520 
227; regency of, 88; relations with Spain, 
267; relations with U. S., I, 377; re- 
mission of Indians to, 58, 90; revolution 
in, 251, 268, 416; sale of Texas by, 245; 
sciences and arts, 263; senate proceed- 
ings, 228, 256; slavery proposed for, 238; 
soldiers, 315; Spanish expedition to, 339; 
squadron, 266, 274; trade, 181, 263, 284, 
305; treaties, 239, 251-258; U. S. con- 
suls in, 245, 262; U. S. minister to, 123, 223, 
220, 242, 246, 250, 251, 253, 261, 263, 264; 
vessels, 175, 226, 253, 315; victories, 266; 
war with, 402 ; see also New Spain 
Mexico (federal district), proposal of governor 
oh 333; revenues of, direction general of, 
309 
Mexico (state), governor of, correspondence, 
249; order to 248; reports by, 174, 248 
Mexico, Archbishop of, archive of, 202, 216-218, 
372-373; cédulas directed to, 202; circulars 
of, 373; correspondence, I99, 372-373; de- 
crees of, 207; list of archbishops, 470-471; 
papers respecting, 61; trials before, 217, 
373; see also names of individual arch- 
bishops 
Mexico, Gulf of, establishment of port on, 122; 
expeditions on, 49; exploration of, 34, 35, 
123, 235; missions on, 71; pirates on, 65, 
183; settlement of, 120; vessels on, 280 
Mexico, President of, correspondence, 180, 441; 
decree of, 442; papers of, 255; petition to, 
264; reports to, 271, 337; see also names of 
individual presidents 
Mexico, Royal University of, library of, 210 
México, San Francisco de, see San Francisco 
de México 
México, Santa Clara de, see Santa Clara de 
México 
Mexico, Valley of, papers concerning, 304; pro- 
posal to drain, 252; war situation in, 333 
México Pintoresco, Artistico, y Monumental, 
II n. 
Méziéres, Athanacio de, expeditions of, 31, 122; 
letters of, 21, 31, 34, 87, 122; relation by, 
105; reports by, 87, 122 
Micheltorena, Gen. Manuel, accusations against, 
292; correspondence, 286, ole 288; pro- 
posal to, 287 ; reports by, 288, 2 
Michilena, Mexican agent in onda corre- 
spondence, 325 
Michoacan, bishopric of, 415; chronicles, 21, 22; 
correspondence from, 205; criminals from, 
358; missions of, 69, 71, 72; Observants of, 
79; papers relating to, 201 
Michoacan, San Francisco de, see San Fran- 
cisco de Michoacan 
Michoacan, San Pedro y San Pablo de, see San 
Pedro y San Pablo de Michoacan 
Middleton, Henry, minister to Russia, corre- 
spondence of, 224, 266 
Mier, action of, 289; attack at, 343; invasion of, 
285; population of, 120; victory at, 266 
Mier, Juaquin, application by, 438 
Miera y Pacheco, Bernardo de, maps made by, 
27, 28, 365, 366 

Index 
Mier y Teran, Gen. Manuel de, 421; boundary 
commission and, 234, 235; correspondence, 
224, 225, 245, 260, 273, 277, 278, 356, 358, 
361; correspondence taken by, 343; expe- 
ditions of, 224, 277, 278; instructions by, 
354; maps by, 224, 225, 365; memorial to 
358; paper sent by, 337; papers of, 261, 
277; reports by, 225, 277, 350, 357; request 
to, 335; work of, 261 
Mijares y Mancebo, Fernando, papers respect- 
ing, 62 
Milam, Benjamin R., applications by, 434, 437; 
letter by, 176; naturalization papers of, 176; 
petition by, 353 
Milan, international conference at, 240 
Military service, papers respecting those sen- 
tenced to, 63 
Millard, Henry, certificate signed by, 283 
Miller, Francis Frederic, contract of, 238 
Miller, George, naturalization of, 437 
Nesta guerilla leader, imprisonment of, 
20 
Mina, Francisco J., correspondence concerning, 
65; expeditions of, 46, 67 
Minatitlan, Mexican agent at, 231 
Mineral, Villa de el, founding of, 425 
Minerals, see Mines 
Mineria, ramo de, 364; seccidn de (Archivo 
General y Publico), 189; see also Mines 
Mineria (Department of Mines), archives, 7 n.; 
eee 364; papers concerning, 
31 
Minerva, ship, 183 
Mines, company, 335; decrees concerning, 102; 
department of, see Mineria; discovery of, 
OI, 95, 98, 121, 127, 137, 177; expedition 
for taking, 300; inspection of, 412; papers 
concerning, 46, 135, 180, 465, 466; records 
of, 368; reports concerning, QI, 114, 428; 
royalties on, 103; schemes for working, 263 
Ministerio de Guerra, seccion de, 339 
Minion, Gen., letters for, 333 
Minion, José Maria, charge by, 314 
Mifion, Col. José Vicente, correspondence, 280; 
expedition of, 280 
Mint, direction of, 369; papers concerning, 185; 
Ses of director of the, 192; schemes for, 
203 
Miqueot, José Maria, diary of, 24 
Miracles, 388 
Miranda, promoter of patriotic society in New 
Mexico, correspondence, 337 
Miranda, Francisco Antonio de, efforts to se- 
cure, 57; Robertson’s paper on, 57 
Miranda, Francisco P. de, correspondence, 295; 
manifesto of, 295 
Miranda, Juan de, California, letters to, 26 
Miranda, Gov. Juan de, New Mexico, ‘investi- 
gation of, 93 
Miraval, Fr. Juan, letter of, 27 
Miro, Estéban, correspondence, 47; mission of, 
307 
Miscellaneous Items, 259 
Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 
Nacional), 204-205 

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