Box 23

Scope and Contents From the Series: Royal Patronage - early settlement in the Caribbean, New Spain, and New Mexico.. New Spain - Mexico: Hernando Cortés - loss of ships, reports on treasure, Cortés, letters to King Carlos V; Cortes relations with Diego Velazquez, Panfilo Narvaéz, Nuño de Guzmán, Antonio de Mendoza and other officials in New Spain, Audiencia, viceroys, administration, salaries; Residencia of Cortés, conditions in New Spain, descriptions, conquest era lawsuits, appointments, contracts, actions in Guatemala,...

Scope and Contents From the Series: New Spain, regulations 1575, for cochinilla, grana, production, purchase, exportation, regulation 1556, for la mesta, cattle, ranching, Puebla de los Angeles, Luis de Velasco, impact of the New Laws on the Spanish, reasons for keeping the repartimiento to help Spanish settlers with no other compensation, who gave all for the kingdom, hurricane in Veracruz, handling of the Chichimecas, putting Indian women and children in convents and with good families for their education, treatment of the...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Estado - information about Diego de Peñalosa, former Governor of New Mexico, conspiracy in England, France, Quivira, and English incroachment on coasts of New Spain, pirates, diplomacy, defense. Guerra Moderna - Provincias Internas, frontier presidio affairs, 1700s, Spanish - Indian relations, Indian attacks, defense, casualties, appointments, service records, orders, reports on conditions, church, society, censuses, deaths, widows rights, families California, Texas, New Mexico, and northern...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Material relating to Rodrigo de Paz lawsuit, New Spain. Material on Franciscan order, Mexico City, lists of missionary personnel, 1562 - 1756, testimonies, development of churches, missions.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Folder in Box 21 (overize photostats, two copies) and Reel 69 both contain Oñate material only, not the other expedition, from AGI, Patronato, Sevilla, Simancas. They are not the same, consult both. Pages are in Spanish, hand written in contemporary script, transcription from documents so are easy to read. Folder has a short report on successes of Onate, 1599. The reel has a series of questions asked and recorded by el factor Francisco de Valverde y Mercado, 1602 to those on the expedition...