Military Promotions

O'conor evaluates and ranks candidates for offices in his new military corps; notes include background information on those considered such as place of birth, age, marital status, and military ability; Bucareli confirms O'Conor's nominations (J. Williams, June 1987)

Concerns solutions to military crisis of Nueva Vizcaya; provides extensive instructions to O'Conor for implementation of new regulation of presidios; includes notes on presidio transfers to Rio Grande; specific raids on various locals; losses in population and animals; commerce and industry affected by war; O'Conor's expeditionary forces; new issues of arms and equipment; reflections on Indian warfare; soldier's ability as part of fighting force; logistics of new posts; church construction; reiterates building instructions for presidios given in regulation of 1772; financial provisions for building new presidios; security for money shipments; stationing of Catalans at Tonati; introductory letter by Bucareli notes that O'Conor has been granted title of comandante general. (J. Williams, June 1987)

Series of bureaucratic correspondences between Sierragorda and virrey regarding receipt of oficios and cedulas (not present), promotion of Vidal to position of teniente, interception and punishment of enemies in Coaquila (vague), Indian attacks on Vaqueros and murder of woman; ff. 266-270 interesting though content. (D. J. McClelland, September 1988)

Letters of recommendation are sent to Sierragorda for Vidal de Lorca, Guerra, and Marroquin y Trebuesto to be promoted to now vacant position of teniente; one recommendation sent by Mother of Vidal de Lorca. (D. J. McClelland, September 1988)

Letters from Nava to virrey concerning military promotions. Bernardino is designated lieutenant to segunda compania volante; Rodriguez is designated Alferez to presidio de aguafuerte. Saenz, Pacheco and Alvarez are sent to peninsula de California as prisoners because they are said to have killed two Indians Apaches in peace. Because a conflict between Mier y Trespalacios and del Hierro an official a statement is made by which dependents of la Renta del Tabaco are declared as having civil privileges (gozan de fuero). (R.Gomez, January 1989)

Arce is designated lieutenant-colonel; Zuniga, captain. Urioste and Rengel are designated captains, and Canuelas and Gutierrez, lieutenants; Ramirez and Egana are designated Alferez (all of them without specification of the compania to be assigned). All letters concerning notification of reception and remitance of correspondence between Nava and virrey. Notification to captains of companias volantes and presidiales send a report to Nava in order to be well informed monthly in regard to Indians behavior, military forces, and so forth. (R.Gomez, January 1989)

Diaz asks military retirement; Nava marks Diaz' contribution to achievement of peace with indios mezcaleros. Roa is designated lieutenant in presidio de Loreto; Albizu, for Alferez in presidio de Santa Cruz; Palacios, for Alferez in compania presidial de Horcasitas letter from Nava to virrey in which he explains his delay in Arizpe; in the letter corneadas are mentioned in regard to Indian Lipanes, and the cautions that Borica has to take. (R.Gomez, January 1989)

Concerns military promotion of Bargas to teniente for compania presidial de San Buenaventura, and Lasso to alferes in presidio de San Francisco. Military retirements; cedulas de invalidos to soldiers of Tropas de la peninsula de California, and Monterrey and Loreto. de la Concha requests permission of retirement as governor of provincia del Nueva Mexico, and permission for returning to Espana. Indiola's donations of two hundred bulls to Apache Indians in order to help them to maintain. Nava informs the virrey about a group of Cumanches Orientales who go with Chavez to Villa de Santa Fe in order to See their relatives. (R.Gomez, January 1989)

Letters from Gutierrez de la Riva to virrey concerning employment petition as visitador en la Renta del Tabaco. Letters from Lama, Vazquez, Bohorquez and others supporting de la Riva's petition.

Gonzalez is designated as alferes to compania presidial de Monterrey; Vildosola, for alferes to presidio de fronteras; Perez Fernandez for alferes to presidio de San Francisco en California. Ruiz de Contreras asks virrey either for prevendas de las iglesias in presidio de San Buenaventura or to become pensioner. Nava informs governors of Sonora and California to facilitate real Armada de Francia ships to arrive at seaport. Notification of file concerning distribution of lands in presidios de las provincias de Sonora in February, 1792. Jose Echegaray asks to become governor of Nueva Mexico in April, 1792. (R.Gomez, January 1989)