Correspondence pertaining to military appointments within Provincias Internas with particular attention to Inspections, dead soldiers, certifications by doctors about soldiers wounded during campaigns, and certification of invalids. Auto about pragmatica of weddings and their interpretation. Informe about postal problems due to heavy swelling of rivers due to rains; Ugarte's transfer to Guadalaxara as presidente de audencia. Orders from king for retired officers to use different uniforms to avoid confusion. (A. Dell'acqua, November 1987)

Documents relating to appointments, retirements, deaths of various officers within Provincias Internas. List of sargents who were not given new appointments and reasons. (A. Dell'acqua, October 1987)

Correspondence between viceroy and comandante general de Provincias Internas about military appointments, transfers of officers with letters of authorization for invalids. Documents about naming of Ugarte y Loyola as Mariscal de Campo, comandante general, presidente intendente de la Audiencia y Provincia de Guadalaxara. Ugarte replaced by Nava as comandante general. (A. Dell'acqua, October 1987)

Viceroy Guemes Pacheco sends orders to comandante general demotions, leaves of absence, retirements due to injuries. Directed to various officers and military personnel from different presidios and provinces. Letter from viceroy to different heads of presidios to help, protect, attend to Lord Eduardo Fitzgerald, cousin of Duke of Richmond, during visit to Nueva Espana. (A. Dell'acqua, October 1987)

Correspondence between viceroy, comandante Croix and officials within Provincias Internas of which following stand out. Transferring of monies from Caxas reales to Mexico but of new coinage. Separation of capitan Laso from command as captain of dragones de Espana and replaced by his Brother. Authorization to recruit personnel in Chihuahua to replace retired personnel and injured personnel. Transfer of two bison (civolos) from presidio Bahia to Mexico in route to Spain as gift to king. Various documents on disturbance of the peace. Request for teachers from Spain to guide Indians in the cultivation and process of linen. Burning of presidio Orcoquisa and establishment of new settlements in Coaguila. Payment of 10 and 5 pesos respectively by claimants of ownership of mules and horses recovered by military personnel set by viceroy. Transportation of new pistols from Spain to presidios in Provincias Internas. (A. Dell'acqua April 1988)

Concerns notice that a place called palo encebabo has a great deal of gold; bishop of Durango, made complaints about mayor's disorderly conduct; request is made that alcoholic beverages be prohibited; soldiers receive status of Invalidos; mines and minerals regulations; correspondence sent on ship to Guaymas; decree (notice), that military officials seeking sanctuary in churches be extradited; legislation to recall moneda antigua is sent to the governor of P.I.; reward is given to military official for recapturing deserters in concept of maintenance and capture; notice that fragata San Joseph anchored in California has an emmergency; notice that fagatas, anchored in San Francisco after successful expedition; discovery of a new seaport named Bucareli, location is given; missionary Garces, asks for help for Indian Yumas. (M. Marroquin, October 1988)

Pie de lista de revista of segunda compania volante de Cavalleria de Nuevo Santander including diarios, lists of invalids, destinos, and need for military chaplain, more horses and mules; diarios include accounts of Indian raids on livestock, thus the shortage, and the troops cutting palmido para tejar el quartel; otherwise information is sparse except for statistical information (diarios found in ff. 285-6 and 298-303). (D. J. McClelland, September 1988)

Diarios of tercera compania volante de Cavalleria de Nuevo Santander with some interesting accounts of pacification of indios Gandules involving passing out cigars to everyone (ff. 236-240); accounts of various Indian Robos and attacks on travelers (including two women); mention of wars between Comanches and Mescaleros, between Lipanes and Comanches; also mention some trade items of Indians; diarios followed by military rolls and tables of debts and credits. (D. J. McClelland, September 1988)

Receipt of cedulas for invalids. Solicitude for new Alferez in Durango and list of candidates. Public auctions of arms. Solicitude for 2nd Alferez for Chihuahua compania volante with service records of candidates. Montano jailed for bad conduct. Solicitude for Bautista capitans; Castanos and Campo de Larrea named capitans by Revilla Gigedo; service records of candidates. Sales Bohorgues of Tupson requests retirement, includes his service record. Vandos received on second weekly mail service. Vildosola requests retirement due to lung disease. (L. L. Woodward, July 1988)

Letters concerning Grimarest's illness and substitute by Echeagarai until he recovers. Funds granted to 4a compania volante due to paymaster bankruptcy. Ortega and Gonzales request retirement; discussion of salary, pension, and service record; viceroy grants requests. Classification of Rubio as invalid and retirement requested due to Canon accident. Relaciones on invalids of San Francisco and Monterrey seeking cedulas; includes table with information about invalid such as injury, merits, and personal background. (L. L. Woodward, July 1988)