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Copies of documents pertaining to administrative, governmental, and religious matters in New Spain. Some of the topics covered are governmental freedoms, Indigenous peoples to California, judicial appointments, and the judiciary of New Spain.

Copies of documents pertaining mainly to the functions and attributes of local municipalities in New Spain, as well as statues and laws governing the viceroyalty. Some of the documents regard books, legal cases involving Indigenous peoples, and taxes. Some coat of arms watermarks.

Copies of documents pertaining to governmental and judicial organization, taxes, and trade within New Spain. Mainly, this book deals with tribunals, the trade of liquor in New Spain, the establishment of a school for orphaned girls, and the construction of a new cathedral in Buen Retiro, Spain.

Most of these documents are updates on the state of the Spanish Empire, spanning from the conquest of Mexico to nearly when the book was assembled (1771). Other topics discussed in this book include monetary regulation, Indigenous nobility, military formations, the actions of various judges of New Spain, and regulatory reforms.

Many of the documents copied here pertain to legal issues within communities and municipalities. Some deal with Indigenous peoples learning and speaking Spanish and Moctezuma.

Some of the documents in this collection are about the freedom granted to Indigenous people held in slavery by the French, the peripheral regions of New Spain (Guatemala, Campeche, Florida, California, and Yucatan), the king of England, and the illegal trade of prohibited drinks and firearms in Puebla, Mexico.

The contents of this collection mainly deal with legal, financial, and administrative matters throughout the colony of New Spain. Additional letters deal with the Real y Supremo Consejo de Indias, and religious patterns of Indigenous people in New Spain.

Documents concerning governmental and military functions and actions, particularly within the region of Nueva Vizcaya (New Biscay), New Spain. Such topics include the 'hostilities of New Biscay’s indigenous people,' 'pacification of the Indians of Sonora,' the worries of New Biscay’s indigenous peoples, and the construction of presidios and the governor’s residence in New Biscay. Many of these documents pertain to other aspects of life in the Province of Sonora.

Documents pertinent to the status of Indigenous people of New Spain. Several letters detail the Spanish discovery of California, the reasons behind Spanish exploration, indigenous Californians, the establishment of the California mission system, and the reduction in population of the region’s indigenous people. Some letters also detail the Spanish discovery and settlement in Nayarit and New Mexico. Other topics include the Chichimecas, Indigenous converts to Christianity, mines in Sinaloa, and the formation of Nuevo Santander.

Documents on a wide variety of topics. Some include the construction of the Palace of Guadalajara, a continuation of the letter about freedom granted to Indigenous slaves from French ships (in two separate entries), the privileges and status of the House of Moctezuma, the establishment of hospitals across New Spain, religious missions, laws that favor indigenous people, and life in and around the presidios.