Postal Service

Documents deal with following topics: Urgency of need for supplying frontier presidios with firearms and causes of delays in shipment from Spain. Military and religious salaries and monte pio for California. Promotions, commissions, assignments and transfers requested because of hardship on frontier for personnel. Request for passport for transfer of recruit to another province. Need for reprinting reglamentos. Alcabala on tobacco, playing cards, gunpowder. Neve named as gobernador of California. Administrative matters concerning postal service, aduana at Chihuahua, supply of mercury for mines and salary and duties of assayer at rosario. (J. M. Johnson, July 1988)

Documents concern actions by the junta de arbitros for expenses of militia of Parras for common defense and testimony of vecinos regarding inventory of ex-Jesuit colegio to be used for this purpose. (J. M. Johnson, July 1988)

Documents relating to archives of area of Provincias Internas requested by Caballero de Croix new appointee of king to be comandante general. These documents include every aspect of life in such provinces going back many years. (A. Dell'acqua, March 1988)

Monthly rosters of military personnel and armaments based at Villas Llera and Santander for first six months of 1795. Includes daily logs over same time period recording routine to other destinations, Indian raids. (A. Tukey, August 1988)

Receipt of cedulas for invalids. Solicitude for new Alferez in Durango and list of candidates. Public auctions of arms. Solicitude for 2nd Alferez for Chihuahua compania volante with service records of candidates. Montano jailed for bad conduct. Solicitude for Bautista capitans; Castanos and Campo de Larrea named capitans by Revilla Gigedo; service records of candidates. Sales Bohorgues of Tupson requests retirement, includes his service record. Vandos received on second weekly mail service. Vildosola requests retirement due to lung disease. (L. L. Woodward, July 1988)

Concerns complaints of Diaz de Luna by his troops in trip to capital with Indian prisoners. Discussion of poor financial circumstances of San Antonio de Bejar company and necessary transactions of funds. Receipt of dispatch about military positions for Cortesand Rabago. Nava has circulated order on use of everyday uniforms. Concerns pensions for widows of 2 Riogrande soldiers; details of soldiers' deaths from Indian attacks, and merits of each. Nava's receipt of orders during his March to Saltillo; receipt and accomplishment of order to not attack English or other fishing ships nor their establishments. Enriques informs Nava of his illness as he is accused of arriving late to Chihuahua with mail pouch. Receipt of memorial from deputy of commerce in Chihuahua and taxes not Charged to merchants. Guevara granted cedula de invalida and military administrative matters such as triple copies requested on military inspection of Bahia company. (L. L. Woodward, June 1988)

Urrutia contends that Castro's orders regarding precautions against Indian attack were not received; Emparan maintains orders were improperly addressed. (A. Tukey, June 1988)

Emparan defends himself against each of 14 charges of insubordination and disrespectful behavior leveled against him by Castro. Very long without much specific detail. Remainder of volume 56 are accounts of events which preceded and resulted in the charges against Emparan given here. (A. Tukey, April 1988)

58 oficios from Vaamonde, governor of Nuevo Leon, to Castro, comandante general de Provincias Internas sent in response to fija sobre sueldos a oficiales (f. 365); Acuna granted gobierno of use of military uniform by civilians (f. 369); Vaamonde recognizes nomination of Castro as comandante general de for transfer of captain Tovar and family to Rio Grande presidio fugitive Indian from Bejar apprehended in Nuevo Leon (f. 386); collection of limosna for rescate de cautivos per viceregal marques de Bajamar (f. 392); Vaamonde promulgates order concerning general amnesty for contrabandistas (f. 401, 406); (ff. 402, 417); copy of letter from Ramon, teniente at Lampazos, concerning theft of horses from Rio Grande (f. 403); disposition of correspondence to Castro during comandante general's visita to Texas (ff. 408, 413, 415); Vaamonde resulting in injury suffered by tlaxcalan, death of Arriero, plus request that presidios abandoned on Rio Grande be re Borrados from San Cristobal (f. 414); Vaamonde received order stating that conductores de valijas are forbidden to carry descuento de Invalidos y Monte Pio (f. 412); received copies of brief informe from virreyes, presidentes, etc. Of state of agriculture, population, roads, etc. In indias (f. 420); mass sung and 3 nights of veneration done in honor of birth of prince (f. 421); Vaamonde orders publication of circular order virrey's peace proposal with Lipanes (ff. 423, 431); Vaamonde acknowledges receipt of royal decree conceeding to Gordoqui Gracia y facultad of putting media firma on all avisos, oficios, and Ordenes concerning Spain and Indies (f. 424); Vaamonde transfers two salvaguardias from Purificacion to gualahuices to contain fugas E inquietudes of Indians present there (f. 425); sends testimonio of Gonzalez Huerta for nomination as Habilitado of Lampazos (ff. 426, 432); received copy of Bando concerning foundation of colegio in Granada for instruccion y adelanto of nobles americanos (f. 427); received copy of order stipulating that no military person may contract marriage without permission of padres, abuelos, tutores o curadores (f. 428); received order freeing governors of Provincias Internas (except Sonora, Nueva Vizcaya) from Media anata (f. 430). (J. H. Ochs, October 1988)

Cover letter referring to unincluded group of documents for Munoz (f.331); letters from Ugalde to conde de Sierra Gorda referring to several ejemplares del Bando, not included, concerning trade of Negros, expansion of open market at lesser american ports, investment of Caudales in Indies, Correos, reduction of Dias feriados, goods willed by ex-Jesuits, salaries of sacristanes, and education of slaves in Indies and philipines; letter declaring Revilla Gigedo virrey, gobernador, capitan general; letter declaring illegal the use of military uniform by non-military personnel, and other ordering rewards for soldiers who fought Apaches; correspondence concerning death of Vidal and inventory of his belongings, Murgier as interim replacement, assignment of troops and officers, and Indian incursions. (L. Kerr, July 1988)