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[Royal Decree with Instructions on Tobacco] (open access)

[Royal Decree with Instructions on Tobacco]

Royal decree from the Marques de Croix with instructions on the production, sale, etc. of tobacco. The last page of the decree is handwritten, after the signature of the Marques.
Date: May 14, 1770
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Decree from the Marques de Croix Concerning Jesuits] (open access)

[Decree from the Marques de Croix Concerning Jesuits]

Decree from the Marques de Croix, by order of King Carlos III, prohibiting Jesuits from returning to Nueva España; thus ordering the expulsion of the Jesuits from New Spain.
Date: May 2, 1770
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Decree from the Marques de Croix Concerning Legal Procedures] (open access)

[Decree from the Marques de Croix Concerning Legal Procedures]

Decree from the Marques de Croix by order of the King, Carlos III; it is taped together on the back in four quadrants. The decree says that all legal documents and procedures are to meet the standards of the law.
Date: June 28, 1770
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Decree from the Marques de Croix to Spanish Officials] (open access)

[Decree from the Marques de Croix to Spanish Officials]

Printed decree from the Marques de Croix to all officials, stating who will be paid from the annual fund of 4,000,000 reales.
Date: April 23, 1770
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Decree from the Marques de Croix] (open access)

[Decree from the Marques de Croix]

Decree from the Marques de Croix reminding all officials in New Spain of a previous decree in which he ordered that all Indians who hold official positions be taught Spanish and that only Spanish should be used.
Date: December 11, 1770
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Vicente González de Santianés to the Viceroy, July 5, 1770] (open access)

[Letter from Vicente González de Santianés to the Viceroy, July 5, 1770]

Letter from Vicente González de Santianés to the Viceroy of New Spain asking for authorization to deal with the matter of people moving south of the Rio Grande and causing issues with the native Indians in the region. de Santianés also calls out a ranking official as participating in the movement.
Date: July 5, 1770
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Decree from Marques de Croix Concerning Missionaries] (open access)

[Decree from Marques de Croix Concerning Missionaries]

Decree from the Marques de Croix to Spanish officials concerning retiring missionaries. The text says that those who retire after ten years are permitted to take up posts in their respective orders, applicable to all of Nueva España.
Date: April 28, 1770
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History