Includes contemporary notes on expeditions with comments on Indians and missions; directives from Viceroy Bucareli to the head of the Colegio de San Fernando concerning the expeditions, 1774-1775; and an account by Ignacio Arteaga of the 1779 expedition. Coe No. 51: Pérez Hernández, Juan José, brief account in Spanish of the two voyages of Juan Pérez to explore the coast of California to the northwest in the frigate Santiago, or Nueva Galicia, the first in 1774, the second, under the command of Bruno de Hezeta, in 1775; followed by a statement of the conditions in the missions of Monterey, Dec. 31, 1774, in an unidentified hand. (No. 379 in Catalogue.). Coe No. 22: Bucareli y Ursúa, Viceroy Antonio María, 1717-1779, letter to R[ev.] P[adre] Guardian del Colegio Apostolico de Sn. Fernando, signed with rubric: "Anto. Bucarely Virrey, Mexico 19 de Noviembre de 1774." (No. 52 in Catalogue.). Coe No. 23: Bucareli y Ursúa, Viceroy Antonio María, 1717-1779, letter to R.[ev.] P[adre] Guardian de San Fernando, signed with rubric: "Anto. Bucarely Virrey, Mexico 4 de Diziembre de 1775," with the answer of the R.P. Guardian de Colegio de San Fernando [Fr. Raphael Verger], Dizre. 6 de 1775. (No. 53 in Catalogue.). Coe No. 6: Arteaga, Ignacio, "Relacion del viaje echo ala alaska pr. las fragatas de su Magd. la princesa y la favorita - mandada aquella pr. el comandante de la expedicion y theniente de navio de la Real armada Dn. Ignacio Artheaga; siendo su segundo dela misma clase el Sr. Dn. Fernando Quiros y Miranda, y capitan de la favorita el oficial del mismo grado el [word crossed out, Dn. Jun. Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra ..." 1779. (No. 12 in Catalogue).
