Summary: Collection consists primarily of military and personal papers of Bernardo Vasquez-Franco, a commissioned officer in the Mexican army, 1817-1845. The military papers include orders, financial accounts, reports, laws and decrees for several presidios in northern Mexico. These decrees relate to supplies, promotions, distribution of lands, Indian wars, the opening of ports on the Pacific coast, and battles at Rosario. A set of papers dated 1845 concern foreigners and illegal sales in the Santa Fe and Las Vegas areas of New Mexico. The personal papers include letters received from family members, an accounting table, religious verses, and collections of maxims and moral lessons. The Historical documents series contains four unrelated documents, including a 1772 publication of regulations for presidios on the frontier.
