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[Messages from Juan Vicente de Arce and Manuel de Iturbe] (open access)

[Messages from Juan Vicente de Arce and Manuel de Iturbe]

Two documents with messages from Juan Vicente de Arce and Manuel de Iturbe. The documents contain information regarding the insurrection, activities in Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, and Querétaro. The second document is a copy by de Iturbe of a letter from de Arce, as well as an accompanying letter from de Iturbe.
Date: 1810-10~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Announcement for an Impending Decree] (open access)

[Announcement for an Impending Decree]

Message from Manuel de Iturbe to Spanish officials saying he is sending a decree from the Audiencia with news from Spain, with procedures for electing deputies to the cortes. The document is signed by local officials acknowledging their having received and passed on the message from de Iturbe.
Date: 1810-06~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Message from Ildefonso García] (open access)

[Message from Ildefonso García]

Message from Ildefonso García acknowledging his inheritances and listing what he has received. The document itself is slightly stained and has a badly frayed edge on the right side of the paper.
Date: 1811-07~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Warning from Manuel de Iturbe to Spanish Officials] (open access)

[Warning from Manuel de Iturbe to Spanish Officials]

Warning from Manuel de Iturbe to Spanish officials to be on their guard against intruders from the United States along the border. The message is signed by local Spanish justicias in the towns and villas of Mexico, including Laredo, Revilla, Camargo, etc.
Date: 1810-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Decree from Manuel de Iturbe to Justicias] (open access)

[Decree from Manuel de Iturbe to Justicias]

Decree from Manuel de Iturbe to Spanish justicias concerning the recognition of the Regency Council in Spain. The document is signed by local officials in towns and villas such as Laredo, Camargo, Refugio, Mier, etc.
Date: 1810-05~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Juan Antonio Juangorena to José Ramón Díaz de Bustamente, June 16, 1811] (open access)

[Letter from Juan Antonio Juangorena to José Ramón Díaz de Bustamente, June 16, 1811]

Letter from Juan Antonio Juangorena to José Ramón Díaz de Bustamente concerning family affairs and local news. The document is heavily stained, has frayed and torn edges, and has pieces of tape covering parts of the edges of the paper.
Date: June 1811
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Last Will and Testament for José María Elizordo] (open access)

[Last Will and Testament for José María Elizordo]

Last will and testament for José María Elizordo outlining what is to be received by his inheritors. The document has a few large stains at the bottom of the pages, and has slightly frayed edges.
Date: 1811-05~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Two Statements from Manuel de Iturbe] (open access)

[Two Statements from Manuel de Iturbe]

Two documents from Manuel de Iturbe, Governor of Nuevo Santander, to Spanish justicias and captains, saying that he is sending official documents from the king and criminal court. Both documents are signed and acknowledged by local Spanish officials in towns and villas such as Laredo, Mier, Refugio, Camargo, etc.
Date: 1810-04~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Message from Brigida Sánchez to Lorenzo Sánchez de la Cortina] (open access)

[Message from Brigida Sánchez to Lorenzo Sánchez de la Cortina]

Message from Brigida Sánchez to Lorenzo Sánchez de la Cortina wanting a debt to be officially settled. Brigida appears to be writing in San Carlos, and de la Cortina's response comes from Laredo; the document is stained and has slightly frayed edges.
Date: 1811-08~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copies of Regulations From Governor Arredondo] (open access)

[Copies of Regulations From Governor Arredondo]

Document from Joaquín de Arredondo with copies of regulations regarding the elections of mayors, and the proper procedures in juridical disputes. The document is badly stained and the edges of the paper are frayed and, in places, torn.
Date: 1811-10~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from José Antonio Benavides to Governor Joaquín de Arredondo, August 25, 1811] (open access)

[Letter from José Antonio Benavides to Governor Joaquín de Arredondo, August 25, 1811]

Message from José Antonio Benavides to Governor Arredondo sending copies of documents and orders he has issued showing things he has done to preserve order within the province and town. The document has a piece of tape on its left side, and is badly frayed along the right edge.
Date: 1811-08~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Request from Manuel de Iturbe to Spanish Officials] (open access)

[Request from Manuel de Iturbe to Spanish Officials]

Message from Manuel de Iturbe to Spanish officials asking for help to facilitate the journey of the Inspector of Forts, Cristóval Domínguez. The message is signed by Spanish officials acknowledging their having received the message from the governor.
Date: 1810-05~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Announcement from José Ramón Díaz de Bustamente] (open access)

[Announcement from José Ramón Díaz de Bustamente]

Announcement from José Ramón Díaz de Bustamente saying that he has received permission from the governor of the province to issue passports into the province of Texas. The document is signed by local officials in towns and villas such as Refugio, Reynosa, Camargo, Mier, and Revilla, all listed on the left side of the first page.
Date: 1810-11~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Message from Juan Ignacio de Arispe to the Justicia Mayor] (open access)

[Message from Juan Ignacio de Arispe to the Justicia Mayor]

Message from Juan Ignacio de Arispe to the Justicia Mayor of Laredo, testifying that a horse claimed by Esteban Herrera of Laredo actually belongs to Manuel Rivas of Monclova. The testimony is signed by José Ramón Díaz de Bustamente.
Date: 1810-05~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Message from Manuel de Iturbe with Orders from the Audiencia] (open access)

[Message from Manuel de Iturbe with Orders from the Audiencia]

Message from Manuel de Iturbe to Spanish officials orders with orders from the Audiencia to destroy a decree issued by José Napoleón in Spain. The document is signed by numerous Spanish officials acknowledging their receiving and passing on of the message from de Iturbe.
Date: 1810-07~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Message from Felix Calleja  to José Antonio Benavides] (open access)

[Message from Felix Calleja to José Antonio Benavides]

Message from Felix Calleja to José Antonio Benavides acknowledging his having received documents previously sent by Benavides; the named messenger has not been seen in Guanajuato according to Calleja. The document has a few stains and has a piece of tape covering the frayed edges of the right side of the page.
Date: 1811-09~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Warning from the Governor to Justicias] (open access)

[Warning from the Governor to Justicias]

Message from Governor Manuel de Iturbe to Spanish justicias warning them to be on guard against the infiltration of the insurrection into Nuevo Santander, which is still loyal to Spain. The message is signed, dated, and acknowledged by Spanish officials in the various towns and villas of the province.
Date: 1810-11~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Relation of an Account of an Insurrection in Zacatecas] (open access)

[Relation of an Account of an Insurrection in Zacatecas]

Message from Antonio Elosua and Manuel de Iturbe related an account of insurrection in Zacatecas and news of Spanish successes on the peninsula against the French.
Date: 1810-10~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Announcement from Manuel de Iturbe Concerning Miguel Hidalgo] (open access)

[Announcement from Manuel de Iturbe Concerning Miguel Hidalgo]

Message from Manuel de Iturbe to Spanish justicias announcing the excommunication of Miguel Hidalgo and his followers. This message is signed by Spanish officials acknowledging their having received and passed on the information.
Date: 1810-12~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Announcement from Manuel de Iturbe Concerning the Cortes] (open access)

[Announcement from Manuel de Iturbe Concerning the Cortes]

Announcement from Manuel de Iturbe to the Spanish justicias and captains in the villas and towns with results of elections for the cortes. de Iturbe mentions that places that have not yet elected someone should do so. There is a second document, signed by Juan Mazoleni and other Spanish officials acknowledging having received the announcement from de Iturbe.
Date: 1810-09~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Request from María Andrea Sánchez de la Barrera to the Mayor of Laredo] (open access)

[Request from María Andrea Sánchez de la Barrera to the Mayor of Laredo]

Request from María Andrea Sánchez de la Barrera to the mayor of Laredo for the arrest of two men who have severely injured her husband. In response to the request, de Bustamente writes an eyewitness account of the alleged incident.
Date: 1810-11~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Printed Decree from Viceroy Lizana] (open access)

[Printed Decree from Viceroy Lizana]

Announcement from Viceroy Lizana concerning the establishment in Spain of a Regency Council with supreme powers; the decree lists all of the names involved.
Date: 1810-05~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Two Announcements from José Ramón Díaz de Bustamente] (open access)

[Two Announcements from José Ramón Díaz de Bustamente]

Two documents from José Ramón Díaz de Bustamente calling the province to arms in case the insurrection were to spread into Nuevo Santander; de Bustamente says Indians are to have a bow and 50 arrows apiece. He also calls on parish priests to animate the Indians to the Spanish cause instead of the insurrection.
Date: 1810-11~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Message from Manuel de Iturbe with Orders for Arrests] (open access)

[Message from Manuel de Iturbe with Orders for Arrests]

Message from Manuel de Iturbe to local Spanish officials with orders for the arrest of several individuals who were causing troubles in the province. According to the document two escaped soldiers are among the troubled group; the document is signed by officials acknowledging their having received the notice from de Iturbe.
Date: 1810-10~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History