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Lakes of Mexico.

Map shows late eighteenth or very early nineteenth century geography and settlements in or near "Lake Tezcuco" [Lake Texcoco], "Lake Chalco," and smaller bodies of water in the Valley of Mexico. No scale indicated. This map, engraved by Alexander Lawson, appeared in the book 'The History Of Mexico. Collected From Spanish And Mexican Historians' by Francesco Saverio Clavijero.
Date: 1817
Creator: Lawson, A.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Decree from Viceroy de Apodaca] (open access)

[Decree from Viceroy de Apodaca]

Decree from Viceroy de Apodaca exhorting all authorities to be on the lookout for suspicious or criminal characters. The viceroy also calls for nocturnal rights, etc.
Date: 1817-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Messages from María Condelaria and Juan Echeandía to the Alcalde] (open access)

[Messages from María Condelaria and Juan Echeandía to the Alcalde]

Two documents with messages from María Condelaria de Bustamente and Juan Echeandía to an alcalde in Laredo. Both messages announce claims of pesos from the estate of Manuel Flores, and there is an order to pay the first debt. There are signatures from numerous individuals throughout both messages.
Date: 1817-11~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Messages from Tomás García Davila and Juan Echeandía] (open access)

[Messages from Tomás García Davila and Juan Echeandía]

Two documents with messages from Tomás García Davila and Juan Echeandía with results from the annual elections; Echeandía approves of Francisco de la Garza, and Palonio García.
Date: 1817-12~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Repeated Decree from Comandante Corregidor] (open access)

[Repeated Decree from Comandante Corregidor]

Message from the Comandante Gorregidor repeating a decree from the Chief of Police in Mexico that persons should be punished in proportion to their crime, and not excessively. The document is badly stained and most of the text is not legible.
Date: 1817-07~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History