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Bexar Archives, 1799-1804

 Item — Volume: Supplement 4

Scope and Contents

5 January 1799-20 December 1804.

Official letters, reports, orders and replies between various authorities in Nacogdoches and the upper echelon including the King of Spain. Philip Nolan, expeditions, intrigues, group attacks, death, capture and imprisonment of his party and their transfer to Mexico. Robert Ashley and his group threaten to come in from Natchez to fulfill Nolan's plans. Don Antonio Y'Barbo: debts, expedientes, wages, family, banishment from Nacogdoches and return. Indian affairs: trade, treaties, rebellions, legal residence, leaders, troubles between Texas and Louisana tribes. Founding of Tensas Nation. General government organizational administrative changes in both the provinces and in Nacogdoches. Texas-Louisiana boundary settlement after Louisiana ceded to France and sold to U.S.. Immigration from Louisiana to Texas. Nacogdoches: political and military government, building church, organizing school, new stockades, analysis of community life, geography, fiscal affairs, agriculture, etc. (See especially pages 199, 204, 208, 211-215, 218-222, 247-252, 266-67, 284, 347, 362-369).

Dates

  • Creation: 1799-1804

Creator

Extent

From the Collection: 93.00 Volumes

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the East Texas Research Center Repository

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