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[Message from Jose Lafuente in Laredo] (open access)

[Message from Jose Lafuente in Laredo]

Message from Jose Lafuente to people in Laredo concerning people who were using flower decorations reserved to Corpus Christi processions must pay a fine of of five pesos within fifteen days; jail sentences are to be issued without payments. Lafuente also references a recent drought.
Date: 1808-06~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Procedures and Regulations from Manuel de Iturbe] (open access)

[Procedures and Regulations from Manuel de Iturbe]

Message from Manuel de Iturbe with procedures and regulations regarding fiscal agents guilty of embezzlement. The document is badly stained and frayed, and is also signed and dated by local Spanish authorities acknowledging their having received the message from the governor.
Date: 1808-06~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Message from Manuel de Iturbe Concerning Secretary of State] (open access)

[Message from Manuel de Iturbe Concerning Secretary of State]

Message from Manuel de Iturbe saying that Antonio Olaquer Feliz has been named Secretary of State and the War Cabinet. The document is signed by Spanish officials in the local towns and villas, acknowledging their having received the message.
Date: 1808-06~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Elias Haines to John Rice Jones, June 2, 1808] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Elias Haines to John Rice Jones, June 2, 1808]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Elias Haines to John Rice Jones concerning his attempt to collect money owed to him by brothers Stephen and Moses Austin from Elias Austin Elliott. Haines was unsuccessful in his attempt and suspects that Elliott committed suicide after his disappearance.
Date: June 2, 1808
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin to Charles Elliott, June 20, 1808] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin to Charles Elliott, June 20, 1808]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Moses Austin to Charles Elliott concerning the arrival and sale of lead shot. Austin also outlines some of his business troubles to Elliott.
Date: June 20, 1808
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History