Mission Administration

Letter from Valladolid to virrey informing him of the Diezmos collected in the Rio Verde missions, who the administrators of haciendas are, and the amount of money received in the year 1773 and 1774. An account is sent from Guadalaxara to the virrey on the Diezmos for Nuevo Reyno de Leon. In another letter Noriega writes the virrey giving an accounting of Diezmos from 1770 and the name of the administrator of hacienda. The governor of Nuevo Santander answers the virrey saying he will respect the the territorial divisions of the church. The royal Caxas de San Luis Potosi are notified from Belena to charge the derecho de Mesada to the Linares parish. Belena, the auditor for the virrey, appears to make most of the decisions, hiring persons to make the maps, hire scribes and investigators in the establishment of the new bishopric and cathedral for the Nuevo Reyno de Leon. (D. Bautista, February 1990)

An investigation requested of Bustamente' mayor Domo who is stopped in Veracruz and prevented from going to Spain. All of Bustamante's belongings are for sale because Diezmos were missing from his estate. King requests information about the confiscation of Bustamante's belongings. Calzado wants to keep renting one of the haciendas of Bustamante. Series of letters of the problems of the renting of haciendas and the sale of the belongings of Bustamante. (D. Bautista, January 1990)

Documents all related to the new Obispo in Nuevo Reyno de Leon. Furundarena asks the virrey to order the Caxas reales in San Luis Potosi to release the money that he needs as bishop. Archbishop of Mexico City notifies the virrey of fundarenas nomination. The Caxas reales write to the virrey of their actions relative to the salary and petitions of the new bishop. Virrey orders a detailed inventory of the belongings of the dead bishop. Furundarena requests payment for his services as temporary bishop in Nuevo Reyno de Leon. Years later king approves the new Obispo of Nuevo Reyno de Leon in 1796. (D. Bautista, January 1990)

Gobernador of Nuevo Reyno de Leon certifies the death of obispo berjer and makes an inventory of his possessions and money. Letter from Caxas de San Luis Potosi giving instructions to the governor of Nuevo Reyno de Leon on administration of Diezmos. Vaamonde sends a letter to virrey recommending Mexia as the bishop of Nuevo Reyno de Leon. The archbishop of Mexico names Furundarena as temporary bishop of Nuevo Reyno de Leon. (D. Bautista, January 1990)

Letter from capitan de hoyos to Gonzalez de Santianez, requesting advice on the problems of collecting the Diezmos for the construction of the new Obispado. Santianes then appeals to the virrey for advice. The bishop de Guadalaxara complains to virrey of the administrator Muniz's methods of collecting Diezmos. Church of Valladolid also complains of the method of collection. Areche writes a synopsis of the conflicts and requests a rapid response from the virrey to solve the problem. (D. Bautista, January 1990)

Letters from gobernador of Monterrey explaining the problems of collection of Diezmos in the jurisdiction and inconvenience of of placing the new Obispado in Linares. Letters from Gonzalez de Santianes requesting information about the collection of Diezmos and in the other proposing a change in the methods of collection. Letters from Barverena to Santianes about the collecting of Diezmos in the jurisdiction of San Salvador and Huasteca misions. Vargas sends to jueces hacedores of the Obispado of Valladolid, information about the jurisdiction of Rio Verde and a list of parajes y rancherias. Letters assigning persons responsibility for collecting Diezmos for specific areas. (D. Bautista, January 1990)

Apache Indian attack during the night raids and steals horses from San Antonio corrals. 80 horses are stolen. Flores follows them all night only to return in the morning to gather men and Indians for a search group. After 2 months horses and Indians are found. In the ensuing capture, enemy Indians are killed and taken hostage with their women, children and supplies. One Indian captive claims they stole horses for other Spaniards with whom they have 'cambalache' or trade. Peace is offered to them if all chiefs involved will return to the camp within 20-days. Beginning at ff. 352 three French deserters are seeking passports to Veracruz via Bahia del Espiritu Santo, they are Rosel, Barroi and Martin. Garza Falcon disbelieves their claim and considers them spies for the French. They are given an escort to be brought to justice. The French are known for having strong influence over the Indians and consider the Cumanches, Canzeres, Pananas and Apaches as theirs. Flores endorses Ramon for position of captain of San Antonio presidio due to his campaigns in the Tejas provinces. Trade could be increased with improved relations with the Indians. (E. Wilson, March 1990)

Letters concerning religious Inspections of missions, Villas. Ff.418-423 report of visita by fray San Buenaventura to Ceno Mexicano, specifically Dolores, Espiritu Santo; reports lack of minister at Santillana (1763). Ff.424-427 report of lack of proper religious guidance in Villas of Ceno Mexicano, their decline into primitive decadence (1782). F.428 letter about fray Linares as minister of Gamotes mission (1784). (A. Dean, may 1990)

Letters concerning administration of newly established missions along Seno Mexicano. Ff.379-385 are progress reports on missions by Gorraez (as inspector). F.379 describes geographic locations, distances between places; F.383 are inspection reports for Soto la Marina, San Fernando, Reynosa; F.384 for Burgos. Ff.386-405 concern mission administrator's request for soldiers to be assigned to missions for protection; instead some missions are assigned to nearby presidios. Discusses reduccion of Xanambres. F.390 concerns padres hospitalarios of San Juan de Dios proposing to study medicine in order to found hospitals, especially for lepers; gives philosophy of sect. Ff.406-417 concern Gaspar Soliz as director of missionary effort of Zacatecas colegio; lengthy description of his plans for orchestration. (A. Dean, may 1990)

Letter by Chacon concerning verification of establishment of 15 missions along Seno Mexicano by apostolic college of Zacatecas; gives some detail about a few of these; F.302 mentions epidemics among Indians at missions, no specifics. Second letter by Valcarcel concerns affiliation of presidios with missions, pay of chaplains. (A. Dean, may 1990)