4.54. Chihuahua 
Legajo 1817-1822. 
A few letters from the governor of New Mexico to the commandant- 
general and to the commandant of San Elizario. 
Legajo 1826. 
Beginning with this legajo there is considerable general correspondence 
of the departmental (state) governors with the federal govern- 
ment and with local authorities, as the ayuntamientos, the comi- 
sario, military commanders, and other governors. Included in 
the correspondence is the jurisdiction of Paso del Norte. 
Acts of the Consejo de Govierno. 
Expediente concerning Indian affairs at Paso del Norte. 
Legajo 1838 (1837). 
Papers from the Jefatura del Paso concerning the “ Revolution ” in the 
department of New Mexico, the assassination of the governor, 
etc. 1837-1838. About Ioo ff. 
(Correspondence of various authorities of both departments. The dis- 
turbance is charged to American influence. ) 
Minutes of the proceedings of the departmental juntas. 1837-1841. 
(These “ Diversos” were not examined systematically after 1830, but they 
seem to contain occasional matter, like the above, of interest to the 
United States.) 
REGULAR FILES. 
There is a large collection of regular files of the department of government 
of the state (or department) since 1825. The documents are arranged in 
legajos, which in turn are subdivided into carpetas.. There are decrees of the 
governors, and correspondence of the governor with all classes of officials 
of the state of Chihuahua, of other states, and of federal government, such 
as the following: correspondence with the state congress, the administration 
general of mails, the administration general of revenues (rentas), the ramo 
de tabacos, the ramo de justicia, the ayuntamientos, the jefes politicos, the 
diputacién permanente, the state military authorities, the federal President 
and the federal ministries, the governors of other states, etc. The grouping 
is not uniform, but it is not difficult to find a given class of correspondence 
for any given year. The legajos are numbered consecutively from 1825 to 
date. 
ITEMS OF INTEREST NOTED. 
It was impossible to examine in detail all of the legajos of the immense 
archive, and the items noted here are rather illustrative than exhaustive. 
1827, 
Legajo 3. Correspondence of the governor with the authorities of Pueblo del 
Paso and San Elizario. 1827. 13 carpetas. 
Legajo 4. Correspondence with the authorities of other states, including New 
Mexico, Coahuila and Texas, and California. 1827. 34 carpetas. 
Legajo 8. Correspondence with the governor of New Mexico. 1827. 
Id. with the minister of relations relative to foreigners. 1827. 
Legajo 10. 
No. 2. Correspondence relative to the search for the Pike papers. 1827 
(See the American Historical Review, XIII. 798-827.) 
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