Civil Archives 441 
Legajo 1824. 
Books of acts (libros de actas) of the deputation of Coahuila. 
Correspondence of the deputation with those of other states, the gov- 
ernor, the ministers of the federal government, the jefes politicos, 
etcs 
Id. of the governor with the commandant-general, other governors, the 
ayuntamientos, etc. 
Decrees of the governor and of the federal executive. 
Legajos for 1835. 
Correspondence of the governor with other governors, the Bishop of 
Nuevo Leon, the commandant-general of the Interior States of 
the East, the asesor auxiliar, the commandancies principal of 
Coahuila, Texas, and other states, the President of the Republic, 
the federal Congress, the ministers of the federal government, the 
deputations of Coahuila and other states, the jefes politicos of 
Coahuila and Texas, the ayuntamientos, jueces de primeras in- 
stanctas, the consejo de gobierno of the state, the administrador de 
rentas unidas, the “ Superioridad Judicial de Texas’, etc. 
(There is correspondence of the jefe politico of the department of 
Béxar, Aug., 1834, May, 1835; of the department of Nacogdoches, May, 
1835; of the department of Brazos, Aug., 1834, May, 1835. A letter to 
the jefe politico of Béxar, Aug. 10, 1835, concerns excluding Zavala 
from the state.) 
Register of official acts of the governor. 
Circulars issued by the governor. 
Records of the Fabrica de Cigarros. 
Militia appointments by the governor. 
Reports of foreigners in the different jurisdictions. 
Census reports for different jurisdictions. 
Reports of local elections for deputies. 
Petitions for lands in Texas. 
(Correspondence with Jorge Antonio Nixson, commissioner to assign lands 
in the colony of Zavala, Vehlein, and Burnet.) 
Memorial asking protection against the Waco Indians. 
Acts of the Comisién de Puntos Constitucionales of the state. 
Legajo 1846. Contains the same classes of documents as above, among them 
being lists of donations for the war, reports of military opera- 
tions, etc. 
ARCHIVO DEL AYUNTAMIENTO. 
(ARCHIVE OF THE AYUNTAMIENTO. ) 
The Archive of the Ayuntamiento contains relatively complete records 
since 1594. The “ Inventario General de Archivo ”, which is in three parts, 
shows 122 carpetas (corresponding to legajos in most other archives) between 
1594 and 1900. An examination of the “ Inventario” to 1727 shows the fol- 
lowing principal classes of documents: Acts (libros de acuerdo) of the 
ayuntamiento, royal cédulas, decrees of the viceroy, provisions of the pro- 
vincial governors, records of testaments, mortgages, land grants, reports of 
annual elections in the pueblo of San Estévan (1667-1812), documents relat- 
ing to encomiendas, enslavement of Indians, Indian tributes, Indian wars, 
civil and criminal causas, regulations concerning the management of cattle, 
censuses (padrones), etc. Several of the documents are in the Aztec 
language. 
