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[Transcript of Letter from Juan Nepomuceno Peña]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Juan Nepomuceno Peña, discussing the author's joy at receiving people from all over the world to colonize Mexican Texas, as well as his excitement at receiving a letter from the Mexican president. He also discusses the Catholicism of the incoming settlers, and their need for a priest who understands English.
Date: unknown
Creator: Peña, Juan Nepomuceno
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[Transcript of Letters , 1829]

Description: Copy of transcript for several letters written in 1829. In the first letter, John Austin and James Austin asking for the rights to the silver and lead mines. The second is a receipt from Joseph White, and the third informs the Austins that whichever of the men who has claimed the mine, and who successfully creates a well and mines lead or silver, may keep it.
Date: {1829-05-05,1829-07-02}
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[Transcript of Three Letters Concerning a Mine, 1829]

Description: Copy of transcript for three letters written in 1829. The first is from Samuel M. Williams to Joseph White, concerning his attempts to acquire the rights to a silver and lead mine. The second is a receipt from Joseph White, and the third, from Pedro Vidaurri, informs Williams of the things he must do to affirm his ownership of the mine.
Date: {1829-05-05,1829-07-03}
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[Transcript of Two Letters Concerning Slavery]

Description: Copy of transcript for two letters. The first is to the American colonists in Texas, discussing the sale of slave and the effect of American Indian raids on the colonies. The second letter, to the City Hall, explains the necessity of new colonists, who emigrate during the summer, to sell their slaves in order to survive until the fall.
Date: unknown
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Mexicali 1921 Sheet 1

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Mexicali in Mexico, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: December 1921
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
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Mexicali 1921 Sheet 2

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Mexicali in Mexico, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: December 1921
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
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