Haciendas

Legal dispatches of laws and precidents by which several towns surrounding Santa Barbara are apportioned land; specifies that land rights of mission and private landholders be respected; land available because of removal of barbaros; only Spanish, approved by Jesuits, allowed access to land (p. Coyle January 1990)

Documents confirming payment of rents for hacienda de Cienega. Itemized lists of monthly rents. Autos stating monthly salary for major general Valencia. Auto stating Dominican missions in Baja, ca. Sold; prices listed. Properties on Calle vergana in terms of rents and value. Fondo constructed the theater that had been under discussion. List of taxes paid on theater. List of property taxes paid on Calle vergana real estate. Documents concerning the sale of hacienda de Arroyo. (K. Mccaston, may 1990)

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)

Will contains details of legacy, including personal items, real estate, salaries and provision for funeral costs. (J. M. Johnson, July 1989)

Cuenta general for Villa puente detail expenses from 1737 until 1746. Accounts examined and approved by Armesto and Jesuits in 1753. (J. M. Johnson, July 1989)

Index to quadernos (numbered 1-16) concerning Indian raids in Sierra de Tamaulipa, peace proposals by village Indians, damage done by palalquelquas, Lazaga's discussion of Chichimecos, transport of Indians in chaingangs, troop increases, supply of weapons for troops, proposed peace with Lipanes, efforts at pacification in Nuevo Santander. Lasaga emphasizes need for additional settlements to counter advantage Indians have attacking existing settlements; proposes two - three new settlements of Approximately 50 people; outlines measures to be taken to make settlements economically viable, integrated with existing settlements. Mentions success of other settlements created for greater defense. Mentions legalities of ensuring equitable land tenure; certain amount of land would be set aside for livestock to remove expensive need to import meat from Veracruz. (O. Velez, February 1990)

Concerns relocation of Reynosa, Colonia de Nuevo Santander due to danger of further flooding of region; logistics of resettlement of Indians, churches, missions, etc. Of region; requests for troops in regions where nariguana Indians were marauding areas already devastated by flooding. (K. Hubin, February 1990)

* * * (A. Dean, February 1989)