Archivo General 299 
1851-1852. Legajo no. 4. “ Ynvacion de Tamaulipas por Carbajal con fili- 
busteros. Asedio de Matamoros .... Avalos. Accion de Ca- 
margo.” About 200 ff. 
(Mainly correspondence with Avalos.) 
“Siege of the plaza of Matamoros from the 2oth to the 30th of October, 
1851, by the North American filibusters, commanded by Don José 
Maria Carabajal.” 
“ Report of the defense made by General Don Francisco Avalos and par- 
ticulars concerning the Chiefs of the Lines.” 
(“The filibusters, after eleven days of attacking, sacking, and burning, 
retired demoralized and with great losses.”) 
“Field action (accién campal) in the vicinity of . . . . Camargo on the 
Afternoon of Feb. 21, 1852.” 
“ Defeat of Carabajal by Canales.” 
Complaints (reclamos) against the United States on account of this 
invasion. 
1852. Legajono 5. Invasion of Sonora by Conde de Raousset. Correspond- 
ence. June-Nov., 1852. 
1852. Legajo no. 7. 
Pronouncement of Bajamonde. 
Fears of invasion of Tehuantepec by the United States. Jan.-Apr. 
Disturbances (mocidén) in Monterrey. 
Expulsion of Francisco Cervantes, citizen of the United States, from the 
Republic. 
“ New fears of invasion of the State of Sonora by the North Americans 
resident in San Francisco de Californias.” 
(Correspondence with the governor of Sonora. June-Aug.) 
Revolution in Baja California. 
1852-1853. Legajono.1. Fears of invasion of Mexico by forces of Guate- 
mala. 
1853. Legajono.2. June, 1853. 
“Invasion of the State of Chihuahua by the Americans.” June, 1853. 
Threats of invasion by forces of Texas and New Mexico. 
Rumors that it was the intention to capture Mesilla. 
Correspondence with the local authorities concerning boundaries. 
“ Troops of the United States in Fort Brown and the arrival at Corpus 
Christi of a general and 800 men of the same nation, and other 
preparations for war on the American line.” 
(Correspondence with the local authorities. About 50 ff.) 
1853. Legajo no. 3. Fears of disorders in Chihuahua. 
1853. Legajo no. 5. Fears of revolution in Sierra Gorda. Disturbances in 
Chihuahua. 
1853. Legajo no. 6. New attempts of Carabajal to invade Tamaulipas. 
1853. Legajo no. 12. 
“ Persecution of the contra guerrilleros who served in the Army of the 
United States.” 
Id. of the Comanche of Coahuila. Nov., 1853. _ ig 
1853. Legajono. 18. “Causa instruida al Gral. Arista en 1847, y su prision 
en 1853.” The whole legajo relates to this matter. 
