370 Mexico: Hacienda 
II. THE ARCHIVO GENERAL OF THE SECRETARIAT OF HACIENDA. 
With the exception of those of Section 2, most records not recent have 
passed to the Archivo General of the secretariat or to the Archivo General y 
Publico de la Nacion, or have been destroyed. The records of Section 2 are 
retained, for the greater part, in the offices of the Section. They include a 
large collection of fiscal records of the property confiscated from the regular 
church orders during the era of the Reforma. 
The Archivo General of the secretariat occupies the ancient archiepiscopal 
residence, facing the north front of the Palacio Nacional, on Calle del Correo 
Mayor. The contents of the archive fall principally into the following groups: 
(1) Records of the regular sections of the department; (2) Records of the 
public debt ; (3) Miscellaneous classified series; (4) Unclassified old records, 
which are primarily (a) central fiscal records of the colonial period, and (b) 
archives gathered, by confiscation or otherwise, from church establishments, 
especially the archbishopric of Mexico, during the era of the Reforma. 
1. RECORDS OF THE SECTIONS. 
The routine records of the sections are filed chronologically, according to 
the section from which they proceed. Their nature can be inferred from the 
foregoing outline of the functions of the various sections. Not many of them 
have great interest for our purpose. Inventories are kept in the different 
sections, but not in the Archivo General. 
Old Records From Secci6n 33, 
During the year 1907 a mass of papers from Seccién 3° were tied up in 
bundles and a brief report made of their contents, with a view to the destruc- 
tion of useless records. By Oct. 15 of that year the report had reached legajo 
501, while about as many more bundles had been made up and labelled. The 
report bears the title “ Extracto de los expedientes contenidos en los legajos 
de la Seccion 3%, Guardados en este Archivo General”’. It shows the number 
of the legajo, approximate dates covered, and a very general statement of the 
nature of the contents. While the larger part of the documents bear dates 
subsequent to 1868, there are many which relate to a much earlier period, even 
before 1821. The following notes show the chief early items of interest 
encountered in an examination of the legajos which from their labels seemed 
to promise most. But as the bundles were made up almost at random, with 
very little classification, only a detailed examination of every legajo would 
reveal all the important documents. These notes, therefore, are rather illus- 
trative than exhaustive. 
Legajo 220. 1765-1791. Movements of troops, etc. 
Legajo 225. 
Legajo 229. 
Legajo 234. 
Legajo 240. 
Legajo 252. 
Legajo 268. 
Legajo 295. 
1846. Donations for the Texas war. 
1822-1833. Finances, etc., of foreign legations. 
1833. Forced loans. 
1786. Movement of war vessels of Vera Cruz, etc. 
1762-1774. Movement of troops. 
1810. Expenses of the California missions. 
1823-1832. Foreign legations. 
Legajo 807. 1836. Funds for the Texas war. 
Legajo 824. 1822-1824. Finances of the Empire. 
Legajo 355. 1725-1828. Accounts of convents. 
(Among the contents is a book entitled “ Misiones, 1724-1760. 
: [Inside: 
Libro 7° de Chichimecas]”. It contains accounts of missions of Texas, 
Coahuila, and New Mexico. See no. 584, below.) 
