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4. Correspondence with the military officials of Chihuahua and Altar. 
1819. 
5. Murders committed on the frontiers by Apaches. 1830. 
Correspondence between Francisco Velasco and the viceroy; notions of 
independence at Chihuahua. 1821. 
Vol. 262. Correspondence of the officials of the royal hacienda in Chihuahua, 
Sonora, and Sinaloa. 1774-1819. 
Vol. 263. “ Colonia del Nuevo Santander. Hojas de servicios. 1795 a 1806.” 
Vol. 264. “ P. I. de Oriente. Correspondencia. 1787 4 1791.” 
Inventories of correspondence between the commandant-general and the 
viceroy. 1787. 
Complaint of Juan de Ugalde at being removed from the governorship 
of Coahuila. 1785. 
Minor military affairs of the Eastern Provinces, especially of the presidio 
of Rio Grande del Norte. 1787-1791. 
CALIFORNIAS; 81 volumes. 
In origin and character the materials of this section are little different from 
those of Provincias Internas, except that they relate mainly to the Californias, 
whereas the other section relates to the whole northern frontier. That is to 
say, the section of Californias consists primarily of expedientes of corre- 
spondence of the viceroys (before 1822) with the local officials of the Cali- 
fornias, just as the section of Provincias Internas comprises in the main cor- 
respondence of the viceroys with the officials of the Interior Provinces in 
general. In 1793 the Californias were separated from the Provincias Internas, 
and it may be that in the organization of the materials of the Secretariat of 
the Viceroyalty, which was done so largely just at that time, in the administra- 
tion of the second Revilla Gigedo, the California documents, past as well as 
current, were separated from those of the Interior Provinces in general, to 
correspond with the administrative differentiation then existing. It will be 
noted that in Bonilla’s compilation of royal cédulas and orders relating to the 
Interior Provinces the Californias, similarly, were not included. 
While the bulk of the materials of this section fall before 1822, there is a 
larger portion of documents after that date than in Provincias Internas. After 
1821 the correspondence is mainly from the offices of the Secretaria de Rela- 
ciones and the Junta Directiva of the Pious Fund. Materials relating to 
routine affairs of Alta California are inconsiderable after 1829, but of docu- 
ments connected with the administration of the Pious Fund there are many 
as late as 1835. 
Most of the volumes of the section have indices, but only a few of them 
have titles. The documents are in a very large measure originals. 
No more than a rough general classification of the material of the section 
is possible. Most of it might be put under the heads: (1) The Californias 
before 1767; (2) California affairs after 1767, chiefly of Alta California ; (3) 
affairs of the marine of San Blas, voyages up the coast, and supplies for the 
California establishments ; (4) the Pious Fund of the Californias; (5) affairs 
of the Interior Provinces in general. The distribution on this basis by vol- 
umes, with numerous overlappings, is roughly as follows: 
Early affairs of the Californias (1634-1767), vols. 26, 38, 39, 60, 68, 80. 
California affairs after 1767, chiefly Alta California (1767-1780), vols. 
2, 8, 18, 35, 36, 66, 67, 71, 76; (1780-1800), vols. 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 
12, 16, 21, 22, 37, 41, 42, 46, 47, 48 II., 49 I., 55, 59, 61, 65, 69, 
70, 74, 75; (1800-1829), vols. 7, 9, 18, 21, 22, 37, 41, 48 II., 50, 
51, 53, 55, 59, 61, 62, 69. 
