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deputations and legislatures, governors, ayuntamientos, district judges (jueces 
de distrito), the Supreme Court (Supremo Corte de Justicia), the Secretaria 
del Generalisimo del Almirante, etc. 
The correspondence embraces a wide range of subjects, not merely judicial 
matters proper, but political and economic affairs as well, especially those cor- 
responding to the Department of Interior (see p. 374). 
Thus, there is correspondence concerning appointments to local judicial 
offices (applications and nominations of candidates by the ayuntamientos), 
political disturbances (filibustering expeditions, revolutions, suspicious char- 
acters, periodical reports of “ tranquillity ”), legality of elections, complaints 
against local officials, interpretations of laws and decrees, applications for 
letters of safe-conduct (cartas de seguridad), naturalization papers (cartas 
de naturaleza, or de ciudadania), claims against the government, etc. Al- 
though there is a separate series of volumes on “ Justicia: Eclesiastica ’’, it is 
not entirely distinct from this one, which contains numerous expedientes con- 
cerning ecclesiastical affairs. 
Below are indicated the principal items bearing directly on the United 
States noted in a fairly careful examination of some 250 volumes of this 
section falling before 1849. 
Vol. 1. 1840. 
“Events in Alta California, and the capture of 47 foreigners.” 1840- 
1841. 215 ff. 
(Papers from the Ministerio de Guerra y Marina, Seccién y Mesa de Opera- 
ciones. They concern a “revolution” attempted by English and Amer- 
icans, their arrest, and transportation to Mexico in the Roger Williams. 
Among the documents are correspondence of the commandant-general 
of California, letters of the English and American consuls at Tepic, of 
Thomas J. Farnham, petition of English-speaking settlers of California 
in behalf of the prisoners, deposition of the prisoners, headed by Albert 
Morris, correspondence of the minister of relations with Pakenham, in- 
vestigation of Castro’s treatment of the prisoners, etc. These documents 
refer to the disturbances known as the “ Graham affair ”.) 
Trial of Carlos Maria Bustamante for attempting to flee from Vera Cruz 
in an English vessel. 1817-1818. 
Report (Informe) by Dr. D. Antonio Labarrieta, curate of Guanajuato, 
to the viceroy, against Col. D. Agustin de Yturbide, commandant- 
general del Bario. Dated July 8, 1816. 8 pp. 
(It was found in Bustamante’s trunk during his trial, as mentioned in the 
paragraph above.) 
Vol. 2. 
Testimonio of the trial (proceso), held in the city of Mexico, of José 
Castro, captain of the presidial company of Monterrey, Alta Cali- 
fornia, charged with ill treatment of foreigners whom he con- 
ducted to Tepic. 1841. 265 ff. (Cf. vol. 1, above.) 
Vol. 3. Documents relating to Nicolas Bravo. 
Vol. 8. Nominations by the ayuntamientos to the viceroy of persons for the 
magistracies. 1820-1821. 
(Among the papers noted were nominations by the ayuntamiento of Mon- 
terrey, 1820, and a report by Alejandro de Trevifio y Gutiérrez, of 
Monterrey, 1821.) 
Vol. 184. Contains a great deal of correspondence of the clergy with Iturbide. 
Vol. 21. Correspondence of Iturbide. 
Trial of Botén de Fierro, Comanche chief, accused of “ scandalous con- 
duct”. Plaza de Silao, 1822. Juez fiscal, Governor Manuel 
Gutiérrez. 
