Nuevo Santander (New Spain)--History.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Acts of the Visit of the Royal Commissioners (Auto de la general visita)
Collection — 119
Identifier: ELIBR-0119
Scope and Contents
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
Archivo General de la Nación (Mexico) Collection [photocopies]
Collection — 24, Box: 1R
Identifier: ELIBR-0024
Scope and Contents
Collection includes photostatic copies from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission primarily concerning different towns in Nueva Colonia de Santander.
Dates:
1757 - 1773; Majority of material found within 1757 - 1758
Maps of Archivo General de la Nación (Mexico) Collection
Collection
Identifier: BD-0026
Scope and Contents
Sample collection of 17 maps of colonial Mexico and Texas from the Archivo General de la Nacion, Mexico. Project funded by the Summerlee Foundation. Images and descriptions provided by the photographer Armando Alonzo
Images are accessible via our institutional repository.
Images are accessible via our institutional repository.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1700-1851 (not inclusive)
