Mission Finances

Petitions requesting payment of sinodos and monies to missionaries of Sonora to pay debts incurred with merchants for mission supplies. Viceroy issues letter to governor of province to pay debts. Orders annual salaries to be paid to missionaries. (A. Dell'acqua, October 1987)

Series of unrelated documents between Nava and Branciforte regarding various correspondences (not present) and issues; little substantive content; woman referred to as Maria Teresa Vidal, wife of late Coronel Vidal de Lorca. (D. J. McClelland, August 1988)

Series of concise letters between Nava, Campo de Alange, and virrey concerning gathering volunteers to fight against France, census of number of cofradias in Sonora, assignment of grangera to compania de San Diego, granting of marriage licenses, awarding of synods to Sonora missionaries, naming of promotores fiscales to serve in intendencias of Puebla and Yucatan, and granting of travel allowances. Documents devoid of specific detail, most of them merely acknowledging receipt of previous letters. (A. Tukey, August 1988)

Series of letters between Nava and virrey covering founding of capellanias in Durango, retirement of Urrutia, Apache raids at Gallo and Atotonilco*)

Receipt of orders and decisions listing appointments of military personnel. Concerns Chihuahua vecinos' interest in positions in dragones provinciales. Nava informs Revilla Gigedo that he always provides funds on request to bishop of Durango for mission foundation. Receipt of vandos about requesting titulos de Castilla. Receipt of order that widows and orphans of ministero de Marina are not covered in pensions from Monte Pio militar. Promotion of Presa to Alferez in San Gabriel company; discussion of his merits. Receipt of Fernandes' memorial. Nava confirms having informed intendentes of Sonora and Durango concerning salaries and discounts. Appointment of Ignacio Egana as 2nd Alferez in Altar and mention of merits of ment in second an third place for post. Transfer of Ruiz de Contreras, chaplain of Buenaventura. Echeagaray granted leave to get married. (L. L. Woodward, June 1988)

Ruiz request money to pay for travel expenses of missionaries sent to Coaguila. Discussion that this money should be taken away from their salaries in a two year period. (J. Tapia, March, 1988)

(A. Dell'acqua, December 1987)

Orders from viceroy to comandante-general giving him command of auxiliary troops to stop Indian depredations. F.b256 is cover sheet accompanying letter. F. C002 is letter concerning payment of troops, followed by Series of autos regarding contents of various royal treasuries. Some autos contain tables of accounts from 1781-1782. Ff. C005-c008 is informe concerning findings of tribunal of accounts. Ff. C009-c010 is another informe listing contents of treasuries at Arispe and Chihuahua. Mention of use of funds for military expeditions. Ff. C005-c019 are correspondence between various officials regarding tribunal of accounts dated July 1783-November 1785. F. C020 is cover sheet accompanying consulta regarding transfers of money to Chihuahua for 1788. Ff. C021-c023 are letters concerning need for supplementary funds at treasuries. Ff. C024-c032 are tables of accounts from Durango, dating from 1773 to 1787 (written in 1787). Ff. C033-c036 is letter from Chihuahua concerning needs of royal treasury. F. C037 is another such letter. F. C038 is cover sheet for F. D001, which is letter from comandante- general to viceroy asking for permission to send money to Durango and Chihuahua to cover shortages. (W. Copas, March 1988)

Letters in response to orders from viceroy regarding transfers of funds from Arispe to Guadalaxara. F. B230 is draft of letter from viceroy(?) To intendente of Guadalaxara informing him of status of funds. F. B231 is table of accounts from Arispe dated 31 December 1790. Ff. B232-b233 are drafts of letters from viceroy(?) To intendentes of Arispe and Guanajuato regarding status of real hacienda. F. B238 is another such draft. (W. Copas, February 1988)

Letters to viceroy regarding orders directing them to send money to royal treasuries in which deficits have been recorded; funds are to be used to pay troops and sinodos. Mention of succession to virreynato of conde de Revilla Gigedo, replacing Florez. Ff.b131-b132 are drafts of orders from viceroy to various officials regarding payments. Ff. B134, b141, b148, b152-b158 are similar drafts. Ff. B142-b147 are tables of accounts, accompanied by extensive footnotes, summarizing plan general for utilization of royal funds throughout Provincias Internas, except for Californias. Table includes allocations of salary money for presidial troops, along with breakdown by ranks of companies of each presidio. Tables broken down by province. F. B150 is table of costs from treasury at Chihuahua dated 6 November 1789. (W. Copas, February 1988)