Fiscal Affairs

Accounts of money, rations given to Apaches in may, June, 1791. Each payment authorized by order of Grimarest or other officer; orders written on little pieces of scrap paper, all read Approximately the same; most orders lost in volume binding, but lists summarizing orders, payments are included. Last page is list of supplemental rations ordered for Apaches to go on June, campaign with Echeagaray. Mentions Grimarest is ill, not at work in middle returns to post by July. (A. Dean, may, 1989)

Receipts for payments to citizens for goods, services (guarding cattle). Accounts of money, goods (clothes, firewood, utensils, etc.) Given to individual Apaches. Many brief notes on little pieces of scrap paper. (A. Dean, may 1989)

Accounts of supplies (panocha, corn, salt, cigars) rationed to Bacoachi Apache families. Lists family members, their relation to each other. Short list of accounts for Echeagaray including firewood, butter, hired help. (A. Dean, may 1989)

Accounts of corn, wheat, cigars, Panocha purchased for Bacoachi, given to whom, under what authorization. (A. Dean, may 1989)

Accounts of payments made to various citizens, military and religious personnel for goods, services to Bacoachi mission. (A. Dean, may 1989)

Notice of state of ships and ship-building in San Blas, request for financial support, passing reference to poor state of Marina in philipines, need for specific salaried positions; complaint that lack of funds causes lack of salaried employees and continued desertions of sailors; notice that no funds be spent without specific authorization. (p. Coyle, March 1990)

Arteaga ill with eye infection thus can not go on ship; diary of Arteagas eventual trip to California, describes in general terms being blown off course, unloading ballast in Monterrey, transporting Neve, drops of supplies in presidios along coast, is followed by a Spy ship, drops off and picks up passengers including missionaries at San Carlos and Santa Clara; short, detailed list of supplies received signed by Junipero Serra and Gallo; addendum of Artega's diary describes San Francisco bay; Hijosa requests return to Spain, arrangments for successor; notice of arrival of two new surgeons in San Blas with salaries; Hijosa clears his accounts in order to get permision to leave San Blas (p. Coyle, March 1990)

Choquet forwards request that mission in San Diego be exempted transport Fee for furnishings; notice that Choquet remained in San Diego because of scurvy contracted, request that salary be sent there; soldier Zeda complains that he was recuperating from sickness, but upon returning to post was arrested for desertion; receipt of money from mission in San Diego, discounted for personal needs of Choquet; doctor certification of Choquet's illness and recovery; notice of establishment of missions at San Francisco and Monterrey, superficial description of land surrounding these missions; notice of illness of Quinos, recuperating in Tepic; notice of arrival of ships from Peru into San Blas, their need for repair before the possibility of their use in the exploration of California; brief summary of journey of these ships from Peru, no loss of cargo but slow due to unfavorable winds; Diaz appointed chaplain of favorita with salary; report on status of favorita for two explorations of Californias; capitan, chaplain named- widespread sickness and some deaths among sailors noted, ship provisioned (p. Coyle, March 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)