Documents from virrey to Corbalan concerning investigation into Fueros' administration of Cieneguilla mine, and Fueros' subsequent release from duties due to poor health. Includes letter remonstrating Corbalan for improper investigation of matter, letter releasing Fueros from responsibility for debt owed real hacienda, cover letter of Fueros' passport to Mexico City. (J. H. Ochs, January 1988)

Interesting correspondence primarily related to Father Hidalgo's uprising and military's response (documents incomplete); Lopez failure to pay troops for expedition and general mistreatment of them; discussion of gravity of non-cooperation among military officers (potentially harmful); letter about people being lazy in wartime when they should be resourceful; folios of particular

Intendente proposes that office of intendente of Sonora should be put under military Monte Pio, as is case in Spain and elsewhere in new world, rather than under ministros. (J. M. Johnson, April 1988).

Administrative correspondence of intendente Corbalan, primarily brief commentary on ongoing communication between him and viceroy as summarized in the superiores Ordenes and representaciones. Viceroy's responses, dated several months later, directly follow intendente's comments/inquiries. Ff. 81 reorganization of intendency, intendente's duties and salary; distribution of land, water rights, irrigation and religious education of Seris on Tiburon. Ff. 84-86 relate death of governor Sastre, execution of his will (Albacea), and responsibility of real Casa to determine amount of king's fifth on a gold nugget found in his possession. Ff. 94-95 are taxes on tobacco, playing cards and gunpowder; salaries for religious from Jalisco serving in Sonora; collection of tribute from Indians; need for better accounting for collecting royal fifth on ore mined in province; scarcity of Moneda sellada in circulation; and status of crops, workshops and personnel assigned to Indians in reduccion. Ff. 122-123 is certificate of death of Alfonso Ruiz Zorzano. Other documents briefly general of mines to be postponed due to illness and bad Weather; reduccion of Hiaques on Tiburon, recommends pardon of capitan Calisto for good behaviour, after involvement in uprising; gold nugget of Sastre not found among his possessions. Ff. 136 & 138 are superiores Ordenes from Bucareli for February-March, 1773. Ff. 142-144 are representacions of intendente to viceroy for April-June, 1773 which include fishing; rebuilding mission churches in Suaqui and Charay and completion of irrigation (acequia) for Seris in Pitic. (J. M. Johnson, March 1988)

Correspondence includes following topics: laws, duties, and salaries of intendente and gobernador; reduccion, education and water rights of Indians; quintos and transportation of gold from Cieneguilla; relations between mine owners and buyers of ore; suspension of repartimiento. (J. Johnson, February 1988)

Crespo informs virrey that intendent has not carried out inspection of mines due to cost. (J. H. Ochs, September 1987)

Correspondence re: civil administration and fiscal affairs. Topics include: discussion of establishment of caja real in Los Alamos and rent to be paid to owner of house where caja is to be placed; administration of tabaco, polvora, y naipes in Culiacan, Sinaloa and Fuerte; amount of tobacco needed and shipping route; request by Belena to establish estancos of vino mescal in Alamos and other jurisdictions; request denied, mescal is to continue to be prohibited (ff. 292-296); naming of Belena as intendente de provincias. (D. Uhlman, July 1988)

Documents pertaining to legal case involving Murgier and Puga, officers in 2nd flying company of Nuevo Santander found guilty military salaries witheld during detention of aforementioned officers. (J. H. Ochs, April 1988)

Correspondence between comisario de contaduria de San Blas, fiscal affairs for departamento and port of San Blas. Includes accounts of debits and credits for 1788, plus proposed budget for 1789. Folios 57-114 deal with comisario's request for more funds upon exceeding proposed budget for 1794. Presence of highwaymen (bandidos) on overland routes of commerce is mentioned in folios 97-104. (J. H. Ochs, July 1988)