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Correspondence of the provincial governors or the juntas gobernadoras 
with the Real Audiencia, the viceroy, the intendant of San Luis 
Potosi, the subdelegados, the alcaldes of the pueblos. the mavyor- 
domo of the Cathedral, the Juzgado de Bienes de Difuntos, the 
administrators of the alcabalas, tobacco, etc. 
Correspondence of the commandant-general of the Interior Provinces 
of the East (Arredondo) with the same sets of authorities, with 
military officers, the provincial deputations, etc. 
Records of the Junta Electoral of the four provinces of the East. 
Papers of the Junta de Consolidacion de Vales Reales. 
Special Items. 
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Legajo 1805, no. 5. “ Junta de Consolidacién, de 1800 a 1805. 
(The Junta Superior de Consolidacién de Vales Reales embraced Texas 
in its jurisdiction, and some of its acts concerned that province. This 
legajo contains correspondence of the junta, of the bishop with the 
intendant of San Luis Potosi, of the commandant-general with various 
authorities, of the bishop with local priests, and libros de acuerdos of the 
junta. Among the letters is one from Fray Joseph Maria Puelles, of 
Nacogdoches, to the bishop, Jan., 1806.) 
Legajo 1813, no. 1, contains, in a carpeta marked “ Ramo Eclesiastica ”, 
letters from the clergy of Texas to the commandant-general. 
Legajo 1814, no. 2, carpeta marked ‘“‘ Expedientes Concluidos ”, contains 
a sumaria against Fernando de las Casas, charged with complicity 
in the death of Herrera, Salcedo, and others at Béxar ; and corre- 
spondence of the chaplain at Béxar with Arredondo. July-Sept., 
1814. 
2. FoR THE PERIOD OF THE AMERICAN WAR. 
An examination of the legajos for 1846-1847 showed a full file of corre- 
spondence of the governor with all the various local, state, and central authori- 
ties. In legajo no. 1, 1846, the documents are classified under seventeen 
branches, namely, alcaldes, governors of other departments (states), justices 
of the peace, the Supreme Court, the department assemblies, the department 
treasuries, general administration of the collection of revenues, ayuntami- 
entos, printed circulars, cuentas de propios, administrator-general of revenues, 
donations for the Texas war, documents of the end of the year (reports, etc.), 
various carpetas, military department, elections, estimates, personnel of the 
government. 
Special Items. 
Legajo no. 4, 1846, carpetas 1 and 2, contains correspondence of the governor 
with the local authorities in the path of the American invaders and 
with the governors of other departments concerning the war. 
Carpeta 12 concerns donations for the “ Texas War ”. 
Legajo no. 11, 1846, is labeled “ Ramo Militar ” (Military Department), and 
contains full correspondence of the governor with the local and 
general military authorities relative to the defense of the place 
and the conduct of the war. 
