Serial Number
041-00167
Title
Correspondence from Hijosa, comisario del departamento de San Blas, to viceroy Bucareli for September - Oct., 1777.
Author(s)
Hijosa, Francisco (Comisario)
Bucareli y Ursua, Antonio Maria (Virrey)
Date
04-05-1773
Date
01-00-1778
Documentation
San Blas, Mexico. September 20, 1777 to November 19, 1777. 74p. Informes. Letters. Drafts. Copies (?). Originals. Signed, unsigned.
Summary
Correspondence is on administrative and financial matters in department of San Blas. Several documents deal with appointments, health and salaries of personnel; others with cargos and itineraries of Paquebot San Carlos and Goleta Sonora on voyages to California ports, supplying provisions to discuss damage to Paquebot in storm. Ff. 407 continues discussion of status in construction of Paquebot and why better suited to be fragata rather than Paquebot. Ff. 408-410, 414-419, 430-432, 434 deal with personnel problems of craftsmen on ship construction, delays due to illnesses. Ff. 411-413 on publication of new royal decrees lowering percentage of rights to gold, after royal fifth subtracted. Ff. 423-429 are list of workers contracted in Veracruz with salary information and deductions on salaries for officials for pensions to wives. (J. M. Johnson, October 1988)
Persons
Martinez, Estevan Joseph (Piloto)
Hijosa, Francisco (Comisario)
Bucareli y Ursua, Antonio Maria (Virrey)
Hezeta, Bruno de (Comandante de Marina)
Ruiz, Joseph Faustino (Contador)
Izaguirre, Pedro de
Ulloa, Antonio (Jefe de Escuadra)
Camacho, Joseph (Piloto)
Bogarin, Juan Antonio (Piloto)
Vilchis, Antonio
Roberto, Antonio
Rodriguez, Francisco
Reggio, Antonio (Director General)
Bausat, Antonio (Segundo Guardian)
Goya, Manuel Ramon de (Factor)
Ivanez, Joseph (Carpintero)
Pastor, Antonio
Alvarez de Castro, Francisco (Piloto)
Vega, Vicente de (Calafate)
Truxillo, Antonia (Mujer de J. Ivanez)
Rocha, Dona J. de la
Garcia de Texada, Nicolas
Hezeta, Mariano (Oficial Mayor)
Castro, Maria Antonia de (Mujer de F. Alvarez)
Bausa, Juan (Contramaestre)
Bonet, Juan Bautista
Places
San Blas (Departamento) (Comisaria)
Guiamas (Puerto)
Loreto (Rada)
Cinaloa
Veracruz (Puerto)
Guatemala
Tepic
Xalapa Zapotillo (Salinas)
Marias (Islas)
Antigua California
Guayacan
Guadalaxara
Cadiz (Departamento)
Rota
Levante, Cartagena de
Military Groups
Havana, Escuadra de
First Location
AZTM, AGN, Vol. 010 ff. 401-437
Original Location
AGN, Mexico City, Provincias Internas Vol. 010 ff. 401-437
Language
Spanish
Notes
Accurate summary marginal notes for each document. Except for viceroy's responses, dated later. Some documents chronological repeated or interrupted. Some blank or repeated frames.
Reference Number
1000016
Rights
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Keywords
Women, Postal Service, Fiscal Affairs, Climate, Transportation (Maritime), Royal Announcements And Decrees, Ports And Harbors, Gold, Biography, Exploration (Maritime), Disease, Ships (Construction), Pensions, Labor Force, Ships (Repair), Naval Personnel, Naval Finances, Naval Salaries, Civil Offices (Comisario), Wood, Nautical Logs And Diaries, Bibliography (Correspondence), Naval Offices (Comisario), Naval Administration, Naval Appointments, Civil-Naval Relations, Labor Force (Maritime), Craftsmen (Naval), Royal Fifth, Logs, Storms (Maritime)