Very important and detailed correspondence include (especially agricultural and religious supplies for 3 missions of the Santa Barbara Canal; F. 309 lists officers for 3 Principal California presidios. Serra reports on repairs to old and construction of new missions, emphasizing temporal and evangelical elements in conquest of souls. F. 312 details requirements for furnishing missions and religious objects for each mission. Provides salaries of religious personnel for each. F. 313 is a list of priests at each of 8 missions attached to Monterrey. Comments on bad examples for Indians set by troops and settlers in area. Neve discusses weapons and clothing supplies for California troops and settlers. F. 318 list of clothing necessary for people in missions and presidios. Ff. 319-320 refer to past methods in determining minimal subsistance of food and clothing supplies. F. 321 is chart of amount of bullets, gunpowder, flints and types of weapons by presidio needed for defense. Defines need for new regulations to correct deficiencies due to distances of king and real hacienda from California. Proposes improved military organization and requests greater numbers of soldiers, supplies and horses. F. 324 discusses military escorts, organization, personnel, time of year with estimated subordination of soldiers, military promotions, equipment for cavalry units. Census of military personnel, including tackle and rider's clothing for cavalry. Distribution of animals to each presidio. Ff. 332-333 provides detailed list of tackle and clothing by cavalry officer for Monterrey, San Francisco and San Diego. F. 336 is chart of higher officers and numbers of soldiers for same presidios. F. 339 distribution by type and number of weapons to same three. F. 341 numbers of mules and horses distributed to these presidios. Other topics of San Francisco, storage and distribution of weapons to prevent sales to Indians, rations of food to presidios and missions, references to past ordinances for founding missions, family life of soldiers in presidios, evacuation of families in case of attack, duties and types of craftsmen with necessary supplies for same for settlements. (J. M. Johnson, January 1989)

Documents by mission priests stating Garcia, Zapata, soldiers in service of missions, will now receive salaries from ecclesiastic funds instead of military. (A. Dean, July 1989)

Describes his visita, state of each mission, Villa; records Indians speaking Castillan, some industriously planting fields or cleaning churches, some who need to be taught how to work. mentions rations of corn, meat, tobacco; problems with water supply; baptism of Indians, giving Christian names. (A. Dean, July 1989)

Acknowledgement of virrey's orders concerning: commanders of regiments or presidios granting of repartimientos to their soldiers; jurisdiction over San Andres mission; general pardon in honor birth of royal twins Carlos and Felipe;juezes receptores and escribanos submission of documentation re: legal transactions incurring alcabala; repatriation of old gold and silver currency; the use of sealed paper and its control; Posada y Soto's appointment as fiscal real; virrey's illness and use of his official stamp in correspondence; Rengel as interim comandante general due to Neve's death. Requests by primera clase, exemption from media anata. (J. Higgins February 1989)

Documents dismissing certain soldiers from military in order to take up service of missions. Signed oaths committing soldiers to religious servitude. (A. Dean, January 1989)

Letters concerning military pay and review, and hiring of civil servants. Administration of tobacco trade. Distribution of arms to citizens. Indian raid on livestock near Altamira; beginning of Indian war. Transactions of royal treasury and other fiscal matters. Appointment of comandante to bring Pames to new mision de Nuestra Senora. Pacification and conversion of prisoners taken in Indian wars. Armed escort to accompany refugees back toranches raided by Apaches. (A. Dean, January 1989)

Various correspondence of Ugarte and viceroys Nunez de Haro y Peralta and Flores, organized by month January Thru December 1787. Covers a variety of subjects including Ugarte's payment of Media anata, approval of New Mexico fair to include Navajoes, Utes and Comanches, recommendations for promotion of presidial officers, administracion de tobaccos, California missions, transfer of dragones to Sonoran presidios, criminals seeking religious sanctuary, list of number and sex of Indian prisoners of war, and status of comandant general since the death of the marques de Sonora. (G. Lavalley, April 1988)

(D. Marksz, August 1987)

(D. Marksz, 1987)

(D. Marksz, July 1987)