Mission Finances

Receipts for purchase of wheat rations, for guarding livestock for Apaches. Accounts of expenditures. References to particular aid given to families of Nanegin, Lorenzo. Grimarest speaks of urgent need for blankets for sick Apaches, those going on campaign in winter. Simo mentions livestock bought by mission. (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)

Concerns tenants of Cienega hacienda and payment of rent owed to Fondo de mision for previous year and first half of present year; hacienda had gone under previously; short, lacking in detail. (K. Hubin, December 1989)

Concerns resolution of financial matters between Carresse, Llain and Ybarraran due to Carresse having to leave Mexico; extremely short, lacking in detail. (K. Hubin, December 1989)

Concerns liquidation of accounts of synods in California; expenses of missions in both Alta and Baja California for year 1840; also mentioned in passing is sending of troops to Alta California for reconquista. (K. Hubin, December 1989)

Index at front of this group of folios gives title of each and hacienda de Don Reyes pay annual rent; hacienda real pays rent biannually, collected by real tribunal de Mineria; San Gregorio college pays three percent interest for tercio; puente y Garcia's hacienda was embargada and is on sale; Arroyozarco's hacienda rented for nine years to Sanchez de la Concha, who pays by tercios and is obligated to employ annually; accounts of hacienda de los Amoles, detailing money, property; general summary of money, property of haciendas del Fondo Piadoso misiones de California, 1803. (D. Bautista, December 1989)

Echaverte placed in charge of distributing funds associated with establishment of missions in California, previous personal investment cited; fairly detailed fiscal regulations for missions, haciendas, and shipping; includes names of ships. (p. Coyle January 1990)

List of mission and presidio job catagories to be filled in California and San Blas including salaries and regulations for different work; list of prices for supplies ff. 9; formal decree concerning regulations of expenses; figures for synod payments for new missionaries and rents Charged to haciendas (p. Coyle January 1990)

New administrator named to Arroyozarco hacienda in wake of Jesuit expulsion; connection of haciendas to missions stressed (p. Coyle January 1990)