69. The supplies for each friar establishing a mission included "one ream of paper." Scholes, "The Supply Service," p. 100.

70. "After outlining the foundation with powdered lime, the trench is opened, leveled, and straightened with a mason's square and lines." Schuetz, Architectural Practice , p. 21.

71. Kubler cited the surveying practice of "setting cords for a new town," illustrated in Pintura del Gobernador , circa 1566. Kubler, Mexican Architecture , p. 159.

72. Scholes, "The Supply Service," pp. 103-104.