Civil Archives 381 
Nos. 1-10, 18, 30, 33, 34. Regular files of records of the provincials of the 
province of Santiago de Jalisco, 1805-1856, which period they 
cover with considerable completeness. They contain acts of the 
capitulos definitorios, correspondence of the provincials, etc. The 
files are badly disorganized. 
11. Miscellaneous papers. 1550-1744. In four volumes. 
12,18. Royal cédulas directed to the Franciscan authorities in general and to 
the province of Jalisco in particular. 1576-1761. Also some cor- 
respondence, notably relative to the expulsion of the Jesuits. No. 
12 consists of 5 separate volumes. 
14,94, Papal bulls, briefs, etc. 1562-1750. 
15. Licenses (patentes) of the superior authorities of the order in the 
province of Jalisco. 1649-1763. 4 vols. 
19. “ Negocios de Coahuila.” 1676-1762. 
(A rare and very complete collection of correspondence of the mission- 
aries with the superior authorities. Excellent for border affairs.) 
20. “Libro Cuarto de las fundaciones de los Conventos de la Santa Pro- 
vincia de Xalisco.” 
26. Correspondence of the provincials of Santiago de Jalisco with the vice- 
roy, the audiencia, and other authorities. 1778-1796, 
ao eee the missions of Nayarit and Sonora. Listed as no. 
27. “ Fracmentos y Papeles Varios.” 
Vol. 1. Documents concerning the secularization of curacies and doc- 
trinas. 
Diligencias of the founding of various monasteries. 
Catdlogo de los Arzobispos y Obtspos which the Franciscans have 
had in the Indies since the discovery, by Fr. José de Torribia. 
PaAULed. 17 55¢ 
“Copia de lo que el Convento de la Santa Cruz de Querétaro ha 
obrado en punto a custodias.” 
Collection of decrees and patents of the province of Jalisco. This 
contains statistics of the missions of Sonora and Ostimuri, 1796- 
1805. 
Vol. 2. 
Noticia of the state of the province of Jalisco. 1776. 
“Fragmentos Historicos.” Part of a history of the province of 
Santiago de Jalisco, written in the monastery. Book I. and the 
first seven chapters of Book II. lacking. Book II. treats of the 
conquest of Nueva Galicia; Book III. of New Mexico, Quivira, 
Isla de Californias, and Coahuila. I was unable, under the cir- 
cumstances, to identify the chronicle with any printed work, 
though it may be printed. 
(This is not the Fragmento by Tello in Icazbalceta’s Doc. Hist. Méx.) 
Miscellaneous documents, reports, etc., of the eighteenth century. 
Vol. 3. 
i description of the missions of Coahuila, by Manuel Rodriguez. 
1768. About 10 pp. : 
A description of the natives of Paso del Norte, by Fray Antonio 
Aguilar. Mar. 19, 1760. 2 pp. 
Communication by the provincial to the missionaries of Coahuila on 
a question of discipline. 1772. 
