Ecclesiastical Archives 405 
ARCHIVO GENERAL DE GOBIERNO. 
(GENERAL ARCHIVE OF GOVERNMENT. ) 
The archive contains records since the eighteenth century. They are 
arranged chronologically, in legajos, the earliest being shelved on the left side 
of the room near the entrance. The earlier files contain fragmentary records 
of the province and the intendancy, For the period since 1821 the archive 
seems to be practically complete. Notes were taken on the period of the war 
with the United States, for which there are several legajos. They contain 
correspondence of the governor with the military officials, the governments 
of other states, and the central government concerning the war, records of the 
Junta Patriotica, etc. In legajo 1847, no. 25, there is correspondence concern- 
ing the conduct from place to place of a squad of deserters from the American 
army, 1847. For the part played by San Luis Potosi in the war this archive 
should be invaluable. 
In La Epoca: Periédico Oficial del Estado de San Luis Potosi for 1846- 
1848, of which there is a file in the archive, there are printed the principal 
proceedings of the legislature, dispositions of the executive, etc., concerning 
the war. 
ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHIVES. 
The archives of the bishopric of San Luis Potosi were not examined partly 
because little disposition to permit such examination was shown, and partly 
because I expected to find little there. An official told me that most of the 
older records were dispersed at the time of the Maximilian episode, many of 
them being sold to some one in California. I can not say what the basis of 
this statement is. 
