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Portrait of Lorenzo de Zavala
Oil painting of Lorenzo de Zavala, completed in 1980 using other images of the subject as a reference.
Biographical notes on Lorenzo de Zavala
A brief biography of Lorenzo de Zavala
[Biography of Lorenzo de Zavala taken from book by Francisco Sosa titled: Biografias de Mexicanos Distinguidos]
Biography of Zavala taken from Biografias de Mexicanos Distinquidos by Francisco Sosa.
Draft of letter to Allan Duckworth from Adina de Zavala
A letter concerning pictures and captions to be used in describing Lorenzo de Zavala and his homesite
[Envelope of letter from Govenor of Veracruz to Zavala]
The envelope of a letter cover sent from Governor of Veracruz, Mexico. Xalapa.
[Front page to Zavala's Original Official Documents of the Texas colonization]
Front cover of Zavala's original official documents of the colonization in Texas.
[Letter from Jose Antonio Mexia to a Mr. Holmes, September]
A letter from Jose Antonio Mexia to a Mr. Holmes with orders to deliver information. New Orleans, September.
[Letter from Mexia to Zavala, December 18, 1832]
Letter from Mexia to Zavala: December 18, 1832.
[Letter from Political Chief to Lorenzo Zavala] October 6th 1835
Letter from Rueg to Zavala informing him of his intention to call at San Felipe on the 15 inst.
The Lorenzo de Zavalas
Biography of the de Zavalas
Mexican Government Description
Details of the Battle of San Jacinto and a description of the Mexican government. The document is incomplete.
[Unknown Spanish receipt]
Unknown Spanish receipt.
Zavala Family Genealogy
Zavala family history with breakdown of genealogical data.
de Zavala Park [Statement]
Statement describing a plan to create "De Zavala Park" in Harris County including a monument remembering Lorenzo de Zavala at the location of his home and grave. The statement includes background about de Zavala and the memorial plans, with a call to contact Representative Albert Thomas to support the plan.
[Letter from Lenz to Yarborough] June 4th 1963
Correspondence regarding opposition from Albert Thomas against De Zavala Park
[Letter from Yarborough to Lenz] May 27th, 1963
Yarborough reports a positive response from the Senate regarding his proposal to create a Park at the homesite of Lorenzo de Zavala in Harris County.
[Letter from Lenz to Yarborough] October 21st, 1962
Continued correspondence regarding De Zavala Park
[Letter from Lenz to Yarborough] December 12th 1960
Continued correspondence regarding the creation of De Zavala Park
[Letter from Lenz to Yarborough] May 9th, 1960
An update on the effort to create De Zavala Park on the homesite
[Abstract of Original Titles of Zavala's colony with names of grantees, dates ot title, and quantity during the years 1834-1835. September 1, 1932]
A true and correct copy of pages 137 to 151 inclusive taken from "An Abstract of the Original Titles of Record in the General Land office in Austin, Texas: September 1, 1932.
[Photostatic copy of the original Index to Unfinished Business in Zavala's Colony, September 1, 1932]
Photostatic copy of the original Index to Unfinished Business in Zavala's Colony found in the Spanish archives of the General Land Office. Austin, TX, September 1, 1932.
[Land grant title to John Bevil granted by Lorenzo de Zavala, October 29, 1834]]
Title of Possession of Land given to John Bevil October 28, 1834. Included are all the legal transactions made between Texas Government and authorized persons included in Bevil's Title of Land process. This copy is a translated copy by P.H. Buckley.
[Copy #2 of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833]
Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833, to sell eleven leagues of land in Texas. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
[Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833]
Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833, to sell eleven leagues of land in Texas. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
[Court transactions of Eleven leagues of land from Don Fernando del Valle to Zavala, November 11, 1833]
Valle granting permission to conclude the sale to Zavala of the eleven leagues of land which he possesses as his own in Texas. And the documents transferring power of ownership and land rights of the eleven leagues of land to Emily de Zavala. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
[Letter from Adina to Mary] November 15th, 1900
A secret letter from Adina to her sister, Mary, including information on family history.
[Certified Marriage Record of Zavala and West]
A certified marriage record of Lorenzo de (Lawrence) Zavala and Emily (Emilia) West. Took place November 12, 1831 at R. C. Church of Transfiguration by the Rev. Felix Varela. New York. Copied from the Parish Register on October 11, 1900.
[Letter from de Zavala Jr to Adina - June 19, 1895]
Reply to Adina's request for family history
[Letter from de Zavala Jr to Adina June 19th 1895]
Response to Adina's request for family history
[Letter from de Zavala Jr to Adina - September 25, 1893]
Reply to Adina's request for family history
[Letter from de Zavala, Jr. to Adina March 24th 1891]
Correspondence in Spanish regarding Adina's request for family history.
[Letter from de Zavala Jr to Adina December 12th 1890]
Letter replying to Adina's request for family history.
[Letter from de Zavala Jr to Adina July 3, 1889]
Reply to Adina's request for family history
[Letter from de Zavala Jr to Adina May 5th 1889]
Reply to Adina's request for family history.
Letter from Victor Rose to Adina de Zavala - May 4, 1889
Letter contaning statements of the high regard in which Mr. Rose held Lorenzo de Zavala.
[Letter from de Zavala Jr to Adina March 24th 1889]
Letter containing responses to Adina's requests for family history.
Life of Lorenzo de Zavala by Mary Jane Harris Briscoe
Biographical sketch of Lorenzo de Zavala by Mary Jane Harris Briscoe. Her family lived near the de Zavalas when she was a girl. Citation info: Mary Jane Harris Briscoe Papers, MC056, San Jacinto Museum of History, Houston, Texas.
[Letter from Frank Johnson to Julia Zavala, July 24, 1882]
Letter from Frank N. Johnson to Julia Zavala with handwritten copy of Captain R.M. Potter's account of Zavala's life taken from a paper furnished by Captain Potter himself. This biography of Zavala that Potter sketches deals mostly with his political life.
[Letter from Frank Johnson to Mrs. Louis Zavala, July 24, 1882]
Letter from Frank N. Johnson to Mrs. Louis Zavala with typed copy of Captain R.M. Potter's account of Zavala's life taken from a paper furnished by Captain Potter himself. This biography of Zavala that Potter sketches deals mostly with his political life.
[Letter from Emily Hand to Adina de Zavala February 14th, 1881]
An affectionate letter regarding the welfare of the family
[Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala Jr. to unknown person, enclosed with letter to W.E. Hutchison, July 1, 1879]
Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala Jr. to unknown person enclosed with with an additional letter to W.E. Hutchison. The letter addressed to Hutchison describes the mis-handling of the affairs over the estate and property of the deceased Lorenzo de Zavala Sr. The additional letter to unknown person describes his own eye-witness account of the events of the Battle of San Jacinto and his personal endeavors afterwards. Merida, Yucatan, July 1, 1879.
[Letter from de Zavala Jr. to Adina July 26, 1878]
Correspondence to Adina regarding her request for family history
1861 Petition by Heirs
Petition by the heirs of Lorenzo de Zavala for lands he was entitled to under his impresario contract. The 1861 type-script has a manuscript appended.
Memorial to the legislature of the State of Texas, of Wm. H. Jones, Administrator of the estate of Lorenzo de Zavala, deceased, empresario of Zavala's Colony
Memorial to the legislature of the State of Texas, of Wm. H. Jones, Administrator of the estate of Lorenzo de Zavala, deceased, impresario of Zavala's Colony : petitioning for the issue of twenty four leagues and twenty one labors of premium land certificates, to the widow & heirs of Lorenzo de Zavala, deceased : being the amount of land which accrued to said Zavala by virtue of his colonization contract with the State of Coahuila and Texas; as heretofore recognized by the Republic and State of Texas, by general laws, and the interpretation thereof by the Supreme Court.
1857 Petition by Heirs
Petition by the heirs of Lorenzo de Zavala for payment of his salary as Vice President
[Personal letter from unknown person, September 6, 1849]
Personal letter from unknown person. Bejar, September 6, 1849.
[Court document from County of Bexar, October 25, 1848]
Court document from County of Bexar. Bexar County, October 25, 1848.
Letter from William L. Delap to George Cupples, March 20, 1845
Discusses the possible good effects of the recent proffer of annexation terms to Texas by the U.S. Congress and Delap's translation of de Zavala's book Ensayo Historico de las Revoluciones de Megico des 1808 hasta 1830
[Draft of letter from Valentin Gomez Farias to General Adrian Woll, Noveber 22, 1844]
Draft of letter from Valentin Gomez Farias to General Adrian Woll, discussing the evil brought to Mexico by Santa Anna.
[Draft of letter from Valentin Gomez Farias to Crescencio Rejón]
Rough draft of an unfinished letter, to Crescencio Rejón from Valentin Gomez Farias, on necessity of a change in Mexico. ] New Orleans
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