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Military Service Records 285 Document 65 Papers Concerning the Return of Baltasar Domínguez de Mendoza to New Spain May 26–July 8, 16951 [Summary] Royal cédula to the officials of the Casa de Contratación in Seville ordering them to permit don Baltasar Domínguez de Mendoza to return to New Spain in the fleet which is about to sail. Aranjuez, May 26, 1695.2 Order of the officials of the Casa de Contratación to the masters of ships of the fleet going to New Spain to receive Domínguez as a passenger by virtue of the above cédula. Cádiz, July 8, 1695. Memorandum of the above order in the passenger list of the ship Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, owner, don Jerónimo Mier del Tojo. Cádiz, July 8, 1695. Notes 1. BNE, Madrid, MSS 19258, photos 86–87. 2. There is a draft of this cédula, in AGI, Guadalajara, leg. 73, Minutas reales cédulas, reales provisiones consultas, 1691–1696. Document 66 License Granted to Baltasar Domínguez de Mendoza to Travel in the Fleet of General Don Ignacio de Barrios Leal July 8, 1695, Cádiz1 1695 Don Baltasar Domínguez de Mendoza seeks to return to the Provinces of New Spain from which he came by virtue of a decree from His Majesty. Before don Juan Baptista de Aguinaga and don Francisco Lorenzo de San Millán. July 8. Don Baltasar Domínguez de Mendoza appeared and presented a royal license from His Majesty dated May 26 of this year in Aranjuez in order to return to the Provinces of New Spain from which he came to these kingdoms 286 Part One in the year of 1693. The royal decree being validated by señor don Bernardino Antonio de Pardiñas Villa de Francos. Accordingly, don Baltasar Domínguez was given the dispatch necessary for his boarding of any ship of the fleet that is being dispatched to the Provinces of New Spain under the command of General don Ignacio de Barrios Leal. Cádiz, July 8, 1695. Transcription of the royal license presented by don Baltasar Domínguez for passage to the Provinces of New Spain from where he came. It is as follows: The King. President and Official Judges of the Casa de Contratación, of the City of Sevilla. I order that don Baltasar Domínguez y Mendoza, who came from New Spain in the fleet of 1693, is permitted to return to those provinces, boarding as soon as he can to make the voyage. He can carry with him his clothing and necessary personal belongings. Dated in Aranjuez, May 26, 1695. I, the King. By order of the king, our lord. Don Bernardino Antonio de Pardiñas Villar de Francos. At the bottom there are two rubrics. This transcription concurs with the original royal license that don Baltasar carries in his possession along with the dispatch for boarding. Cádiz, July 6. On this day, I gave clearance to don Baltasar Domínguez de Mendoza for boarding whichever ship of the fleet [that is bound] for New Spain. Corregidor [rubric] Notes 1. AGI, Contratación, 5457, N. 152. Translation by José Antonio Esquibel. Document 67 Certification of Services of Don Juan Domínguez de Mendoza, the Younger Santa Fe, September 18, 17011 Castellan don Pedro Rodríguez Cubero, governor and captain general of the provinces of the kingdom of New Mexico for His Majesty, etc. I certify to the king, our lord, in his royal audiencia of Mexico City, and to other judges and justices of His Majesty that with manifest danger to his ...

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