182 Mexico: Archivo General 
Contract with the Royal Company of the Island of Cuba, of New York, 
to furnish supplies for Florida. Reports of a “ junta y contrata ”, 
1754, and correspondence to 1756. Vol. 1756. 
Payment of a sum to the widow of Francisco Castillo, commandant of 
the six vessels in the Presidio de la Florida during the recent war. 
1757. Vol. 1757-1772. 
The capture of an English vessel by a French corsair. Correspondence 
from New Orleans. 1758. Vol. 1758-1762. 
Florida affairs, 1760-1781. Vol. 1761-1773. Nearly the whole volume. 
Investigation of charges against Alférez Pedro Ximeno of inciting 
the Indians against the Spaniards. 1761. 
Report on the state of the presidio of Pensacola, by Diego Ortiz 
Parrilla. 1761. 
Report of an attempted attack on the presidio in 1760 by the Tala- 
-puses and Apiscas. 1761. A great deal about Indian and English 
relations. 
Consideration of the above reports by the viceroy. 1762. 
Reconsideration in 1781, on the recovery of Florida. Long opinion 
by Capt. Benito Pardo, Sept. 30, 1781. 
Declarations at Pensacola of six mariners and soldiers who had been in 
the siege of Havana, concerning that event. Given before Par- 
rilla, Nov., 1762. Vol. 1762-1777. 
Report on the garrison at Pensacola. 1762. Vol. 1605-1799. 
Correspondence of the viceroy with the governor and the intendant of 
marine (intendente de marina) of Havana. Circa 1767-1780. 
Vol. 1767-1801. Nearly the whole volume. 
Records of the founding of San Blas as a base of operations for Alta 
California. 1768. Vol. San Blas, 1775-1781. 
(Movement of vessels up the Pacific coast and to the Philippines after 
1768, and with supplies for Alta California. See volumes marked 
“San Blas”, especially vols. 1770-1771; “Historia. Marina de San 
Blas, 1781”: 1797-1806.) 
Expediente formed at the request of the intendant of Louisiana that the 
province be given more attention. 1781. Vol. 1774-1788. 
Royal cédulas and correspondence concerning succor for Havana and 
New Orleans during the war. 1779-1783. Vol. 1756; vol. 1774- 
1783. 
Expediente concerning 330 English prisoners sent to Vera Cruz from 
Louisiana by Bernardo de Galvez. Vol. 1774-1788. 
Diaries by Josef Meheu of voyages from San Blas to Alta California. 
1783 and 1784. (Originals.) Vol. 1782-1783. 
Supplies for Nootka. Vol. 1786-1795 (Inside, 1768) ; vol. 1793. 
Commission, instructions, and correspondence of Mourelle relative to the 
exploration of the Strait of San Juan de Fuca, with the Mexicana 
and the Sutil. Vol. 1791-1819. 
(Nearly half the volume.) 
A license to engage in the trade in beaver skins between California and 
Canton. 1793. Vol. 1793-1795. 
Return to Vancouver of five deserters in the California presidios. 1793. 
Vol. 1793-1795. 
