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Facturas consulares. 
Consular Invoices. 1826-1874. I caja.) 
Instructions to consuls abroad as to their reports of commercial movements ; 
certificates of vessels issued by consuls for Mexican ports, manifests (mani- 
fiestos) and invoices (facturas) of cargoes, correspondence with consuls con- 
cerning the promotion of commerce and its regulation. 
Impresos. 
(Imprints. 1822-1892. 15 cajas.) 
Correspondence concerning the transmission of government publications, 
newspapers, pamphlets, etc., to and by foreign agents. Mainly letters of trans- 
mittal. Some of the imprints are filed in the boxes. 
Marina. 
(Marine. 1822-1882. 5 cajas.) 
Miscellaneous correspondence of the Secretariat regarding marine affairs, 
such as the purchase of vessels abroad, issuance of patentes de navegacion 
to foreigners, permitting them to sail under the Mexican flag, nationalization 
of foreign vessels, patrol of the coasts, establishment of lighthouses, inter- 
national rules regarding navigation, etc. There are many documents of these 
classes relating to the United States. 
Movimiento Comercial y Maritimo. 
(Commercial and Maritime Movements. 1822-1893. 5 cajas.) 
Regular monthly reports of Mexican consuls, commercial agents, and lega- 
tions with respect to the movements of commerce, invoices (facturas) of ves- 
sels cleared for Mexican ports, correspondence relative to commercial regula- 
tions, etc. 
(Extensive correspondence from New Orleans, San Francisco, Philadel- 
phia, and New York.) 
Resefias Politicas. 
(Political and Commercial Reviews. 1822-1879. 31 cajas.) 
This is one of the most important sections of the archive for following the 
political news received from abroad by the Department of Foreign Relations. 
One finds here documents of a nature similar to those in ‘‘ Asuntos Interna- 
cionales’’, “ Nacionales ’’, ‘‘ Mexico”, etc. The principal classes of corre- 
spondence in this section are the reports, more or less regular, by the Mexican 
consulates and legations, of political and commercial news of international 
bearing, and circulars by the Minister of Foreign Affairs to Mexican agents 
abroad imparting news of similar kind. There are also occasional “ noticias ” 
by the frontier governors. A good many of the resefias politicas are secret 
correspondence, in cipher. 
The two classes of resefias, political and commercial, are being separated 
into subdivisions of the section. As this work proceeds, the different classes 
of reports will have to be sought in their respective subdivisions, following the 
chronological order. 
For the United States there are extensive reports, of political news espe- 
cially, arranged year by year, beginning in 1824, from the legation in Wash- 
ington and the most important consulates. Of the consular reports the most 
important for early years are those from New Orleans, Philadelphia, and New 
York. Later those from Brownsville and San Francisco become important. 
