156 Mexico: Archivo General 
Vol. 41. Establishment of new missions and a presidio in Nueva California. 
1785-1701. 
1. Establishment of five missions between San Diego and San Fran- 
cisco. 1785-17091. 
(Correspondence of the governor of California, the guardian of S. 
Fernando, and the viceroy, and proceedings in Mexico. The guardian 
asks for ornaments for the missions of La Soledad and Santa Cruz. 
1791. Part of the correspondence iis filed in expediente no. 3.) 
2. Repayment to the presidio of Monterrey of money spent in the set- 
tlement of the province. 1800-1802. 
Provisions for sending to California children from the foundling 
hospitals. 1799. 12 ff. 
3-4. The sending of orphans to Californias. Lists of those sent, state- 
ments of expenses, etc. 1799-1800. Discussion extends to 1817. 
50 ff. 
5. Correspondence of Governor Arrillaga concerning unserviceable 
equipment of weaving and pottery making establishments at Mon- 
terrey. ISIo. %7 fi, 
6. Disposition to be made of the royal fifths (quintos) of the pearls 
taken at Loreto. 1794. 38 ff. 
7. Request of two religious of California to be sent to the province of 
Santa Helena dela Florida. 1818. 
8. Request of José Guilez, procurator of the missions of California, for 
the usual situados. Feb. 7, 1810. 2 ff. 
g. Stipends (sinodos) for the Dominican missionaries in Alta Califor- 
niaf-TSto, stad: 
Lists of missionaries in Antigua California. 1808. 
10. Entry at Guaymas and contraband trade of the Nuestra Senora del 
Carmen (captain “ David”, from Boston). Oct., 1802. 23 ff. 
(Correspondence of Nemesio Salcedo, officials at Guaymas, and the vice- 
roy, 1802-1803. ) 
11. Arrival at the port of San Blas of the American vessel Enterprise 
(“ Underprisse”’), from New York, in quest of supplies. 1800. 
36 ff 
(Long correspondence, extending to 1803. Letters of Capt. Hubbell, Eliza 
of Tepic, officials of Acapulco, and viceroy.) 
12. Remittance of powder to California. 1808. 
Certificate by “the American pilot Jorge Huasinton” (George 
Washington Eayrs), that he had been left in the port of Monter- 
rey by the commander of the Alexandria, and list of the goods on 
that vessel belonging to him. Monterrey, Aug. 13, 1803. (Orig- 
inal.) 
(This proves Bancroft’s surmise to be incorrect. See his California, 
II. 268. Bancroft spells the names Ayres.) 
Translation of the above by Kelly. 
Several letters of Eayrs to the viceroy, asking to be sent to Boston. 
San Blas, Nov.-Dec., 1803. 
(The viceroy in 1804 granted him $100 to pay his way to Mexico, then $80 
to go to Vera Cruz. See Out West, vol. 30, pp. 159-166, for an account 
of the Eayrs MSS. now in the possession of the Los Angeles Public 
Library. They were found by the present writer in the hands of a 
second-hand book dealer in Mexico and secured for the library named.) 
13, 14,15. Minor affairs of Lower California. 1799, 1802, and 1811, 
respectively. 
