Viceroy Conde de Galvez, Mexico, transmitting cedula re trade regulations and taxation of goods upon arrival of the trade fleet at Vera Cruz, Promulgated by Comandante General Jose Antonio Rengel, Chihuahua, Published by Juan Bautista de Anza, Certified by Alcaldes Mayores., December 24, 1785., February, 1786., August 11, 1786.

File — Box: 1, Folder: 16

Staff Only

Scope and Content

From the Collection: Collection consists primarily of official government documents from New Mexico's various historical governments: its Spanish colonial government (1684-1821), its Mexican government (1821-1846), and its American government (1846-1863). Subjects included are the reconquest of New Mexico, the collection of taxes, official appointments, Indian affairs, and religious matters. Items of note are Diego de Vargas' journal of the Reconquest (1694-1790), Commandante General Pedro de Nava's refusal of peace terms to certain Apaches (1799), the Holy Office's (Mexico) edict denouncing Joseph Napoleon's occupation of Spain and the excommunication of his supporters (1810), the decree of the Cortes granting permission for the construction of a canal through the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (1821), and General Order #1 establishing a military post on the Gila River and ordering a punitive expedition against the Apache chief Mangas Colorados.

Most materials are in Spanish.