Concerns soldier requesting status of invalido after loosing genitals in fight against Indians, doctor certifies injury and inability to continue fighting. Trevino is suggested for post of Alferez in Lampasos. Bustamante y Berroteran requests promotion to Colonel. Military official requests permission to go to Mexico to take care of personal business. Berroteran solicits promotion for his contribution in exterminating cucuyomes. Documents continue process of selecting Alferez for presidio of Parras. Qualities of every prospect for position are mentioned in process of selecting Alferez. Military official requests licence to marry. (M. Marroquin, March 1989)

Series of documents dealing with expeditions and campaigns in Indian's territory; Castro gives notice to viceroy of his suffering from a scab on his leg; review of prospects for position of Alferez de Aguaverde is made; leme is suggested as the best candidate to position of Alferez because of his experience in war and seniority in the army. (M. Marroquin, March 1989)

Concerns captain Murgier defending himself from charges that he sent to execute Indians in public. Munoz accuses Murgier of killing Indians who were at peace with Spaniards in cold blood. Murgier provides his military service history in service to the crown. Murgier claims that Indians were escaping and their heads were brought to him just to prove that Indians did not escape. Puga provides his military service record (charts). (M. Marroquin, March 1989)

Concerns Indians addressing the viceroy so they can be released from formal prosecution against them. Murgier jailed Indians for no reason. Series of testimonies provided on accusations against military official. Teniente Puga is defended by his lawyer arguing his client was only following military orders. Allusions made about Indians being killed in cold blood by Puga. Military service records of both Murgier and Puga provided. (M. Marroquin, March 1989)

Military service records of men at Punta de Lampazos, Nuevo Reino de Leon through 1788. (E. Wilson, July 1989)

Codina writes to viceroy of need for bringing water to two outlying areas of Guadalajara. Difficulties in completion of present projects due to financial and bureaucratic problems. Plans to marry; requests return to Spain. Pagazaurtundua to be replacement. Ff. 127-130 biographical details of training, work in Spain and new world. Because of health problems requests transfer to Spain, not Guadalajara. Discussion of Codina's salaries and turning over projects to Pagazaurtundua for completion. Chihuahua petitions for immediate replacement; Valparda asks for position. Many documents refer to past administrative and fiscal ordances. (J. M. Johnson, December 1988)

Prelate and cabildo of Guadalajara urgently request viceroy to name engineer for work in city and region. Effects of drought forcefully described. Codina requests passport; details work experience in Spain and new world. Officials discuss length of time for completion of projects and responsibility for Codina's salary. Reference made based on king's decree of 1787, deciding salary questions of cuerpos de artilleria and ingenieria for all the indias. (J. M. Johnson, December 1988)

A Series of letters primarily between Vidal de Lorca and Bucareli y Ursua that discuss the role of Verridi in supervising Vidal de Lorca's duties as gobernador and a request for his cooperation, contributions that are made by the Hacendados towards the protection of this area from hostile forces, answer to a letter by Vidal de Lorca in which he expresses doubts about the royal fifth as it pertains to gold leaving the churches and Bucareli tells him that the churches are not exempt and that in the future questions such as these should be addressed to the royal advisor, a guarantor (Diez de Sollano) for the house that Vidal de Lorca was using in his role of governor, Galvez making duplicates of a representation of a royal audience, Vidal de Lorca's situation of being relieved as governor without pay and his request for the intercession of Mayorga (the new virrey) in this matter, and Vidal de Lorca's military service record up until his last post of gobernador del Nuevo Reyno de Leon. (O. Velez, January 1989)

A series of letters between different inhabitants of the Nuevo Alferez, application filed by Prieto and Jesus Flores under the government of Gonzales de Sannanes, authority given to Herrera to act on applications mentioned above, acknowledgement of the receipt of applications by Serrano and his intention to take action on them once he has the possession of the government of Nuevo Leon, sub tenencia post left vacant now that Frevino is being promoted and his possible replacement by Yson, Fernandez, or Perea and their military service records, the proposed appointment of bochet de Onis to Alferez Segundo. (O. Velez, January 1989)

A series of letters among the authors that discuss: the promotions of Ramon and Castaneda to capitan, the dedication that Ramon has shown in his career, military service record of Ramon and the qualifications offered in support of his petition for promotion, procedures for adjusting the salaries of Dufay after he was given retirement status, virrey's acknowledgement of receipt of index of letters 60-63, letter 60 relates that prompt transmittal of information on the salary adjustment of Dufay will not be possible, note from virrey acknowledging receipt of index of letters 65-69. (O. Velez, October 1988)