Note 51 — Chapter IX · THE AUDIENCIA AND THE GOVERNOR: THE AD INTERIM RULE
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Martínez de Zúñiga, An historical view, I, 264–266, Montero y Vidal, Historia general, I, 189–200. The method of filling vacancies in the governorship during this period was described in a letter from Governor Corcuera, Cerezo’s successor, to the king, dated June 30, 1636. He wrote: “Your Majesty has conceded to your viceroys of Nueva España authority, in case of deaths and vacancies in this government, to send commissions to those who are to have charge of military matters; and until the arrival of the regularly appointed governor you order them to send another governor from Mexico” (Corcuera to Felipe IV, June 30, 1636, Blair and Robertson, XXVI, 150).