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Title | Records kept by Don Manuel Angel de Villegas Puente, factor, of the despatch and equipment of families which, by order of His Majesty, are on their way to settle the Province of Texas [Manuscript] |
Author | de Villegas Puente, Manuel Angel; Villasana Haggard, J; de Abiles, Antonio |
Date | 1730-1734 |
Document Type | Legal Papers; Personal Account |
Reference | 2Q232, Folder 723 |
Library / Archive | Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin |
Collection Name | Canary Islanders Records, 1730-1734 |
Description | Records on the equipment and families emigrating to Texas. Settlers included 15 families and four unmarried men. The document sets out their provisions, characteristics of each settler, the process of arranging for the journey and the money granted to them. |
Theme(s) | Politics, Legislation and Governance; Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations |
Country (from) | Spain; Canary Islands |
Country (to) | United States of America |
Places | Cuautitlan, Mexico City, Mexico; Texas, San Francisco, California, United States |
Nationality | Spanish; Canarian |
Keywords | clothing, government, possessions, animals, finance, accounts, assisted emigration, provisions, women, children, wages, health and sickness, medical examination, friar |
Additional Information | This is a photostat copy. Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin catalogue. |
Language | Spanish |
Document(s) linked to |
Records kept by Don Manuel Angel de Villegas Puente, factor, of the despatch and equipment of families which, by order of His Majesty, are on their way to settle the Province of Texas [Translation] |
Copyright | Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin |