Old Records auf 
1831-1833. Legajo 59. 
0.1. “ Project” of a patriotic society being formed in Santa Fé, 
transmitted by the jefe politico, with correspondence of the pro- 
moters, Abreu, Ortega, and Miranda. 1831. About 20 ff. 
No. 1. Report of the deputation of New Mexico on the ills of the 
province, to the President of the Republic. Nov. 12, 1831. 2 ff. 
No. 1. Report by Agustin Escudero that the beaver trade of New 
Mexico is monopolized by Americans. 1831. 2 ff. 
No. 2. Correspondence with the jefe politico of New Mexico on 
administrative matters, elections, etc. 
No. 8. Californias. | 
Memorial by Vallejo and Argiiello concerning affairs of the 
province. Los Angeles, Feb. 17, 1832. 33 pp. 
Letters of Carrillo, Manuel Victoria, and Portillo, 1831. 
Petition of Abel Stearns to the jefe politico, asking to be al- 
lowed to remain in the province, and, apparently, to be 
exempt from a journey to Mexico. July 18, 1831. 1 f. 
Id., in which he gives his history since 1826 and his connection 
with George Washington Eayrs. Aug. 31, 1831. 
Passport of Stearns to Mexico. Monterrey, Sept. 23, 1831. 
Proclamation by Victoria. Monterrey, Sept. 21, 1831. 
Pronouncement of Nov. 29, 1831, sent to the commandant- 
general of California by Manuel Dominguez. Jan. 7, 1832. 
No.9. “Sria dela Exma. Diputacion de la Alta California. Libro 
de Sesiones Extraordinarias. Afio de 1832.” (Original record 
of sessions.) 28 ff. 
No. 10. Appointment of Abreu jefe politico of New Mexico. 1832. 
eoualt: 
No. 11. Report to the executive by Pio Pico, Vallejo, Ortega, and 
Antonio Maria Osio. San Diego, California, May 15, 1832. 
Jesuitas (Jesuits). Two legajos. 
Miscellaneous Jesuit papers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. 
Most of them seem to be accounts and licenses, and to refer to the 
province of San Pedro y San Pablo. 
Junta de Californias. 1821-1831. Two legajos. 
(Papers from the Junta de Fomento de la Peninsula de Californias, Sec- 
retaria de Relaciones. A good many of these have been printed.) 
Legajo 1821-1831. 
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Documents relative to the organization of the Junta, place of meet- 
ing, etc. 1824. 
Correspondence of the Junta with the minister of relations. 
Acts of the Junta. Minutes of the meetings. 1824-1827. 
Inquiries for materials relative to California. 
“Expediente relative to the present state of the two Californias, 
and to the appointment of a Governor.” Transmitted by Teran, of 
the war department, to the minister of relations, July 20, 1824. 
65 ff. Cuaderno I., 1821-1823, fifty-five documents ; Cuaderno II., 
1822-1823, sixty-one documents. 
(Correspondence of various local and central authorities, statistics, etc., 
for the period 1821-1823.) 
Report by Tomas Suria, secretary of the Junta under the Spanish 
régime, concerning papers of the Jesuits in his possession. Aug. 
18, 1824. 
(He discusses the history of the Californias and their present situation.) 
