat don't reach embittered settlers suffering hardships. Ruiz account lists Actual expenditures for individual daily needs, including food, health, horses, salaries. Payment suspended to deserter. Marginal notes by de Croix refer to previous articles, ordnances, correspondence by dates and numbers. (J. M. Johnson, November 1988)

Correspondence is between comandante general Croix and viceroy Mayorga about aid requested by gobernador Neve for 1) new missions and presidios to be established in the Canal de Santa Barbara and 2) comisiones to Rivera y Moncada in escorting settlers through Sonora to Alta California. Details involve transporting families and livestock to new establishments; supplies for these and troops at missions and presidios; salaries for soldiers and workers. Departures of fragata Santiago, favorita and Goleta Sonora with provisions for California. Interesting details on furnishings and religious objects for new chapels at missions. Recruitment of priests and transportation of same by ship or overland with Rivera. Weapons and canons for Santa Barbara presidio. (J. M. Johnson, November 1988)

Liquidation of accounts and salary of Rivera y Moncada by the contaduria mayor. Inclusive for years 1774 until his death in 1781 on California expedition, for service as capitan of presidio of Loreto and comandante of presidio of Monterrey. Purchasing, outfitting and maintaining horses, mules; weapons recruits and settlers on expedition with breakdowns of expenditures by amounts, dates and to whom or for what payments made. References made to many past reglamentos. Most interesting for internal discussions within real hacienda of problems reconstructing payments for reconciling salaries; and for details on career of Rivera y Moncada. (J. M. Johnson, November 1988)

Detailed accounts pertain to 1781 Rivera y Moncada expedition conducting soldiers, recruits, settlers and livestock to Nueva California. expenses listed for settlements at buenvavista, Tucson, Pitic, Nutrias, Altar and later for those in California. expenses provided for individuals in expedition, broken down into salaries, personal effects, clothing, weapons, etc. Lists of mules, horses, burros, etc. With numbers, costs, dates additional ones requested and where obtained; explanations of their distribution and use, acknowledgement of delivery. Lists of items and accessories used on expedition, utensils, tools, materials used for repair. Detailed discussion of adjustment of accounts by interviews with surviving desertors on salaries, items lost in massacre or recovered from survivors. Information on preparational organization and costs for expedition from Limon and Manuel Ruiz. Some biographical information provided on individuals participating in expedition. (J. M. Johnson, oct.1988)

Heirs of Rivera y Moncada in 1796 use procurador to form strongly worded petition to be presented to king to speed their claims for payment of inheritance, pension and past due salary of captain massacred by Yumas in expedition to California with recruits and settlers in 1781. Delays in processing blamed on bureaucracy and unrealiable testimony from survivors and prisoners. Palou certifies legitimacy of three sons; testimony also taken from neighbors and past military officials to determine inventory of personal effects and amount of past salaries for various positions he held in New Spain. Many references to past reglamentos in determining amount due heirs of salary and Monte Pio militar. Final determination of claim made in Spain and Mexico in 1798; authorized to be paid in 1800. Interesting review of Rivera y Moncada's service record with amount of salary for each advancement. Emotional appeal describing hardships on widow and sons due to lengthy delays in process to recover funds owed them.(J. M. Johnson, October 1988)

Discussion of difficulties in resolving questions of Rivera y Moncada's accounts and past salary to recompense his heirs and settle debts owed to surviving families and recruits of 1781 massacre. References to many past conflicting orders and reglamentos. Interesting for tracing progress of transactions from local civil and military officials, through those of real hacienda, up to final decision by king. (J. M. Johnson, October 1988)

Believed that tasegoslan, Vivora killed in fighting as auxiliaries. Their bands at Janos. Reports of Indians killing citizens (not raiding, chose specific victims). Troops at Corral de Piedra, Conchos sent after them. Cordero in charge of arms in Nueva Vizcaya in Ugarte y Loyola's absence. Diaz de Luna bringing chaingang of Indians to Chihuahua. Journal of Tovar's campaign into hostile country with Opatas, Chiricahuas as auxiliaries. Mention of tren. Draft from viceroy ordering reward be paid to deserving auxiliaries. (A. Dean, April 1989)

Letters from Arredondo to the provincias of Sonora, Durango, and San Luis Potosi ordering them to mantain regularity in the payments of the soldiers in order to avoid desertions. Arredondo uses example of the desertion of Fernandez. Fernandez argues that he did not receive cloth from the military. The sentence given by Arredondo for Fernandez is that he has to work with grilletes in the construction of the presidio and those soldiers who have more then two desertions should be sent to Veracruz to the first permanent batallon. The comandantes Arredondo and Garcia notice of the bad conditions of the troops with respect of supplies. (D. Bautista, June 1990)