Records from the Archivo General de la Nación, Sección de Californias (Mexico), 1772-1820.

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Records from the Archivo General de la Nación, Sección de Californias (Mexico), 1772-1820.

Consists of selections from tomos 8, 22, 25, 29, 35, 37, 39, 41, 47, and 62.

2,040 items.17 containers.

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The Provincias Internas were formally established by the Real Orden of August 22, 1776, to provide effective government of the northern region of New Spain. They included the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya, Coahuila, Texas, Nuevo México, Sinaloa, Sonora, Nuevo León, Nuevo Santander, and the Californias. These provinces were removed from the control of the viceroy and placed under the military and political government of a comandante general who was directly responsible to the king. In...