Maritime

Surgeons named; notice that supply list for governor of California presented; markup of 100 percent passed on for supplies in California; notice to ship swords, lances, and knives, cartridges, powder to presidios in California; no specifics in these superficial orders. (p. Coyle, March 1990)

Documents arrival and departures of ships with freight and passengers between San Blas and Baxa California; includes detailed lists of passengers and freight; includes notice of transfer of sick people to Tepic because of bad climate in San Blas; notice of armed English brigs off coast of Baxa California. (p. Coyle, March 1990)

Request for funds to pay salaries in San Blas; need for clarification of exact requirements; mention of rebels in Vicinity; comparison to situation in 1812 in which soldiers stationed in town deserted their posts for lack of clothes and housing; request for specific amount needed to pay soldiers; 800-1000 pesos given monthly from Guadalaxara for support of soldiers along with 3000 pesos to pay for immediate needs (p. Coyle, March 1990)

Notice of death of provisional official Benito Diaz dela Vega in San Blas; nomination of Miguel Gil de Azcona to fill position of Almacen general; plan for arranging officials and salaries in wake of death. (p. Coyle, February 1990)

Detailed lists of freight and some passengers carried by ships between San Blas, Guaymas, California, Europe and south America; lists of all registered ships passing in and out of San Blas for particular periods; includes vague notice of salaries sent and received; notice that inhabitants of Alta California lacking in support and subsequent notice of freight shipment to California ff. 33-35 (Approx); sickness of treasurers noted ff. 48-49 (Approx); notice of attack by a Goleta insurgente del Rio de la plata causing ship to take on water and fight a large contingent of european and portugese soldiers ff. 67-68 and 70-71 (Approx); generally grouping consists of lading documents, sometime listings specific freight. (p. Coyle, February 1990)

Payments and receipts concerning maritime transport to Californias of supplies, salaries and personnel; documents concerning barley destined for missions of California misappropriated by Gonzales de Junco (p. Coyle February 1990)

Records of payments and receipts of money, supplies and salaries concerning Passage of Antonia de Castro and compania Franca de Voluntarias de Cataluna; receipt of astronomical equipment, claims for replacement of astronomical equipment and suitcases broken in transit from Spain. (p. Coyle February 1990)

Notices of transfer and receipts of money for shipping between Rio Yaqui and peninsula of California on first voyage of discovery; includes short lists of expenditures and personnel; lists of invalids with salaries (p. Coyle February 1990)

Notices of money sent to San Blas for constructions and salaries; list of salary payments; detailed lists of sailors and officers with salaries; request for increase in salaries, granted for those longer than six months in department of San Blas; repetitive money transfer documents (p. Coyle February 1990)

Lists of salary payments, debts and rebates between Mexico and San Blas for the last six months of 1780 (p. Coyle January 1990)