Civil Offices (Gobernador)

Relocated Indians flee after their leader left, stealing horses and mules and killing six. Lasaga resigns his as governor and left to take care of personal business after his Brother died. Documents bears little information. (M. Marroquin, November 1988)

Very important document on instructions and rules for founding new missions, presidios and towns. Neve expresses need for equalization of salaries for same rank/position among military, religious and civil personnel. Document divided into titulos, transportation, accountability, rations; crops; horses, mules; craftsmen. II. - lists of officers at each mission, presidio; description of terrain, Indian settlements for planning defensive positions; military escorts to establishments at Santa Barbara channel; salaries of officers/soldiers at four sailers and craftsmen on blandra Pilar, lanchas Lauretana and San Juan hepomuceno. III. - clothing; canons. IV. - armour distribution, types, purposes and accountability of funds; procedures for filling vacancies; evaluations by service reports. Ix. - requires monthly status report of each company. X. - Indian treaties. Xi. -gubernatorial functions regarding (ff. 386-390). - details on selection/training of habilitados (paymasters); accountability to real hacienda, Naval/military superiors and settlers; F. 390 consists of inventory and production data of small animals, cattle, horses, mules. Xiv. Settlement and use of land; supplies; irrigation and crops; house construction; cattle; taxes; regulations re. Establishment and defense in Canal; optimum placement for defense and religious organization along frontier and Camino real. (J. M. Johnson, February 1989)

Neve's correspondence includes (most important documents, service records and promotions, rebuilding mission at San Diego and constructing Capistrano. Details geography of area around San Francisco and Santa Clara mission, especially natural resources. Lists of numbers of officers and craftsmen at four Principal California presidios, supply escorts, real reglamentos pertaining to details of presidio construction and tackle for cavalry companies. Ff. 354-356 is list of salaries and numbers of officers, craftsmen, and rations for presidios crews and ships, including Actual costs vs. Those alloted by missionaries, income from tobacco and other crops, purchase and distribution of mules, horses, and supplies, shipping, tackle for soldiers and settlers. Ff. 359-360 estimates of rations per single man and families, after spoilage in salaries by rank for officers, craftsmen and Naval personnel. Ff. 368-369 allotments of supply rations and money for presidios in Santa Barbara channel. (J. M. Johnson, February 1989)

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)

Sundry gubernatorial correspondence, concerning salary increases for civil officials, officers; Santianez is granted license to marry Maria Josefa, daughter of Echeagaray; brief mention of commerce of linen, distribution of publication of directions for cesarian section, merchant Marine, general economic status of Nuevo Santander; Santianez asks for time off to cure his failing health; criticism of troops and detailed suggestions for reorganization. Partial index to letters. (A. Dean, July 1989)

Letter ordering public announcement of birth of Carlos Clemente, son of prince of Asturias. Santianes requests permission to resign, gives long list of reasons he wants to quit. Very detailed description of Indians' methods in raid on San Juan hacienda, horse herd stolen, five servants escaped; weapons (sword, arrows) mentioned. (A. Dean, July 1989)

Acknowledgement of orders concerning: military salaries while away from post; Diaz de Salzedo's appointment as intendente corregidor de San Luis; division into two comandancias the general de las Provincias Internas; unspecified civil action of Davira y Palares against Gomates de la Huerta. 11-14-1787 Mier Noriega notifies Flores of Gonzalez de Santianes' death. Garsa criticizes Mier Noriega's leadership. Notification of death Carlos III. Testimony to Bacamonde's assumption of governorship 5-10-1789. (J. Higgins, February 1989)

(J. Higgins, January 1989)

A Series of letters and indexes of letters that discuss in and ecclesiastical guide, agreed upon action against Yruegas as it relates to his desertion, information documenting the hostilities perpetrated by Indian Pedro Jose and his account of the events, not relieving Yruegas of his duties until it is found who influenced him to desert, dispatching of Bochat D'onis from his company, receipt of official letter dealing with municipal assembly, complaint filed by Grevino against loresno Ternisa for assault while he in a state of drunken stupor and a request that a punishment ensue, the request that gobernadores and intendentes account for the prisoners that have been taken by the Police and the punishments exacted as per royal announcement, the formalities to be completed once Frevino arrives in the capital to fill the post of Alferez, the complices Pantoya and sad and asks the status of the committee related to these, documents related to the mission of Gualehuises. (O. Velez, January 1989)

A Series of indexes of letters with short descriptions of the contents and occasionally a complete letter included such as number 15 which relates how Gracia and others did not fulfill their obligations to protect effectively against Indians, index of letters 71-73, 71 concerns the seizure of Nata's goods, 72 concerns power given to virreys and gobernadores to allow conscripts and others the permision to travel to Spain, 73 concern the application for promotion of Ramon and hiring of Castaneda; index of letters 68-69, 68 concerns reports filed by Giral and his expeditious processing of these matters, 69 concerns money spent by Dufay in combating Indians at mision of San Christobal; index of letters 65-67, 65 concerns the account of Dufay, 66 concerns the correspondence sent to intendiente de Potosi, 67 concerns a royal decree and its circulation; index of letters 60-63, 60 concerns a report on Indians of San Esptoval, 61 concerns the work of Dufay in capturing Indians, 62 concerns criminal Cases of Indians and 63 concerns Garcia. (O. Velez, November 1988)