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Fomento. Period of the Republic. Several hundred volumes. Part of them 
have indices. 
Records from the archive of the Secretaria de Fomento. The principal 
classes are paved roads (calzadas), roads (caminos), accounts 
(cuentas), and bridges (puentes). They consist of correspond- 
ence and special expedientes. 
Guerra (War). 1821-1863. About 50 legajos. 
Mainly circulars and decrees of the Department of War. The following 
documents in legajo 1835-1836 illustrate the nature of the contents 
of the collection: 
Armed citizens coming from the United States. Dec. 30, 1835. 
Division of the Comandancia General of the Interior States of the 
Fast. Jan. 13, 1836. 
Arming of Mexican merchant vessels during the Texas war. Feb. 3, 
1836. 
Closure of the ports of Matagorda, La Vaca, San Luis, Galveston, 
Brazoria, Harrisburg, Anahuac, Copano, etc. Feb. 9, 1836. 
Authority to confiscate goods of insurgents in Texas to indemnity 
for the war. Apr. 9, 1836. 
Pardon for rebels in Texas. * Apr. 14, 1836. 
(Legajos for other critical periods contain equally valuable documents.) 
General de Parte. Colonial period. About 100 volumes. 
Imperio (the Empire). 1862-1867. 145 volumes. 
Mainly papers of the various departments of the Republican government 
during the period of the Empire and relating to the intervention. 
Some of the papers are from the ‘“ Gabinete del Emperador ”. 
There are records of the departments of Justicia, Fomento, Gober- 
nacién, correspondence with the prefects of police, records of 
courts-martial at San Luis Potosi (1864), etc. 
Impresos Oficiales (Official Imprints). 1573-1856. 62 volumes. 
Regular series, 1631-1821, 44 vols.; “ Appendice ”, 1573-1821, 16 vols. ; 
supplementary, 1829-1856, 2 vols. Each volume has a good in- 
ventory, and besides, there is a general “ Yndice Alfabetico ” 
downstairs at the desk of the Oficial Primero. The volumes con- 
tain printed royal cédulas, proclamations (bandos), treaties, regu- 
tions of the Philippine trade and of the Jalapa Fair (Feria de 
Jalapa), historical relations, etc. There are numerous documents 
having direct or indirect bearing on the United States. 
Indios (Indians). 95 volumes. Circa 1574-18109. 
The volumes are numbered and bear dates on the backs. One is disap- 
pointed to find that the section contains little of direct bearing on 
territory that is now within the United States. The materials do, 
however, contain a great deal that is of value for the study of the 
general Indian policy in New Spain. The subjects dealt with are 
such as the collection of contributions from Indians, the adminis- 
tration of native pueblos, investigation of complaints by Indians, 
troubles with the natives in the missions, etc. The materials are 
mainly in the form of expedientes compiled in the Secretaria del 
Virreynato, and emanate chiefly from the offices of the Real 
Hacienda, the Contaduria de Propios, the Treasury, and the local 
authorities. 
