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[Communications Between Joseph Pérez to Tomás Sánchez] (open access)

[Communications Between Joseph Pérez to Tomás Sánchez]

Communication between Joseph Pérez, lawyer for Salvador Hidalgo, to Tomás Sànchez asking for those who accused Hidalgo to return to Laredo.
Date: April 12, 1771
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Trial Correspondence Between Joseph Pérez and Tomás Sánchez] (open access)

[Trial Correspondence Between Joseph Pérez and Tomás Sánchez]

Correspondence between Joseph Pérez and Tomás Sánchez regarding the hearing for Salvador Gonzalez Hidalgo. Perez lists the questions to be asked and asks for the accusers to be present; Sánchez requires them to appear as witnesses. The top right corner of the document is torn off.
Date: April 13, 1771
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence Between Joseph Pérez and Tomás Sánchez] (open access)

[Correspondence Between Joseph Pérez and Tomás Sánchez]

Correspondence between Joseph Pérez and Tomás Sánchez acknowledging the the need for Nicolás Campos to be arrested; Sánchez agrees to gather all necessary information.
Date: April 20, 1771
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Interrogations and Questionnaire] (open access)

[Interrogations and Questionnaire]

Document featuring requests, orders, and a questionnaire from Spanish officials Nicolás Antonio Campos Castellanos, Tomás Sánchez, and the governor, Vicente González Santianés.
Date: 1771-06~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

A sketch of the Cherokee country

Map shows paths and military outposts in "Cherokee Country," perhaps in the Carolinas, during the late eighteenth century. Includes notes. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [1:633,600].
Date: 1772~
Creator: Lodge, John, d. 1796
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for sale of Boston, an enslaved man, in Connecticut] (open access)

[Agreement for sale of Boston, an enslaved man, in Connecticut]

An agreement for the sale of an enslaved man named Boston in Connecticut between enslaver John Griswold and the estate of deceased enslaver Josiah Filly, executed by David Barber.
Date: December 16, 1772
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence from Francisco Sales Carrillo to the Justicia Mayor] (open access)

[Correspondence from Francisco Sales Carrillo to the Justicia Mayor]

Correspondence between Francisco Sales Carrillo and the Justicia Mayor saying that the new "bulles" of 1772-1773 are complete and that he is to collect the leftover old "bulles" and distribute the new "bulles."
Date: 1773~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence between Vicente González de Santianés and Tomás Sánchez de la Barrera] (open access)

[Correspondence between Vicente González de Santianés and Tomás Sánchez de la Barrera]

Correspondence between Governor Vicente Gonzalez de Santianés and Tomás Sánchez de la Barreraconcerning a raid by Comanche Indians in which there were six casualties. The first letter explains the attack and the second letter calls for the villages to be placed closer together.
Date: 1773-12~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Decree from Thomas Sánchez de la Barrera y Gallardo] (open access)

[Decree from Thomas Sánchez de la Barrera y Gallardo]

Decree from Thomas Sánchez de la Barrera saying that all colonists are ordered to move to Laredo, and build house for parish priest.
Date: 1774-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Vicente de Santianés to Captain Tomás Sánchez, January 22, 1774] (open access)

[Letter from Vicente de Santianés to Captain Tomás Sánchez, January 22, 1774]

Letter from Vicente González de Santianés to Thomas Sánchez de la Barrera asking him to calm the people following Indian raids, and to let the people return to their homes. Each page of the document contains multiple stains all over the pages.
Date: 1774-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Royal Decree Promulgated by Don Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa] (open access)

[Royal Decree Promulgated by Don Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa]

Printed royal decree promulgated by Viceroy Don Antonio María Bucareli y Ursúa, ordering the rounding up of an illegal document with offenses towards priests. Also mentioned is the fine for not participating, or possible imprisonment.
Date: April 28, 1774
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Vicente González de Santianés to Captain Tomás Sánchez, June 8, 1774] (open access)

[Letter from Vicente González de Santianés to Captain Tomás Sánchez, June 8, 1774]

Letter from Governor Vicente González de Santianés to Captain Tomás Sánchez in which the governor says the accused in a murder trial be kept under arrest after find the case not handled properly.
Date: June 8, 1774
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Vicente de Santianés to Captain Tomás Sánchez, June 18, 1774] (open access)

[Letter from Vicente de Santianés to Captain Tomás Sánchez, June 18, 1774]

Letter from Vicente de Santianés to Thomas Sánchez de la Barrera saying that the wanted criminal has not arrived yet though they are watching for him. Eyes are kept open for Indian attacks; should they attack reinforcements will be sent from nearby settlements, as well as munitions.
Date: June 18, 1774
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Decree from Tomás Sánchez] (open access)

[Decree from Tomás Sánchez]

Order from Captain Tomás Sánchez de la Barrera to settlers near Laredo to report to the villa within three days to avoid a fine of 12 pesos.
Date: July 9, 1774
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Decree Sent from Governor Vicente González to Spanish Captains] (open access)

[Decree Sent from Governor Vicente González to Spanish Captains]

Royal decree from the King sent by Governor Vicente González de Santianés to the various captains of the nearby villas and towns. The document contains the decree pertaining to the collection of former currency at the top, followed by different entries with dates of compliance from the captains.
Date: 1774-10~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

An accurate map of North America describing and distinguishing the British and Spanish dominions of this great continent according to the definitive treaty concluded at Paris 10th Feby. 1763 : also all the West India Islands belonging to and possessed by the several European princes and states ; the whole laid down according to the latest and most authentick [sic.] improvements [Sheet 1].

Map shows European settlements, areas of Native American habitation, routes of Spanish galleon voyages in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Includes explanation to symbols, text of Articles 4-7, 9, 17-18, and 20 of the Treaty of Paris, 1763, textual commentary and notes on explorers and discovery dates, and illustrated title cartouche depicting new world natives and animals. Insets: "A particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay" and "The passage by land to California discovered by Father Eusebius Francis Kino." Scale not given.
Date: 1775
Creator: Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

The coast of West Florida and Louisiana. : the Peninsula and Gulf of Florida or Channel of Bahama with the Bahama Islands.

Map shows late eighteenth century coastline detail of the Gulf of Mexico from southern Louisiana to the tip of Florida; coastline detail for Atlantic coast of Florida; swamps, islands, inlets, settlements, and ports; similar details for the Bahamas. Includes small illustrations of ships and annotations. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Scale not given.
Date: 1775
Creator: Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A New and Correct Plan of the Town of Boston.

Map shows late-colonial Boston, Massachusetts street names, building locations, ferries, wharves, fortifications, and "the Common." "Charles Town in Ruins" is depicted in the upper part of the map. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given. Map comes from The Gentleman's Magazine, v. 45, Oct. 1775.
Date: 1775
Creator: Aitken, Robert, 1735-1802
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America and the West Indies with the opposite coasts of Europe and Africa.

Map shows major routes of exploration, eastern half of the North American continent, the West Indies, New Spain, and northern portion of South America; the British Isles and the western portions of Europe and Africa, islands in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean area; areas of Native American habitation and major settlements. Includes tables, dates, notes, and small illustrations. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:17,000,000].
Date: 1775
Creator: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Purse

Purse of multicolored Bargello needlepoint. The envelope-style purse is covered in silk embroidery in greens, blues, reds, pinks, black, etc., in the Florentine Bargello, edged in green wool. On one side, under flap, is rectangular section with monogram FH and date 1775 worked in embroidery. Opens to reveal 2 separate compartments, lined in green homespun wool. Silk embroidery is disintegrating to reveal canvas ground.
Date: 1775
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Russian Discoveries : from the Map Published by the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg.

Map shows coast of Russia, the Alaskan peninsula, and portions of the Arctic Circle; routes and stops taken by explorers Captains Bering and Tschirikow and others. Includes legend and "explanation of the Russian names. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1775
Creator: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Russian Discoveries : from the Map Published by the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg.

Map shows coast of Russia, the Alaskan peninsula, and portions of the Arctic Circle; routes and stops taken by explorers Captains Bering and Tschirikow and others. Includes legend and "explanation of the Russian names. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1775
Creator: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

The western coast of Louisiana and the coast of New Leon.

Map shows geography along the present-day Gulf of Mexico coast known as "New Kingdom of Leon." Relief shown pictorially, depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:1,340,000]. Map is from The West India Atlas published by R. Sayer & J. Bennett [1775].
Date: 1775
Creator: Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence Between Joseph Guerra and the Governor of Nuevo Santander] (open access)

[Correspondence Between Joseph Guerra and the Governor of Nuevo Santander]

Complaints sent by Joseph Thomas Guerra to Governor Vicente González de Santianés; complaints include those against inventories of goods and the taxes involved which he considers illegal and unjust. The governor responds by ordering an investigation of the situation.
Date: 1775-05~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History