Information about population of Burgos sent from Escandon to virrey; 103 names with marriages, children, cattle, weapons and horses; people belonging to real Esquadra de Burgos with marital status; animals in Burgos; information about church construction in new colony; requests permission to establish villages near sea and Rio Grande; Valcarcel answers request suggesting answers to virrey; Escandon requests permission to establish three additional villages (D. Bautista, may 1990)

Various documents to viceroy including letters from Bustillo about his walk for a month from presidio Bahia to Adays to take over office of governor, carrying supplies of flour, cattle, horses, sheep, clothing, describing hardship and lack of watering holes thru journey. Bustillo indicates to viceroy his perception about Indians of area stressing his wanting to remain friendly with them, governor visits each town for 24 hours, sending his own horse to bring to a meeting a doubting chief. Governor wants to replace soldiers of color quebrado who he thinks are not to smart as Spaniards, fills Plaza of liutenant and Alferez for presidio in temporary Basis as title holders are sick, pays salaries to soldiers stressing not to advance monies in liu of salary but only providing soldiers with supplies. Governor makes lists of inventories of crown properties including armament, makes a military roll in which copy he calls himself gobernador y capitan general de las provincias de Thexas y Nueva philipinas, governor also indicates lack of gunpowder for cannons; reports trade between Frenchmen and Indians, French bring vegetables to trade for soap, tobacco, Chocolate with soldiers of presidio. Two Frenchmen request license to trade openly with Indians but governor negates license as he believes there are to many arms and ammunition among Indians which he believes the French have provided. (A. Dell'acqua, January 1988)

Concerns accounting proceedures of haciendas. Individual accounts for 25 workers at hacienda de San Ignacio, signed by Diaz Maldonado; inventory of cattle, listing lost and dead. Receipts (not in order) for various business transactions between Castro, Torres; for Sanchez paying diezmo in corn. Report on cattle bueyada, mulada y Ganado bacuno; on horses from hacienda de Cerroalto; several receipts for flete from Arriaga to Maciel. Report and receipt for supplies imported to Amoles hacienda, from Ramirez of real Aduana de Guadalcazar to Maciel. Four invoices (lists prices, items) for goods from Querataro, Puebla, Mexico City, bought by Maciel. Receipts for Maciel's purchase of maiz from Moxica, Torres, Alvarez. (D. Bautista, January 1990)

Payment receipts numbered 28 to 40, includes receipt for diezmo paid to Almazan and Sanchez. Maciel sends cattle to Nuevo Reino de Leon. Inventory of tools; report of 27 workers from hacienda de Papagayos working in pisca. receipts of payment to various people for cattle, maquilas, arrovas of corn. Official certification of loss of cosecha. (D. Bautista, December 1989)

Continuation of inventory of contents found in security boxes relating to missions and hacienda of Arroyo Zarco. Main contents and careful detail of individual types of documents including correspondence, paid and outstanding debts, credits, wills and dowries of grants to individuals and missions, hacienda finances, colegio establishment and finances, lawsuits and depositions against individuals, land grants and inheritance, state of missions by the procurador general de missions, pending lawsuits at time of document writing. (J. M. Johnson, April 1990)

Contents of several security boxes Cajas described and inventoried by date, point of origin and number. Four major and donation of lands to missions, including receipts. 2) redempciones bills, debts and donations collected. 3) doze escripturas license for California expedition and exploration by king and Spanish officials to viceroy and others for mission establishment. 4) cedulas - diligencias juridicas for costs of California and asian mission establishment. Various documents deal with related economic aspects of navy and presidios, missionary sinodos, provincial house chapels, armadas, funeral expenses, public work construction. (J. M. Johnson, October 1989)

Armesto instructs Landazuri, Aguilar and Barajas to put up boundary posts (mojones) for defining taxable lands belonging to California missions. Bermudez had usurped land for cattle, sheep and horse haciendas. Ladron de Guevara carefully chronologically traces ownership of parcels in question from original grants by viceroy in 1613. Detailed information on surveying geography, and inheritance, land use, rents and improvements through 1765 to disprove Bermudez' claim of possession. Bermudez ordered to effects, etc. Found acting in bad faith; ordered to return all property illegally obtained and fined 3000 pesos. Moctezuma provided costs of damage incurred to lands by Bermudez' misuse. Interesting primarily because of prominence of several major women heirs and for extracts of 17th century land documents. (J. M. Johnson, August 1989)

Lopez de Toledo describes inventory of Loreto warehouse and lack of sufficient supplies for California missions and presidios. Purchases ordered by superiors, transportation schedules. Stresses need for more money to provision expeditions to Monterrey and San Diego, refers to Galvez 1768 recommendations to remedy scarcity of supply; improve agricultural production and sheep production for meat and wool for clothing. Information Sonora (Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe); Canoas Santa Rita, San Ignacio, San Xavier, Guadalupe and San Francisco Solano; paquebots el Principe, Lauretana, Concepcion, San Antonio and San transhipment to California, pay for craftsmen and Mule drivers. Ff. 196-197 and 211-212 roster list of officers and soldiers with salaries for compania de Cuera. Ff. 209 reports shipwreck off Sonora, sailors lost, plans for other ship to take survivors and cargo to California. (J. M. Johnson, June 1989)

Autos concerning the excommunication of administrator Valiente for avoiding payment of diezmos. Letter from Michoacan to virrey accusing Valiente of avoiding payment. jueces hacedores of Valladolid and Guadalaxara claim that the Diezmos are for their own churches. Valiente request advice from fiscal Mangino in the matter of the diezmos and the excommunication. Mangino informs virrey of the charges against Valiente and requests his judgment. Accounting relacion of payments made by several administrators from the mission of California since 1743 till 1768, with the amounts of payment. Letter from bishop of Guadalaxara claiming that the diezmos from Valiente belong to his church, that those haciendas were exempt from paying Diezmos when administered by Jesuits. (D. Bautista, February 1990)