Detailed information on mission assets, names of justicias in charge of assets, categorized into animal types. Notes certain missions that have no Indians but significant assets, others that have many Indians but shortage of supplies. Current accounts of Indians in missions; 19 missions total, listed by location; 17 tribes represented in missions, listed according to christianos, Gentiles, gender, adult or child. Alcantara is only mission without own priest, is having church built with real hacienda funds. Vidal de Lorca mentions details of redistribution of assets among missions (mentioned also in ff. 0065-0077). (O. Velez, January 1990) Fernandes, Nicolas (justicia)/nepomuno Carrillo, Juan (justicia)/casas, Damacio (Justica)/sana, Vicente (justicia)/ Contes, Miguel (justicia)/casas, Julian de las (justicia)/ Caballero, Joaquin (justicia)/mascorro, Pedro (justicia)/valli, Juan Antonio (justicia)/garza, Antonio de la (justicia)/ Contreras, Marcelo (justicia)/ruiz, Indalecio (justicia)/ Butron, Sebastian (justicia)/garza, Miguel de la (justicia)/ Florez, Manuel Antonio (virrey)

Documents concerning political involvement in religious matters and vice versa; festivities for king's birthday and prince's betrothal, including list of important people involved with party; summary of audiences of bishop and ceremonies held at Santa Iglesia de Chihuahua and Durango cathedral. (A. Dean, February 1989)

Continued from previous sequence. Treatises concerning unhappy cooperation of religious and military leaders in arranging travel itinerary and lodging for Queen and Princess Maria Francisa in their ensuing tour of Mexico. Continued on next sequence. (A. Dean, February 1989)

Documents concerning bishop Castaniza's dealings with secular authorities. Ceremonies of church in Durango and cathedral in Monterrey. (A. Dean, February 1989)

Documents concerning affairs of cathedrals of Chihuahua and Durango; architectural details; religious ceremonies, including one to honor comandante general. Etiquette of civil-religious encounters; censure of Parinana, rector of Durango seminary, for failing to kiss governor's hand. Marriage of infant prince Carlos to infant Princess of Brazil, ensuing scandal. Affairs of bishop of Durango. (A. Dean, February 1989)

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)

Informes concerning Diezmos of the diocesis of Monterrey. An informe lists the annual pay of many of the church's employees many of the authors wrote that Rubalcava lent money from the Diezmos to people with apparent little consideration for their ability to repay or little evidence of their good faith. Discussion only. (S. Langmack may 1990)

Informes claiming that bishop Llanos y Valdes of Monterrey was threatening people there with excommunication for trivial reasons, demanding such threats stop. Many requests that something be done to help the city to return to its Former tranquility. There is also discussion of halted convent. The bishop moved the episcopal seat to Saltillo, in the farthest reaches of the Obispado, where he then purchased houses with money intended for the religious construction in Monterrey. Alva mentioned the disharmony between the bishop and Herrera (gobernador) in relation to the problems. (S. Langmack April 1990)

Beginning on ff.178 of this volume, there is a list of 20 items concerning the management abilities and behavior of the bishop Llanos y Valdes in Monterrey. Within this set of documents is a rough draft of the first 17 items on that list. They particularly concern his practices in relation to the construction of cathedral, Hospital, convent (for monjas Capuchinas), and seminary. This rough draft is followed by a Series of letters, none signed but all written in the same handwriting and on the same date but to different people, which refer to grave points directed against the person and dignity of the bishop. These letters are dated earlier than the rough draft. (S. Langmack, April 1990)

Sanchez gives overview of the items discussed in volume #196 up to this point (half way through). The first, the conduct of Former bishop Llanos y Valdes (now dead) in his position in Monterrey, is covered in this volume quite extensively. The second, which Sanchez refers to as the management of los diezmos of Llanos y Valdez's diocesis, was discussed more in the context of that bishop's work than by itself. Sanchez then recommended that the second no longer be discussed, just conveniently rectified as the bishop had died. (S. Langmack April 1990)