Letter from José Lorenzo Urias to the Laredo alcalde, informing him that Alejandro de Luna has fled from several debts. The alcalde is to turn him over to Fernando Benavides.

Letter from Luis San Miguel to the Laredo alcalde, saying Tomás Vatello will return the horse which belongs to Enrique García.

Letter from Juan Molano to the Laredo ayuntamiento concerning the need for money in the treasury. The governor is writing to tax administrators to send money quickly as the treasury is empty.

Letter from Juan A. Seguín to the Laredo alcalde, asking him to have Santiago Hernández's "capote" returned as Juan José Sánchez currently has it.

Note from José Guadalupe de Samano to the Laredo ayuntamiento, informing it that he is sending a copy of his findings from his surveying work.

Letter from Alejandro Treviño to the Laredo alcalde concerning a recent robbery. According to the account, the suitcase stolen from Francisco Esparza from the barracks of Laredo is in Bexar.

Letter from José María Girón to the Laredo ayuntamiento, concerning editions to a previously published decree. According to Girón the articles may be suspended until the new edition is ready to be published.

Letter from Sam Houston to David C. Dickson discussing a document relevant to Dickson's political objective.

Letter from Juan A. Seguín to the Laredo alcalde, informing him that Cesario Pasano has received his horse back. Accordingly, Vitoriano Juárez should pay 11 pesos and 5 reales he gained for originally selling the horse.

Letter from Juan A. Seguín to the Laredo alcalde, informing him that Augustín Barrera is going to Laredo to collect 20 pesos owed to him by Luis Castañon.

Document stating that Fernando and Gregorio García, and Basilio and José Angel Benavides, have given power of attorney to Tomás García Davila. This document is signed by numerous local officials, including the alcalde.

Copy of transcript for a letter from Santiago Del Valle.

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin to Wiley Martin requesting that George Fisher's transactions not be of concern to Wiley and that Fisher be allowed to complete his duties.

Henry Matthews (1799-18?) was a Methodist circuit rider, schoolteacher, and practicing physician from Ohio, who made his way from Ohio, through the Illinois Territory, to Texas. Primarily a circuit-riding preacher and schoolteacher in his early days in Ohio, Matthews practiced medicine more formally in the 1830s and 1840s in San Felipe, Texas, where Matthews and his wife Miranda eventually settled. The latter two-thirds are a private diary, but many of the entries are made over printed finance notes, for which the book was originally printed. The initial third have some edits made to the printed sections but do not appear to be used as intended. Entries range from weather reports to crop and garden reports to mentions of Matthews’ medical practice in San Felipe. There are some loose papers in this volume, including one signed, “Miranda Matthews,” regarding a girl named Mary.