SAN LUIS POTOSI. 
San Luis Potosi was made in 1786 the seat of one of the twelve intendancies 
into which New Spain was divided, its jurisdiction extending on the north to 
include Nuevo Leon, Nuevo Santander, and Texas. It was this period of 
jurisdiction over Texas, and the incidental part played by San Luis Potosi 
in the war with the United States, that gave the place its chief direct contact 
with the United States. The archives examined were those of the Tribunal! 
Supremo de Justicia and of Gobierno. 
ARCHIVO JUDICIAL DEL TRIBUNAL SUPREMO DE JUSTICIA. 
(JUDICIAL ARCHIVE OF THE SUPREME TRIBUNAL OF JUSTICE.) 
In the Palacio de Gobierno. There is no general inventory of the older 
papers, but the legajos are labelled. There are three main divisions of the 
archive, Civil, Criminal, Tribunal Pleno. Besides the classified papers there 
is a large collection of old papers in utter disorder, some of them dating from 
the sixteenth century, and including records of the intendancy of San Luis 
Potosi. 
Among the older classified papers encountered having special bearing on 
the northern frontier are the following, although a detailed search would 
doubtless disclose others. 
“Expedientes de Santander”, legajos 1, 2, and 3. Circa 1787-1812. 
These are documents relating to litigation over land titles, admin- 
istration of salines, alcabalas, lands of Indian pueblos, disposition 
of shipwrecks, confiscated goods, etc. They may throw some 
light on the advance of settlement across the Rio Grande. Im- 
portant papers relating to land titles in southern Texas have been 
found in this collection. 
SPECIAL ITEMS NOTED. 
Legajo 2. 
Expediente Ultramarino. ‘‘ Concerning the Arrangement of the Admin- 
istration of the Salines of the Colony of N. Santander.” 1793. 
Valuable for the general administration of this branch of the 
revenue. 
Diligencias concerning the disposition of a wreck found in el Brazo 
de Corpus Christi. 1803. 
Id. concerning the wreck of the Baton from New Orleans (patron, 
Pedro Roche), on the coast of Nuevo Santander. About 300 ff. 
Legajo 3. 
Instancia concerning an embargo placed by the governor of Texas upon 
certain goods of D. Mauricio de Mony imported from Louisiana 
by Toribio Duran. 1793-1794. 
“ Cédulas Reales, Decretos, y Bandos de la Epoca Vireynal.” 1 legajo. 
(These have general bearing on the administration of the intendancy.) 
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