Civil Offices (Virrey)

(D. Marksz, July 1987).

(D. Marksz, July 1987)

Anza congratulates Galvez on his appointment as virrey. Response from Galvez. (D. Marksz, July 1987)

Peace attempts with Indians especially Comanches and Tauayas. Tauayas arrive in peace to surrender. Comanche female prisoners involved in peace attempts; Mezieres' efforts to gain peace. Vecinos. Comanche involved in weapons commerce with French. Comanche theft of livestock from missions and vecinos. Mission Indians will be provided as auxiliaries only in case of enemy invasion of town or mission. Suggests advantages of building a fort between Guadalupe and San Marcos rivers to defend area from hostile Indians. Transfer of English castaways from English schooner to Bahia and future plans for them. Concerns use of 29 San Sabas troops for Coahuila and their return. Request for materials to build Quartel. Complaint of lack of troops. Viceroy request for and tables supplied by Ripperda on numbers, ranks and locations of troops in province. Tobar resigns; Cazorla replaces him. Concerns accounts of Martos y navarreto. Ripperda welcomes new virrey. (L. L. Woodward, may 1988)

Documents detail Cazorla's 32 years of military service. Honors and service records included. Cazorla requests Galvez to name him lieutenant-colonel of any gobierno Interino. Also acknowledgement of Galvez as new virrey. (M. Vasquez, may 1988)

Series of documents concerning pardons for soldiers. Taxes. Regulations on gold mines discovery. Transfer of military official. Cancellation of recruiting and relocation of Indian guides on campaign against Apaches. Reassignment of military personnel. Report on water well and mines low production. Diminishing Indian population due to mines low production. Virrey orders that Indians be treated well. Apaches attacked presidio of Tubac. Virrey grateful to Palma for his assistance to Californias expedition and orders gifts to Indians. (J. Marroquin, August 1988)

Vizcarra, accused of disloyalty, murder and other crimes held in jail at Durango. Sentenced by comandante general Ugarte to 10 years of hard labor in leg chains to be served at real obrage of Encinillas. Intendente of Durango, Diaz protests to virrey that actions by Ugarte involving military courts belonged to office of intendente, therefore accuses gobernador of insubordination and comandancia of incompetence. Requests from virrey copy of real cedula of 1785 defining duties. Interesting for conflict between officials over jurisdiction and responsibilities of intendency versus gobernador of Provincias Internas during period of implementation of administrative changes in New Spain. Documents include royal cedula outlining reorganization of Provincias Internas, responsibilities of gobernadores, intendentes and other officials toward office and king. Topics include taxes, administrative territories and interaction between civil and military departments, fiscal obligations, salaries, goals for defense and economy. Galvez' dictado provides information specific to conflict of responsibilities and personnel undergoing administrative changes in Provincias Internas in 1786. (J. M. Johnson, August 1987)

Due to travel by Corbalan and new viceroy, correspondence is irregular. Ff. 416-417 is detailed accounting of income- outflow of pay office (Pagaduria) of Arizpe for 1784, including expenditures for defense against Indians. Corbalan writes Galvez and receives reply on latters promotion. F. 424 lists total products sold by various Ramos of real hacienda de Sonora, compared to 1783; also expenses of military missions in province. (J. M. Johnson, April 1988)

Documents relating to military appointments, transfers, invalid licences to different officers of presidios of Provincias Internas. Orders from viceroy to Ugarte not to correspond directly with consejo de indias as his transfer to Guadalaxara is in effect at this time. (A. Dell'acqua, October 1987)

Correspondence between viceroy and comandante general de Provincias Internas about military appointments, transfers of officers with letters of authorization for invalids. Documents about naming of Ugarte y Loyola as Mariscal de Campo, comandante general, presidente intendente de la Audiencia y Provincia de Guadalaxara. Ugarte replaced by Nava as comandante general. (A. Dell'acqua, October 1987)