Media Anata

General account of Neve's wealth compiled by Corbalan including liquid assets, salaries, and account of Neve's expenses owned to various individuals; salary of Neve with deductions for Monte Pio, Invalidos, Media anata, and conduccion a Espana. Account of transport costs for goods bought from Neve's estate (receipt of muleteer). Account of Neve's expenses, costs of food items and household goods bought and services provided (carpentry, transportation, laundry); Series of receipts of money paid out by Neve's executors and funds deposited in Rosario treasury. Neve's widow prohibited from receiving the sum of inheritance Neve indicated in his will. List of gun powder and household goods for sale left at Neve's hacienda by Croix. Dongo and Corbalan correspond regarding freeing Neve's funds to pay Neve's debts, including debt to late doctor sales. Medina's letter introduces inventories and auction sales of Neve's belongings. Autos by Galindo Navarro regarding Neve's executors and funds they administered. Corbalan relates to virrey that he has paid the heirs of Neve's doctor and describes transactions of Neve's wealth liquidated through auction; virrey(?) Acknowledges receipt of letter. Galindo Navarro in auto describes death of Neve and his duties to make an inventory of Neve's belongings, put his papers in order, identify corpse, and gather keys. Copy of Neve's will (ff. 145-159). Autos and diligencias referring to choice of executors of Neve's will, Neve's keys, and papers, requests in will concerning belongings, making inventories, choice of accountants and expert assessors of Neve's belongings, as well as description of religious sacraments given to his corpse. Administrative proceedures for assembling paperwork concerning Neve's will. Inventory and value of Neve's gold and silver belongings. Inventory of clothing and value accessed, description of cloth and colors used, and origin of many items. Inventories of linen, food, weapons, misc. Belongings, livestock, documents (bills of purchase, debts, letters, orders). (L. L. Woodward, July 1989)

Unrelated letters concerning military of Nuevo Santander. Ff.250-255 concern payment to those leading milicias; suggestions for moving Villas nearer presidios and bringing Indians to reduccion at missions, cost of endeavor. F.256 Sanches Dobalina is named capitan of Nuevo Santander, Buscarons named capitan de escoletas. F.257 discusses requisitioning powder for troops. (A. Dean, March 1990)

Vildosola requests to Bucareli permission to retire from the military service, and to travel with his family to Spain. Bucareli concedes permission to Vildosola. Echegaray requests he be exempt from payment of media annata tax which as a governor of Sinaloa and Sonora, is expected to pay. Gutierrez garandilla describes Seris and Pima rebellion in Pueblo de mochicagua. Bentura Belena appraises Gutierrez Gradilla's campaign against Indians. Armona suggests Galvez appoint Gutierrez Gradilla as Alcalde mayor de la Jurisdiccion de la Villa del Fuerte. (R. Gomez, November 1989)

Transcript of testimonies concerning appointment of roynuela to ministro Pagador de la Nueba tesoreria del Saltillo, related events, establishment of treasury. Reference to law titulo Primero, Libro Octavo de la recopilacion de indias, not described, but compliance requested. Further testimony of Soto being named administrador de Tabacos, polbora, y Naypes. (A. Dean, July 1989)

Document requests return to Royuela of post of ministro Pagador of treasury of Saltillo. Decree advising creation of new treasury in Saltillo. Treasury to be constructed so it may pay troops of Provincias Internas and meet their other needs. F. 98 described Royuela's previous post in Acapulco and gives his salary. Ff. 98-100 is a letter explaining role of new treasury in Saltillo and provides Royuela's salary. Other documents concern the division of powers and jurisdictions of various officials of Provincias Internas. F. 113 refers to vassals' rights and the power of king to appoint officials. Other officials concern process of registration (tomar razon) of new officials and F. 125 refers to right of Media Annata. (P. Lenz, March 1990)

Index of correspondence that concerns the Indian complaints of damage done to irrigation water is ff. 0363; ff. 0364 covers abstract of correspondence that deals with soldiers wives requesting money assigned to them by governor, request granted; ff. 0365 concerns the leave of absence granted to Ramon so that he can be married, mention of the dowry required; ff. 0366 covers the result of a judicial proceeding (indictment) against Esparza for the crime of desertion and his punishment of 8 more years military service; the request of, Sanchez for land for raising livestock near Llera and other areas, justifies his request by citing the strategic utility in closing up two areas of escape for Indians; ff. 0368 deals with documents used in the case of Alvarez in which he murdered his wife, is not entitled to Fuero militar; request by Molina that he be transferred to another area where he owns a ranch that he is in jeopardy of loosing if he does not receive transfer, request is granted and Salcedo allowed to pick substitute from Veracruz; letter that concerns Indian complaint lodged against Castillo in protest of his pushing them off their land. (O. Velez, November 1989)

Index of letters that are included in this sequence; letter in which Arminan asks that half of the excess of his Coronel's salary be added to his salary as governor of Texas which he has carried out since 1813 and as late as July 1815; letter advising that this information be fowarded to the fiscal, tesoreria, and tribunal de Cuenta; letter explaining that his request will be honored only because he carried out both military duties (Coronel) and political ones of gobernador at the same time, increase will be given less the Media Annata related to his title; Beltran asks that junta Superior communicate steps taken in this matter to Arredondo; San Luis Potosi did not have the funds to comply with order to pay Arminan the increase in salary. (O. Velez, September 1989)

Employment history of Gonzales de Burgos, mentions his monetary donation to war against Great Britain. Gonzales explains that he accepted job of administrador de Azogues y tobacco to supplement his income; after leaving post as secretaria he is earning less than before, asks for reinstatement to previous job. Request rejected. He lists other municipal organizations in which he would gladly work; petitions for job in Fabricas de Polvora, vacant due to death of gacleyne; asking on behalf of his 7 children, european wife. Also solicits posts of contador de la tesoreria, vacant at death of Saenz Martinez, and of administrador de aduanas de San Luis Potosi at promotion of esmarrnisar. (O. Velez, January 1990)

Upon arriving in Mexico City, governor-elect Alencaster of New Mexico requests advance on his Media anata, Monte Pio of 1,000 pesos for travel expenses. The viceroy approves advance using Alencaster's belongings as collateral. (E. Wilson, November 1989)

Concerns gobernador Chacon of Nueva Mexico's petitioning that his position in Nueva Mexico was exempt from the Media anata in 1793 when he was nominated as well as the conduccion Fee from Spain. The Media anata was extended to include Nueva Mexico in 1799 so Truxillo decides to retroactively charge Chacon in 1800. Lassos and Vildosola support Chacon that it is unjust. Much correspondence back and forth to find the royal warrant on ff#298. Chacon is finally returned his money. royal nomination on ff#288. (E. Wilson, October 1989)