60 Mexico: Archivo General 
HISTORIA. OPERACIONES DE GUERRA. 
(HISTORY. MILITARY OPERATIONS ; about 1000 volumes.) 
This section is really a subdivision of that of Historia, but it is usually 
treated as a separate section. It contains about 1000 volumes of documents 
relating primarily to the Mexican War of Independence, 1810-1821. The 
materials consist in the main of reports and correspondence of the military 
chiefs of the period with the central government and with each other. The 
correspondence is arranged alphabetically under the names of the military 
leaders, with the insertion of a few other headings such as audiencias, ayunta- 
mientos, mails, manufacture of powder, engineers, industry and commerce, 
bishops, etc. The volumes have as a rule good inventories (indices). 
It was impracticable to examine in detail every one of the volumes, most of 
which, it appeared from the systematic general examination which was made, 
contain only occasional documents of special importance for our purpose. 
Consequently, after making a list of all of the series, illustrative volumes were 
chosen for detailed study from the series of most direct bearing. Noteworthy 
among these series is that entitled ‘“‘ Notas Diplomaticas ”. Since Texas played 
a much more important part in the revolution than the rest of the provinces 
of the northern tier, the correspondence of the governors of Texas and of the 
commandants-general of the Interior Provinces of the East, within whose 
jurisdiction Texas lay, is also of special importance. Selection was made 
therefore of the “ Notas Diplomaticas ”’, the correspondence of Manuel Sal- 
cedo, governor of Texas, and that of José Joaquin de Arredondo, command- 
ant-general of the Interior Provinces of the East. While these selections are 
given here primarily to exemplify the nature of the contents of the section, 
it is believed that they are very much more important for the history of the 
United States than any other series of the section, if not indeed than all the 
rest of the volumes combined. Nevertheless, there is considerable valuable 
matter in the correspondence of other frontier commanders. 
TITLES OF THE SERIES. 
The following are the titles of the series, given in alphabetical order, although 
the arrangement on the shelves at the time when the examination was made 
was not strictly alphabetical. Entire accuracy as to the chronological limits 
of all the volumes was not possible of attainment under the circumstances of 
the examination. In those cases where dates were given on the backs of the 
volumes, they were copied and are reproduced here. In other cases the ap- 
proximate limits of the volumes were determined by further examination. 
Neither is strict accuracy guaranteed as to the number of volumes of each 
series, owing to some irregularities of shelving, but it is believed that in both 
of these particulars the information will be found correct in the main. 
Acevedo, Manuel. 1810-1820. 4 vols. 
Aguayo. 1812-1815. 
Aguila. 1813-1815. 
Aguirre. 1815-1820. 9 vols. 
Alvarez de Guitan. 1813-1819. 20 vols. 
Andrade. 1810-1821. 4 vols. 
Angulo. 1812-1813. 4 vols. 
Antoneli. 1814-1817. 3 vols. 
Arana. 1817-1819. I vol. 
Armijo. 1812-1821. 21 vols. 
Armifion. 1813-1820. 4 vols. 
