Acts of the Visit of the Royal Commissioners (Auto de la general visita) [photocopies]

Collection — Container: 119

Identifier: ELIBR-0119

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection is entirely comprised of photocopies of the corresponding material from The Texas General Land Office, the official repository for original Spanish and Mexican land titles in Texas.

Acts of the Visit of the Royal Commissioners (Auto de la general visita) was transcribed from archives in Mexico. These volumes record the distribution of land by the royal Spanish commissioners in 1767 to the Rio Grande settlements of Laredo, Mier, Camargo, Revilla (later Guerrero), and Reynosa, which were established by José de Escandón. About 170 of the porciones granted to individual settlers at that time are located within the present boundaries of Texas.

Dates

1753-1832

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley assumes no responsibility.

Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

1.29 Linear Feet (Record box)

1 Boxes (Record box)

Language of Materials

English

Spanish; Castilian

Additional Description

Existence and Location of Originals

The Texas General Land Office 1700 N. Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78701-1495 | PO Box 12873 Austin, TX 78711-2873 1.800.998.4GLO (4456) | 512.463.5001 Website: https://www.glo.texas.gov/

General

Please contact University Library, Special Collections and University Archives at (956) 665-2726 or via email at archives@utrgv.edu for more information and requests.

Subjects

Colonization Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Land grants--Mexico Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Land grants--Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Lower Rio Grande Valley (Tex.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
Lower Rio Grande Valley (Tex.)--History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Mexican-American Border Region--History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Nuevo Santander (New Spain)--History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Texas, South--History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings