Title
Correspondencia con el gobernador de Coahuila, ano de 1757
Author(s)
Sesma y Escudero, Miguel de (Gobernador)
Martos y Navarrete, Angel de (Gobernador)
Documentation
Santiago de Monclova, Mexico, Saltillo. January 31, 1757 - January 6, 1758. 52p. Autos, instruciones, various. Letters. Originals. Signed.
Summary
Sesma reports on visitas to presidios in Coahuila. Finds military preparation and organization in poor condition and maltreatment of Indians. Ff. 75-76 details new procedures to be followed by paymasters habilitados to avoid embezzlements and fraud of military salaries. Ff. 77-78 note abuses and recommends ways to improve distribution of clothing, supplies against Indian attacks, canons, difficulty of populating presidios in Texas with families, changes of command in presidios and governorship of Coahuila, administrative impediments to permission for missionaries in Guadalajara to come to work in Coahuila, desire of certain Indians to transfer their place of residency to missions, junta de guerra and missionaries requested to cooperate with government in putting Indians into reduccion. (J. M. Johnson, January 1987)
Persons
Sesma y Escudero, Miguel de (Gobernador)
Martos y Navarrete, Angel de (Gobernador)
Ahumada y Villalon, Agustin de (Virrey)
Rodriguez, Juan Manuel (Capitan)
Escandon, Joseph de (Coronel)
Bustillos y Zevallos, Manuel Antonio (Gobernador)
Bustillos y Zevallos, Juan Antonio
Moral y Zevallos, Manuel Andres de (Alcalde)
Unzaga Ibarrola, Domingo (Capitan)
Tienda de Cuerbo, Jorge
Camara, A.
Nieto, Miguel
Castilla y Theran, Joseph
Cortinas, Diego
Barrera, Franco Xavier (?)
Prieto, Diego Joseph
Prieto, Juan
Sanchez del Pai (?)
Barrera, Cristobal
Santos Coy (?), Juan Antonio
Barrios y Jauregui, Jacinto de
Flores, Manuel
Castilla y Rioja, Juan Ignacio
Fernando VI (Rey)
Garcia, Martin
Places
Monclova, Santiago de (Villa)(Presidio)
Coahuila (Provincia)
Queretaro, Santa Rosa de (Villa)
Rio Grande, San Juan Baptista del (Presidio)
Norte, San Fernando del (Villa)
Nuevo Leon (Reyno)
Linares (Villa)
Candelaria, San Bernardo de
Nueva Estremadura
San Cristobal
Saltillo
Santo Domingo
Etua (?), San Cristobal de los
Coyoacan (?)
Sacramento (Presidio)
Nueba Veracruz (Plaza)
Tejas (Provincia)
Nuevas Philipinas
Trinidad (Villa)
Guadalaxara
Austria, San Fernando de (Villa)
San Bernardo
Vissarron (Mision)
Santa Rosa (Presidio)
Grande del Norte (Pueblo)
Junta los Rios del Norte
First Location
AZTM, AGN, Vol. 025 ff. 074-099
Original Location
AGN, Mexico City, Provincias Internas Vol. 025 ff. 074-099
Notes
Two documents by martos y Navarrete are dated January 6, 1758. Many pages are blank, not in chronological order or missing. expediente #4 continues beyond ff. 86.
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