Letter from Borica to Revillagigedo describing his trip through missions in Alta California while taking possession of his post as governor, good situation of Indians, gentleness of treatment and easy work. Letter describing agricultural achievments in los Angeles and San Jose as well as the soap factory in Santa Barbara and the mills in San Luis and Santa Cruz, a better road from Santa Clara to Santa Cruz has been laid as well as one from San Luis to Purisima avoiding the area of Buchon. Letter concerning plans to build a new presidio in San Francisco, explanations of urgency to do so due to lack of water and bad strategic position of the old one. Letter from real tribunal summarizing San Francisco's history and supporting Boricas petition to move the factory and the mission to a new location. Recommendation to deal with more urgent problems like finding buyers for produce of the area, and staying in old factory in San Francisco for the time being. Letters from real consejo recommend building a convent of San Fernardo order, which will provide monetary gain, this is compared with the creation of new missions on Colorado. (T. Kahana, August 1989)

Letters concerning two houses owned by the contaduria. They are houses # 11 and 12 located on Calle vergana. The houses suffered damage during a Series of minor earthquakes on November 23, 1836. Entire block of houses also owned by contaduria. Buildings were also used as offices. House 11 rented for 36 pesos per month. After quakes, discussion of costs of repair vs. Condemnation. Ff. 19 lists of costs of building materials and wages for workers. Silva in dispute with Arango over renting house #12. Ff.23 list of expenditures. (K. Mccaston, may 1990)

Castro comments on Nava's proposals for presidio, asking that cost study be done before he makes decision. Nava gives info on construction materials, details of design of proposed presidio. Suggests that prison labor be used, that funds could be taken from primera volante's fondo de gratificacion; estimates that with those measure total cost for presidio would be 9-10,000 pesos. Includes sketch of proposed presidio with explanation of use of various buildings shown in drawing. Castro adds suggestions to Nava's plan, but judges that presidio would be ineffective due to geography and inability of soldiers to patrol all the area that Indians use; also states that Indians (Tamaulipos) are too fierce to be contained by reduccion. Budget for plan included. Castro chides Nava for stating that northern Villas had no urgent problems with Indians without first visiting area or consulting topographic map. (O. Velez, February 1990)

Llanos y Valdes, the bishop, is accused of carefully cutivating several crops while not allowing any of the benefits to go to the poor or to the public in general. Mention is made of the halted construction in Monterrey of cathedral, Hospital, convent, and seminary. Several informes addressed to the virrey Revilla Gigedo asked him to find speedy solutions to the various problems caused by the bishop; one even asked for the aid of the church in Madrid. As one author stated, the overall problem is the mismanagement by Llanos y Valdes of the Diezmos for the diocesis. On January 24, 1794, Llanos de Valdes wrote to Revilla Gigedo on his own behalf; he denied mismanaging the Diezmos and said that the money made from the crops was enough to cover only a portion of the debts of the Diezmos. Additionally, Llanos y Valdes' excommunication of Rubalcava came up again (he received such treatment for being absent from the Pesqueria el Grande Valley without the permission of the bishop). Ff. 427 is chart of monetary transactions for ecclesiastical items. Ff. 421 and 431-435 and 439 are also charts; they are copies of pages from rublacava's books as contador de Diezmos for Monterrey. Ff.411 is followed by informes, also copies of earlier documents, explaining the chart's contents. (S. Langmack may 1990)

Informes claiming that bishop Llanos y Valdes of Monterrey was threatening people there with excommunication for trivial reasons, demanding such threats stop. Many requests that something be done to help the city to return to its Former tranquility. There is also discussion of halted convent. The bishop moved the episcopal seat to Saltillo, in the farthest reaches of the Obispado, where he then purchased houses with money intended for the religious construction in Monterrey. Alva mentioned the disharmony between the bishop and Herrera (gobernador) in relation to the problems. (S. Langmack April 1990)

Beginning on ff.178 of this volume, there is a list of 20 items concerning the management abilities and behavior of the bishop Llanos y Valdes in Monterrey. Within this set of documents is a rough draft of the first 17 items on that list. They particularly concern his practices in relation to the construction of cathedral, Hospital, convent (for monjas Capuchinas), and seminary. This rough draft is followed by a Series of letters, none signed but all written in the same handwriting and on the same date but to different people, which refer to grave points directed against the person and dignity of the bishop. These letters are dated earlier than the rough draft. (S. Langmack, April 1990)

List of 20 suggestions for handling the religious construction halted by Llanos y Valdes (bishop) before of his death, para averiguar la realidad. the Author, unnamed, thought it important to list and interpret these for the recipient of this information. The listing is followed by such an interpretation. The author hoped for a response from the recipient, named only as vuestro Senor Dean y Cavildo de la Santa Yglesia del Nuevo Reyno de Leon. the discussion is the same as it has been why the bishop halted the construction; the salary paid to the architect; in general, the economics of the matter; the fact that the bishop independently decided to move the episcopal seat to Saltillo (it is pointed out that the route from Monterrey to Saltillo, which would be taken to move the construction materials, went over the Sierra Madres and past indios barbaros); that he failed to give sacraments to many including some who died without receiving them; etc. Also, mention is made of the bishop using the threat of excommunication in Cases which the author considered trivial y de ninguna importancia (number 8 in the informe, ff.179) and he mentioned the excommunication of Blanco (number 9, ff.179). Ff.183 contains list of goods received by Urgarte y Bungoa from Llanos y Valdes, the bishop whom the controversy surrounds, including priests clothing and religious items (chalice, mass book, etc). (S. Langmack, April 1990)

Discussion of an bishop's alleged mismanagement and abuse of Monterrey's cathedral's treasury in relation to the religious contruction in Monterrey which the bishop, who is not named, oversaw. The bishop is probably Llanos y Valdes who is discussed in the rest of Vol. 196. Ff.170-172 mention expenditures in relation to construction. (S. Langmack, April 1990)

Construction of cathedral, Hospital, and convent for monjas Capuchinas in Monterrey halted. Discussion of damages, injuries, grievances resulting from the construction which was overseen by Llanos y Valdes (bishop) and built by Crouxet. Bishop accused of ignoring economics and considering only asthetics in the construction. Problems were caused by the bishop wanting to move the episcopal seat to Saltillo. Herrera mentioned there had been discussion in Monterrey of whether the bishop had the right to make such decisions independently. Mention made of Crouxet's earnings on the project on ff.158. Ff.164 includes gastos de fabrica espiritual. (S. Langmack, April 1990)

In 1793, bishop wrote a Monterrey Official, Garcia, requesting land for the construction of a new cathedral, offices, seminary, and palacio episcopal on the outskirts on Monterrey. In 1798, Herrera inserted this and another document into this volume, #196, as part of the investigation into why the bishop subsequently had halted that construction (permission had been granted). A third letter on October 1, 1793 from the bishop to Garcia refers to the construction of a convent for monjas Capuchinas. Ff. 149 is a map of Monterrey. (S. Langmack, April 1990)