Ecclesiastical Archives 467 
SIGLO XIX. 
(Nineteenth Century; about 1500 tomos in cajas.) 
An examination of numerous boxes for different periods revealed a wealth 
of all classes of government records, including election returns, data for the 
annual memorias of the governors, correspondence of the governors with the 
local jurisdictions, the military authorities, the missionaries, etc. There are 
reports of foreigners in the province, filibusters, and frequent documents 
relating to Tucson, the Gila and Colorado, Apache, Pima, and Papago 
troubles, etc. Down to 1870 the arrangement of the files is as follows: 
Tomos 5-11. 1801-1820. | 
Tomos 12-70. 1821-1830. 
Tomos 71-211. 1831-1840. 
Tomos 212-849, 1841-1850. 
Tomos 850-506. 1851-1860. 
Tomos 507-589. 1861-1870. 
SPECIAL ITEMS NOTED. 
Tomo 42. No.7. “ Ynforme del alcalde del Tucson relativo a la introduccién 
de unos pescadores Americanos al Rio Gila.” 1826. 
(Relates to a party under St. Vrain and others engaged in trapping on the 
Gila.) 
Tomo 54, No.1. “ Ynvaciones que con el pretexto de pescar nutrias efectuan 
algunas partidas de Americanos por el lado del Rio Colorado.” 
1828. 
ARCHIVO DEL OBISPADO DE SONORA. 
(ARCHIVE OF THE BISHOPRIC OF SONORA. ) 
Located at the episcopal residence. Permission to examine it is secured 
from the bishop. The diocese was formed in 1779, the first bishop, Fray 
Antonio de los Reyes, taking possession on Dec. 11, 1782. At the time of 
its formation the diocese included Sinaloa, Sonora, and both Californias. 
Alta California was separated in 1840, when the diocese of California was 
formed, and Sinaloa in the latter part of the nineteenth century. For a list 
of bishops of this diocese, see pp. 472-473. 
The collection of old papers consists of perhaps a hundred legajos dating 
before 1854, the time of the Gadsden Purchase. Each legajo bears a date 
on the outside, with no other designation, as a rule. The date may refer 
only to the first document, but in general there is a bundle for each year. -The 
oldest legajo found is dated 1795. From that date to 1830 there are 33 legajos. 
The writer was told that older papers of the diocese have been transferred to 
Culiacan. 
The bundles contain the usual classes of records of an episcopacy. A gen- 
eral examination revealed correspondence of the bishops with the curates and 
the secular authorities, expedientes of matrimomiales (marriage records), 
obras pias (pious works), circulars, complaints against the curates, padrones 
(statistical records), appointments, etc. There are numerous documents 
relating to Alta California and Arizona. 
