The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 44, July 1940 - April, 1941 Page: 92
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
In the presidio of San Juan Bautista del Rio G[rand]e del
Norte, in the Province of Coahuila, on the twenty-ninth day
of the month of March, seventeen hundred thirty-four, having
seen and read with due attention and respect the superior dis-
patch enclosed herewith and which was issued by order of
His Ex[cellenc]y, Sefior Marqu6s de Casafuerte, my lord, vice-
roy, governor, and captain g[ene]ral of New Spain, I, D[o]n
Joseph Antonio de Eca y Mfizquiz, cap[tai]n and chief justice
of this royal presidio, hereby declare that I will obey it; and I
placed this special command of his ex[cellenc]y upon my head,'
and I shall comply with it whenever I am asked for the ten
soldiers of this royal presidio by special messenger from the
[Presidio] of S[a]n Antonio de Valero in the Prov[inc]e of
Texas, New Philippines. In witness whereof, and to attest
obedience thereto, I have issued this [statement] signed by my
hand and seal, together with my witnesses in attendance, who
likewise affixed their signatures hereon, because there is no
se [cret]ary of government and war in this presidio. In due
form I certify.
Don Joseph Antonio Eca y Mfizquiz
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Witness : Witness :
Domo. de Monz6n Joseph Phblix Saenz
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To THE EDITOR:
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the field of county and community history in Texas would be
immeasurably aided were there in existence files of all the
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mary source for State and National as well as local history.
The advertisements they carry are scarcely less interesting than
the news items. The commercial and economic life of our people
is mirrored there, just as the political, industrial, economic,
and social life is reflected in the news columns.
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and preservation, and the cost of binding, all tend to discourage
collection of newspapers by private collectors. In some cases
this difficulty has led to the disposition of back files by the
publishers themselves.
1Documentary orders from a superior were placed upon the head by the
recipient in sign of homage and unquestioning obedience.92
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