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Gobierno Supremo del Estado libre de Coahuila y Tejas, Decree No. 250

Description: Decree No. 250, Congress of Coahuila y Texas, dated January 27, 1834, granting an extension of four years for completion of the contracts of John McMullen and Lorenzo de Zavala. Transmitted by Seguín to the alcalde of Béxar.
Date: January 27, 1834
Creator: Coahuila and Texas (Mexico)
Partner: Texas General Land Office

[Lorenzo de Zavala’s empresario contract]

Description: Terms and conditions of Lorenzo de Zavala's impresario contract. This copy dated 5/22/1830.
Date: May 22, 1830
Creator: Zavala, Lorenzo de, 1788-1836
Partner: Texas General Land Office

José María Falcón, Secretary of the State Government, to José Angel Navarro, Acting Political Chief of Dept. of Béxar]

Description: Transcribing a communication from the minister of state and relations to the governor (6/6/1835) requiring him to notify Lorenzo de Zavala to proceed to Mexico City and give an account of his diplomatic mission to France, and also to deliver to him the enclosed document (not found here). This order and the document forwarded to the political chief.
Date: July 20, 1835
Creator: Falcón, José María
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Gobierno Supremo del Estado libre de Coahuila y Tejas

Description: Broadside issued by the governor of the state of Coahuila and Texas communicating an order received from the Secretaría de Estado.
Date: 1834
Creator: Lombardo, Francisco María & Vidaurri y Villaseñor, Francisco
Partner: SMU Libraries

[Copy of letter from Zavala to Mexia, May 26, 1836]

Description: Letter from Zavala to Mexia. Zavala's feelings for his birth and mother country, Mexico and his confidence towards his new country and on the Texas military. Velasco, May 26, 1836.
Date: May 26, 1836
Creator: Zavala, Lorenzo de, 1788-1836
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Letter from Manuel Ordiera to Santa Anna, June 26, 1833]

Description: Ordiera's letter to Santa Anna, giving him an account of which their spies informed to him into a meeting to invade all the State of Mexico. Tetlacala, Iguala; Tierra Caliente; Valladolid; Teloloapan; gral. Franco Hernández; Buena Vista; Chilapa; Ometepec; Oaxaca; Costa Chica; cnel. Tomás Moreno; Pérez Palacios; Cuernavaca; Zavala.
Date: June 26, 1833
Creator: Ordiera, Manuel
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Letter from Zavala to Mexia, May 26, 1836]

Description: Letter from Zavala to Mexia. Zavala's feelings for his birth and mother country, Mexico and his confidence towards his new country and on the Texas military. Velasco, May 26, 1836.
Date: May 26, 1836
Creator: Zavala, Lorenzo de, 1788-1836
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Mexico, Presidente Interino]

Description: Interim President of Mexico instructs Mr. D. Miguel Santa Maria on the negotiation entrusted to him with the Cabinet of Madrid, regarding the recognition of Mexican Independence and the Treaty of friendship and commerce. Reference to: Note of Lorenzo Zavala; Duque de Frías; treaty of Spain with the Estados Generales de la Provincias Unidas in 1648 and of England with the U. S. in 1783 and 1794; required inclusion of Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, México, Michoacá… more
Date: March 5, 1835
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Letter from Mexia to Zavala, January 26, 1833]

Description: Mexia to Zavala: Wishes to know if Zavala has plans for him. Believes Zavala should request a four year extension on his colonization grant in Texas. Mexico, January 26, 1833.
Date: January 26, 1833
Creator: Mexia, Jose Antonio
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Letter from Mexia to Zavala, January 24, 1833]

Description: Mexia to Zavala: Had heard that Zavala had died during apoplectic fit. Wants Zavala's opinion on the elections. Belief by the president that there is a conspiracy against Zavala. Mexico, January 24, 1833.
Date: January 24, 1833
Creator: Mexia, Jose Antonio
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Letter from Mexia to Zavala, January 22, 1833]

Description: Mexia to Zavala: On a conversation held with Aguilera on political matters. Mexico, January 22, 1833.
Date: January 22, 1833
Creator: Mexia, Jose Antonio
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Letter from Mexia to Zavala, January 17, 1833]

Description: Mexia to Zavala: Discussions of political affairs: the convention is to be replaced by a congress, and elections have already begun in some states. Mexico, January 17, 1833.
Date: January 17, 1833
Creator: Mexia, Jose Antonio
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Letter from Mexia to Zavala, January 16, 1833]

Description: Mexia to Zavala: Political affairs discussed; nominations for various posts. Conveys news received from friends in New York. Mexico, January 16, 1833.
Date: January 16, 1833
Creator: Mexia, Jose Antonio
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Letter from Mexia to Zavala, January 4, 1833]

Description: Mexia to Zavala: Expressing his belief that Zavala's place is in the Congress if he no longer wants to be governor. Mexico, January 4, 1833.
Date: January 4, 1833
Creator: Mexia, Jose Antonio
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Letter from Mexia to Zavala, March 22, 1833]

Description: Mexia to Zavala: On the elections for president and vice president and the need for Zavala to come to Mexico City to help organize the party. On Santa Anna's unwillingness to come being the best thing, since Gomez Farias is better suited to the tasks at hand. Mexico, March 22, 1833.
Date: March 22, 1833
Creator: Mexia, Jose Antonio
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Letter from Mexia to Zavala, March 15, 1833]

Description: Mexia to Zavala: On the problems of getting enough elected members of the new Congress to open its sessions. Mexico, March 15, 1833.
Date: March 15, 1833
Creator: Mexia, Jose Antonio
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Letter from Mexia to Zavala, February 20, 1833]

Description: Mexia to Zavala: On reorganization of the opposition. On how Pedraza's quest to make everyone a friend will back-fire. Mexico, February 20, 1833.
Date: February 20, 1833
Creator: Mexia, Jose Antonio
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Letter from Mexia to Zavala, February 13, 1833]

Description: Mexia to Zavala: On meeting with Pedraza, Angulo, Farias and others on what is being accomplished. Hopes Zavala will join the new Congress. Mexico, February 13, 1833.
Date: February 13, 1833
Creator: Mexia, Jose Antonio
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
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