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[Correspondence Regarding Return of Items] (open access)

[Correspondence Regarding Return of Items]

Letter written from the constitutional court (Juzgado Constitutional) of Nuevo Laredo to the mayor of Laredo, Texas asking that they return archives and furniture that were taken to Laredo in 1863. A response from Laredo on the reverse states that the person they reference (Nicolas Grisanti) is ill and will look into the issue when he is well.
Date: March 2, 1867
Creator: Ramos, Luís & Salinas, Agustin
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Sworn Statement of Eufrasio Gonzales] (open access)

[Sworn Statement of Eufrasio Gonzales]

Sworn statement by Eufrasio Gonzales saying that he has heard news via several other people that Nepomuseno Cortanas has gathered 700 men at "el guisachal" and may receive orders to travel to the Rio Grande.
Date: May 13, 1861
Creator: Gonzales, Eufrasio
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence Regarding Francisco Martinez] (open access)

[Correspondence Regarding Francisco Martinez]

Letter written from the court in Nuevo Laredo to the mayor of Laredo, Texas notifying him that Francisco Martinez has been stabbed to death and asking that his relatives be informed. A reply from the Laredo city council to the mayor of Nuevo Laredo asks them to turn over Martinez's body to his relatives for burial.
Date: November 23, 1866
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History