Incomplete letter from Sandoval to viceroy regarding military advance of conquest in northern territories referring to letters sent in his behalf by various military and religious officials to viceroy. (A. Dell'acqua, January 1988)

Cover letter and index of viceregal letters received by Corbalan in months of June, July 1773. In response, viceroy requests that Margin be left empty in future indexes for viceregal comments. (J. H. Ochs, January 1988.)

Laurrari reports of delay in March due to abundant water in Santa Rosa Valley. Reports of lag in Coahuila construction in comparison with that of Nueva Viscaya, where mission Indians are forced to work; Coahuila has only poor-working vagabunds to accomplish goals. Detailed project reports include measurements. (J. Hiller, July 1989)

Includes treasury reports (1779-81) from Chihuahua, San Luis Potosi, Alamos, and Arispe regarding purchase of weapons by presidios and companias; 'recargo de armamentos' discussed and profit from surcharge calculated, money from 'recargo' to be invested; includes 'Estados' of arms, quantity, type, amount of 'recargo' produced from sales. (L. Kerr, January 1989)

Certain sum of money from the paz y guerra account was being spent on maintaining prisoners of war in 1789 at same time that the account was being clarified; claim by Nava that Cortes had failed to count costs of maintaining prisoners of war that continued in 1789 when he was reconciling paz y guerra account for Bahia, asking for those funds to be returned to Bahia; letter from Monterrey inquiring as to why the real tribunal y audencia has taken so long in finishing work on the documentation relative to the paz y guerra accounts for Texas and Coahuila; real tribunal requests that Nava prepare report on costs made to this account for the year 1788; Gondra writes that delay in processing account due to death of Cabo-Franco and sickness of Medina, to the costs mentioned by Nava earlier is added gifts to Lipanes, gives progress made so far on these accounts for several areas, goes into the history of the account in terms of its establishment and motives (covered in detail in expediente 3 of this reel), attests that no mention is made on documents that he is examining prisoner and gift costs; issue is explained by Gondra by pointing to the date of incurred costs and timing of examination of the accounts, cites verification by means of written proof of costs as way to resolve this issue; letter from real tribunal informing virrey that after examining the paz y guerra account the 368 pesos that Nava held were still in the account for Bahia are not there; orders to communicate this information to Nava allowing him opportunity to submit proof in order to substantiate his earlier claim. (O. Velez, October 1989)

Letter from Nava telling virrey that he has received documentation relative to the paz y guerra account; letter from Nava to marques de Branciforte pertaining to the reconciliations of the above account; account was not formally closed due to the death of Cabo-Franco (accountant), additional commentary on the reparos which appear in this volume on ff. 0186-0202, also covers how the surplus of this account was distributed, letter states that official closing of account is included (does not appear on reel); letter from real tribunal which requests proof of authenticity of claimed costs incurred in paz y guerra account; in general real tribunal satisfied with the presentation of the account by Cortes except for the proof in the reparos part of the account cited above. (O. Velez, October 1989)

Letter to the contadores mayores which explains the document found in the previous Series which dealt with the paz y guerra account for Coahuila (ff. 0186-0202), the only additional information here is that the 6.000 peso sum is being cancelled in 1790 because hostilities with the Indians has resumed; mentions permission of Nava to spend amount on mules and other items related to this matter; sending of quadernos concerning costs incurred by Cortes in Bahia and the liquidation of the Same, adjust this account in relation to the real hacienda; remittance of materials related to aforementioned account to various officials; relacion that gives information on the gratificaciones given between 1787 and 1789, list of soldiers and cadets that were employed as scribes is given with corresponding salaries (1790 document); document containing correcting entries to paz y guerra account, the corrections made by real tribunal de Cuentas de Mexico and then sent to current governor Munoz. (O. Velez, 9ct. 1989)

Letter in which the conde de Revilla Gigedo urges expediency in the matter of the 6.000 pesos to be given to Ugalde for Indian pacification; correspondence from the real tribunal de Cuentas concerning the proper method of accounting for the payments of salaries to Cortes and others (as described in detail in ff. 0134-0140) in light of the surplus from the 6.000 peso account for gratificaciones mentioned earlier in this volume; letter ordering ministros de real hacienda in Coahuila to stop crediting the 6.000 sum until documents pertaining to 1789 account are submitted to intendente at San Luis Potosi; letter which mentions that the Indian groups for whom the gratification was for, have openly declared war against Spanish, thus sum in question will be diverted from gratification in Coahuila to compania presidial de Monclova; letter expressing same message to Ugarte y Loyola. (O. Velez, October 1989)

A Series of letters addressing the situation of the 6.000 pesos approved by real hacienda to be given to the Asentista of the presidio of Coahuila, problem arises in this regard because Fermo refuses to take charge of the comission given to him by Ugalde; the solution to this problem is that the 6.000 will be handed over to the avilitado of the presidio San Antonio Bucareli de la Bahia who will use it for the same purposes originally intended, the pacification of the Indian groups mentioned; in a later letter it becomes evident that the real hacienda is going to suspend the 6.000 pesos because Ugalde has not submitted the necessary paperwork for the year 1787 as requested by the junta Superior in 1788 on the spending of sums in previous years; next letter in Series sees Ugalde asking that personnel funds that he spent in the employment of Pena during 1788 be reimbursed to him in 1789 budget; letter mentions relacion sent by Ugalde of employment of Dependiente and two cadetes during 1787-1788 and that the Dependiente disputes the salary proposal of 1.000 pesos a year as too little because of the extent of his work in the Provincias Internas, asked for 1.200 pesos a year, document also shows the salaries of the cadetes mentioned; Ugalde states that the sums not spent in 1788 on pacification cannot cover the costs of the Dependiente and the two cadetes; letter from signatories of the junta Superior of the real hacienda telling Ugalde that his salary of 6.000 pesos is enough to cover the costs of the employees mentioned. (O. Velez, October 1989)