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[Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Ayuntamiento, January 20, 1842] (open access)

[Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Ayuntamiento, January 20, 1842]

Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo ayuntamiento, informing it that he is sending a decree on the forbidden traffic with Texas.
Date: 1842-01~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Governor Fernandez to the Laredo Justice of the Peace, January 24, 1842] (open access)

[Letter from Governor Fernandez to the Laredo Justice of the Peace, January 24, 1842]

Letter from Governor Fernandez to Laredo Justice of the Peace Dovalina, asking for a report on taxes collected from 1837 to 1841.
Date: 1842-01~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Alcalde, January 21, 1842] (open access)

[Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Alcalde, January 21, 1842]

Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo alcalde, advising that people in charge of finances and no longer in office must still give an account of their records.
Date: 1842-01~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Ayuntamiento, January 13, 1842] (open access)

[Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Ayuntamiento, January 13, 1842]

Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo ayuntamiento, acknowledging his having received accounts.
Date: 1842-01~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Ayuntamiento, January 13, 1842] (open access)

[Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Ayuntamiento, January 13, 1842]

Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo ayuntamiento, informing it of a governmental decree prohibiting the use of copper money.
Date: 1842-01~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Ayuntamiento, January 13, 1842] (open access)

[Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Ayuntamiento, January 13, 1842]

Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo ayuntamiento, acknowledging Augustin Dovalina has been named as justice of the peace in Laredo.
Date: 1842-01~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Alcalde, January 21, 1842] (open access)

[Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Alcalde, January 21, 1842]

Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo alcalde, informing him that Captain Agatón Quiñones is authorized to enter Laredo in spite of the prohibition of the local authorities.
Date: 1842-01~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Ayuntamiento, January 3, 1842] (open access)

[Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Ayuntamiento, January 3, 1842]

Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo ayuntamiento, informing the council that José María Ramón will be reimbursed for expenses, paid for from Martinez's personal funds.
Date: 1842-01~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence between Pedro Rodriguez to the Laredo Alcalde, January 29, 1842] (open access)

[Correspondence between Pedro Rodriguez to the Laredo Alcalde, January 29, 1842]

Correspondence between Pedro Rodriguez and the Laredo alcalde concerning the death of Rafael Rodriguez at the hands of Indians. Pedro asks that soldiers be sent in pursuit of the Indians responsible. The following text contains a following letter revealing the fact that he has not received an answer.
Date: 1842-01~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Francisco Valdes to the Justice of the Peace, January 17, 1842] (open access)

[Letter from Francisco Valdes to the Justice of the Peace, January 17, 1842]

Letter from Francisco Valdes to Justice of the Peace Dovalina in Laredo, asking for documentation on the case against Tiburcio de la Garza for the murder of Gregorio Vargas.
Date: 1842-01~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Ayuntamiento, January 20, 1842] (open access)

[Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Ayuntamiento, January 20, 1842]

Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo ayuntamiento, informing him he is sending decrees to be publicized.
Date: 1842-01~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Circular from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Ayuntamiento, January 3, 1841] (open access)

[Circular from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Ayuntamiento, January 3, 1841]

Circular from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo ayuntamiento, calling attention to issue 42 of the official Gazette and the law suppressing district and circuit courts.
Date: 1842-01~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Alcalde, January 10, 1842] (open access)

[Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the Laredo Alcalde, January 10, 1842]

Letter from Policarzo Martinez to the alcalde in Laredo, asking him to forward goods being sent to Guerrero.
Date: 1842-01~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C.E. Detmold to Edward Trelawny - January 8, 1842] (open access)

[Letter from C.E. Detmold to Edward Trelawny - January 8, 1842]

Letter from C. E. Detmold in New York to Edward Trelawny at Putney Hill near London. It discusses his fears for Thomas Falconer's safety as he has heard that the "Texian" Santa Fe Expedition had been captured by Mexican forces and touches on British Whig finance politics. Detmold is Christian Edward Detmold (see Wikipedia article) and Trelawny is John Edward Trelawny the English biographer, novelist, adventurer and friend of the Romantic poets Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron.
Date: January 8, 1842
Creator: Detmold, C. E. (Christian Edward), 1810-1887
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Thomas Falconer to Alfred Austin] (open access)

[Letter from Thomas Falconer to Alfred Austin]

Letter from Thomas Falconer to "My dear Austin" in London. The letter was written in the third month of Falconer's captivity and posted from San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The letter recounts how he became part of the Santa Fe Expedition in June 1841 and narrates his experiences during the expedition. Falconer states that he was falsely told that the expedition was for trade when in fact its purpose was to capture Santa Fe. The letter describes his companions; the decline of Santa Fe's importance for trade; problems with the route and guides; lack of food; a camp fire that becomes a prairie fire; buffalo; and Indian attacks, scalpings, and deaths. A typed transcript of this letter is also available via the Portal to Texas History.
Date: January 12, 1842
Creator: Falconer, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Typed transcript of letter from Thomas Falconer to Alfred Austin] (open access)

[Typed transcript of letter from Thomas Falconer to Alfred Austin]

Letter from Thomas Falconer to "My dear Austin" in London. The letter was written in the third month of Falconer's captivity and posted from San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The letter recounts how he became part of the Santa Fe Expedition in June 1841 and narrates his experiences during the expedition. Falconer states that he was falsely told that the expedition was for trade when in fact its purpose was to capture Santa Fe. The letter describes his companions; the decline of Santa Fe's importance for trade; problems with the route and guides; lack of food; a camp fire that becomes a prairie fire; buffalo; and Indian attacks, scalpings, and deaths. The original handwritten letter is also available via the Portal to Texas History.
Date: January 12, 1842
Creator: Falconer, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History