Letters concerning arms shipments. Technical terms concerning ship disrepair. Echeverria (pilot) ill, Castro takes over position. Artillery Inspections. Accident delays cargo. Discussion of livestock shipments. Rodriguez sent from Spain to oversee Arsenal. Discussion of fragata Rosario Alias la Princesa. Document awarding pension for Antonia Gonzalez (widow). Yzaguir reretired. Routine expeditions to California coast.

Letters discussing boat under construction which should be complete by March. Boat carrying furniture delayed due to stormy seas. The Santiago sailed to San Francisco and Monterrey where they dropped off cargo. Letter praising leadership of commander Arteaga. Discussion of trade route between Peru and San Blas. Technical terms describing mechanical problems on the ship Santiago. Requests for back wages.

Officials Charged with desertion in times of war. Request for money for Cartegena to Guatemala voyage. Areche left San Diego in route to Acapulco. Juan Garcia ship surgeon. List of ports passed in route. Hiring of ship servants discussed. Santiago stopped in San Blas for provisions. Requests for Paquebot San Carlos to leave San Blas. Juan Beas accused of killing Juan Cardenas. Request to move from San Blas to Acapulco because port was cleaner and more comfortable. Cargo in weapons. Wages of Naval personnel discussed. Pedro Yzaquirre and other officers contracted illness on vessel. Martinez accused of misconduct.

Letters concerning the Naval operations and administrative tasks conducted at San Blas. Fernando Quinos given permission to retire. Sailors refused to continue journey without two months advance pay. Echeverria named second pilot. Request for Galvez to return to Spain. Echeverria ill and unable to leave Guadalajara to assume position. expenses paid for frigatta Santiago's voyage form Cartegena to Guatemala. Letter requesting more reliable ship for California voyages. Request for wage increase for fragata Santiago crew. Letters stating wage increase justified based on merit and length of Naval experience. Santiago in route to San Blas. Documents concerning desertion of Gallo and forty others.

First is Bill submitted for value, purchase price and amount of meat, lard and tallow for Californias. Second concerns cost of 100 mules, losses reported, on Paquebot Concepcion. Bucareli responds. (J. M. Johnson, June 1989)

Very useful analysis of conditions of Nueva California with details as to funds and costs to be incurred by military and include - economic benefits and improvements in cattle raising, improvements in agriculture techniques and crops grown. Role of missionaries and changes due to and since Jesuit expulsion. Provisions to be supplied to Indians, settlers, military and missionaries; militia formation; housing and choosing community leaders; required annual inspection of establishments; work habits, recreation and rewards to combat idleness. Salt supply and transportation. Appeal to be made to viceroy to enforce law should clergy refuse to oppose regulations. Relocation of include - establishment of towns, workshops, mills with suggestions on where to locate, what to produce, what to teach Indians. Military service for residents of Nueva California. Use of whale sperm and fat. Shipbuilding. Development and taxes. Investments and profits. Accounting procedures for agriculturalists and religious. Military, religious, Naval salaries. Better communication needed for cooperative trade between two Californias. Importance of further exploration of coast. (J. M. Johnson, may 1989)

Detailed list compiled by Palou of objects taken from Jesuit missions in 1768 to be returned to Antigua California on paquebots San Antonio, el Principe and San Carlos. Contents for each mission compiled by priests. Major topics of other to be returned; description of Rivera y Moncada's conquest of San Diego; objects taken on loan for use by Galvez; supplies needed to reactivate mines; takeover of Jesuit missions by secular and clergy of other orders and economic consequences for haciendas; instructions for return of religious objects and responses by viceroy. (J. M. Johnson, may 1989)

Herrera acknowledges receipt of royal announcements and decrees and Paisanos; reglamento del Montepio; timely administration of justice for military personnel; legal action against military personnel limited to 100 pesos; royal pardon for deserters from real Armada; permission for Albarez to sign with his last name only; criminal case against Bustamante for theft; requirement that service records for various civil officials be submitted every two years. (D. Marksz, October 1987)

Document gives figures for total amount of revenue produced in salt industry in this area. Mentions role played by Barlovento River in economic development of area. Mentions bad effect of salt in water supply on agriculture. Some settlements in area have expanded to degree that they are exposed to Apache attacks, no troops for protection. Proposal for compania de sugetos along coast from Veracruz to Balisa, or else have real hacienda fund development of fishing industry; also wants more Naval activity. Detailed accounts of economic potential of fish species in these waters. Area between interior and costal settlements must be populated to contain Apaches; details best ports along coast for bringing Spanish settlers in to populate said area. Attention must be paid to northern frontier as U.s. is gaining strength in world trade, makes good use of Indian relations to conquer new territory. Only important trade with northern Indians is in fur, but american mining ventures will tend to result in permanent villages, to detriment of Spanish. Examples of situations in which use of fuero militar has helped establish successful settlements. author favors paid milicias provinciales only when fighting to help populate areas. Government help to settlements will depend on productivity of areas. Noriega favors putting Escandon in charge of these projects. (O. Velez, March 1990)