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Mexico: Archivo General 
(Mainly expedientes from the First Secretariat of State.) 
I. “ Resistance of the missionaries of both Californias to taking the 
oath of independence.” 1822. 34 ff. 
(Correspondence of Emperor Iturbide with the secretary of relations; and 
of this official with local officials of Acapulco and Californias and with 
mission authorities in Mexico.) 
References to arrangement with the Russians regarding the otter 
trade. 
Application of Ignacio Lastiri for the office of administrator general 
of the Pious Fund. July 24, 1822. 2 ff. (See preceding volume.) 
3. Concerning the delivery by Tomas Suria of the documents relative 
to the transfer of the missions of Californias to the ordinary 
ecclesiastics. Correspondence of Suria and the secretary of rela- 
tions. 1822. 2 ff. 
(See Secretaria de Gobernacion, p. 337.) 
4,5, 7. Administration of the Pious Fund. 1820-1821. 
6. 
Recruiting of Dominican missionaries for Lower California. 1820. 
8-11. Sinodos for the missionaries of Lower California. Correspond- 
12. 
3: 
14. 
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7. 
ence of the secretary of relations. 1817-1820. 
Correspondence concerning the merits of Fray Miguel Abad for. 
-sixteen years of service in California. 1805. 12 ff. 
Sinodos for the missionaries of Californias. 1822. 
Request of two Dominicans of the province of Santiago to be allowed 
to go to Europe to collect missionaries. 1802. Io ff. 
Founding of a mission in the place called Calahuasa. 17098. 20 ff. 
Diego de Borica to the commander of Santa Barbara. Monterrey, 
Oct. 11, 1708. 
Fray Estévan Tapis to Fray Fermin Francisco de Lasuen. Santa 
Barbara, Oct. 23, 1798. 
Diary reports of the examination of the site by Goycoechea and Pablo 
Cota. 17098. 
Letter of the president of the missions of Nueva California to Govy- 
ernor Borica. 1708. 
Borica to the viceroy concerning the project. 17098. 
Proceedings of the viceregal government. 1802. 
Viceroy’s order to found the mission. Feb. 2, 1803. 
Correspondence of the viceroy with Arrillaga. May, 1803. 
“ Resistance of the missionaries of both Californias to taking the 
oath of independence.” 1822. 51 ff. (See no. 1, above.) 
Correspondence of Agustin Fernandez de San Vicente, commis- 
sioner, from Tepic and Loreto, with the secretary of relations. 
Governor Pablo Vicente de Sola to same, from Monterrey. 
“Act executed (celebrada) in the capital of la Nueva California 
April 9, 1822.” 
Report of José Manuel Ruiz, lieutenant of cavalry, to the governor 
of California, concerning the swearing allegiance at San Vicente. 
May 22, 1822. 
Other similar reports. (See no. 1, above.) 
18-26. Administration of the Pious Fund. 1823-1825. 
(Correspondence of the administrator with the secretary of relations, the 
Contaduria, and the minister of hacienda, concerning sinodos, vidticos, 
rents, etc.) 
