[cross] year of65 as the time-limit for[asserting a claim), the goods will be considered abandoned...

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[cross]

Year ........................of........................1782

Certified Copy

Of the original proceedings conducted by Colonel Don Domingo

Cabello, governor of the province of Los Texas, consequent to

the superior order of the lord commandant general of these

Interior Provinces--found at the beginning [hereof]--citing

and summoning Felis and Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de

los Rfos, and Ant[oni]o Romero, who were soldiers at the [now]

abandoned presidio of [Nuestra Senora del Pilar de] Los Adaes,

in order that they may present themselves or their agents to

receive the assets belonging to them, which represent proceeds

from the balance formed on Lieutenant Colonel Don Angel de•

Martos y Nabarrete, who was governor of the said province

and captain of the aforenamed presidio, which [Martos y

Nabarrete was) ordered by the Most Excellent Senor Marques

de Rubi to repay, as a result of the inspection review which

[Rubf] passed on the troops of the company of the above-mentioned

presidio.

No. 53

//v [ Blank]

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Official letter from the Consequent to that which has.

lord commandant general been disclosed by the assessor

of this commandery in.view of

cuaderno-number 22, which Your Lordship remitted to me with

the documents of the inspection review of this company, to

authorise distribution of the twenty thousand pesos repaid

by Lieutenant Colonel Don Angel de Martos [y Navarrete] to

the troops who served at the [now] abandoned presidio of

[Nuestra Senora del Pilar de] los Adaes, I have resolved by

today's decree to apprise Your Lordship--as I now do--that

the effects worth seven hundred twenty-two pesos and four

`ranos deposited with Don Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca as a-debit

in favor of Felis and Cristobal de los Reyes,[Rubric ofDomingo Jose Luis de los Rios, and Antonio Romero, are

-Cabelloto be sold immediately at public auction at the

highest prices they can bring. The liquid amount which they

bring shall be placed in the gratificasion fund of the compa-

ny with the status of a deposit for the time being.

This done, Your Lordship shall post proclamations in

your villa [San Fernando de Bexar] and shall send an official

letter to the governor of Cohahuila, so that he may also

publish them in the province under his jurisdiction, citing

and calling forth the aforenamed creditors or their heirs,lv

so that when this authorisation is made evident, they

may proceed to receive their respective shares. It shall be

understood that with the passage of one year, to be designated

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as the time-limit for[asserting a claim), the goods will be

considered abandoned property and will be applied to the

gratificasion fund. Your Lordship shall remit to me a

certified copy of the proceedings in due time so that, adding

them to the afore-mentioned cuaderno, I may perform thereon

what is acceptable [by law]. God keep Your Lordship many

years. Arispe, March 5, 1782 El Cavallero de Croix

Serior Don Domingo Cabello

[C.C., 1-lv pp., in E. 3/5/1782-6/16/17921

Decree In view of that which has been ordered of me

by the lord commandant general of the Interior

Provinces of this Kingdom of New Spain in

the official letter aforegoing, to be put into effect in

every part, and since it is not acceptable to remove the

original document no. 22 from the file of the inspection

review [documents] where it is located, let a certified

verbatim copy be made and added to these proceedings,, so

that Reformado Captain Don Luis Ant[oni)o Menchaca may

consequently be ordered to deliver the goods and products

named therein, so that the rest of what is advised by the

afore-mentioned lord commandant general may thereupon pro-

ceed. Thus it is provided, ordered, and signed by me, Don

Domingo Cabello, Colonel in the Royal //2 Armies, Governor

and Commandant of Arms of the Province of Los Texas, its

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Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry

Company of the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar,

and Inspector General of the Militia Corps and Presidial

Troops of the said Province by Commission Conferred by the

Lord Commandant General of the Interior Provinces of this

Kingdom of New Spain; at this Royal Presidio of S[a]n Antonio

de Bexar and villa of S[a]n Fernando, on the twenty-fifth day

of the month of June, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-two;

before the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence

of a notary, doing so on this plain[Rubric ofDomingo paper, as there is none stamped.Cabello]

This I certify. Cabello

Jose Plazido de Monzon, attendant witness Pedro Dias

del Castillo, attendant witness

[C.C., lv-2 pp., in E. 3/5/1782-6/16/179 2]

Record showing [the amounts] owed to persons absent and an

interest in the balances formed on Lieutenant Colonel Donr-,

^ngel de Martos, to wit: Wo

au

' `o

u

mor.CU

u

To Felis de los Reyes is owed......................0,109 1 0

To Jose. Luis de los RZos^

...........................0,392

7 3

To Antonio Romero ..................................0,155 2 4

To Cristobal de los Reyes... .......................0,06^+ 5 9

Total ................0,722 0

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The goods on hand [to be applied] towards complete payment

and satisfaction of the above-given amount are as follows:

First, four hats at four pesos [each]...........0,016 0 0

Total [carried forward] 0,016 0 0

//2v

Brought forward 0,016 0 0

Also three cuirasses with their covers,

at 14 pesos [each]...........o............0,0^+2 0 0

Also 2 bolts of narrow coarse cotton

cloth from Puebla, at 5 reales

a vara ....................................0,040 0 0

Also one bolt of holland, 18 varas [long],

at 10 reales a vara .......................0,022 4 0

Also 9 varas of cloth ribbon, at 2 pesos

a vara ....................................0,018 0 0

Also 3 bolts of narrow Brittany cloth...........0,033 0 0

Also 10 1/4 varas of decorated cambric,

at 6 pesos a vara ..... ....................0,061 4 0

Also 8 1/3 varas of blue printed calico,

at 6 pesos a vara.....................e...0,050 0 0

Also 6 1/2 onzas of coral, at 5 pesos

an onza ....................................0,032 0 0

Also 1 dozen [pairs] of leather shoes,

at 1 peso a pair ..........................0,012 0 0

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Also 1 dozen [pa3.rs] of women's shoes,

at 12 reales a pair ........................0,018 0 0

Also 1 bolt of oontivi, 40 varas

[long], at 10 reales a vara..,....q,.......0,050 0 0

Also 10 varas of crimson damask, at

10 pesos a vara ............................0,100 0

Also 100 pesos' worth of soap,

at 10 bars to a peso .......................0,100 0 0

Also 50 pesos' worth of sugar loaves,

at two to a peso ...........................0,050 0 0

Also 5 dozen coat buttons of silver

thread, at 12 reales a dozen ...............0,007 4 0

Also 4 small black silk nets, at

8 p e s os . . . . • • . • ,. . • • . • • . • • . . . . . . •• • • . • . • • • . . 0 , 03 2 0

Also 10 1/2 varas of cheesecloth, at 3

pesos, 4 reales a vara .....................0,036 6 0

Also 3 1/2 varas of mother-of-pearl ribbon

at 2 reales a vara .........................0,000 6

Total sum.......... 0,722

S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar, February 13, 1781 Luis Antonio

Menchaca

[C.C., 2-2v pp., in E. 3/5/1782-6/16/1792]

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[The aforegoing] agrees with the original thereof, found

in the portfolio of [documents concerning] the inspection

review passed on the cavalry company of this presidio, in

the file of documents numbered 22, which I cite, and from

which I -- Don Domingo Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies,

Governor and Commandant of Arms of the Province of Los Texas,

its Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry

Company of the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Antonio de Bexar, and

Inspector General of the Militia Corps and Presidial Troops

of the said Province by Commission Conferred by the Lord

Commandant General of the Interior Provinces of this Kingdom

of New Spain--did order it made and did make it, for the

purposes advised in,my decree of the twenty-fifth of. this

present month of June. It is accurate, true, and correct.

It fills one sheet of plain paper. Present to see it written

and compared were Don Jose Ant[oni]o de Bustillo y Zeballos

and Don Joaquzn Flores, both living as residents at this

presidio of [San Antonio de] Be'xar and villa of S[a]n Fernando,

where this has been done on the twenty-eighth day of the month3

of // June, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-two, before

the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a

notary, doing so on this plain paper, as there is none stamped.

This I certify Dom[ing]o Cabello Jose Plazido de

Monzon, attendant witness Pedro Dias del Castillo,

attendant witness

[C.C., 2v-3 pp., in E. 3/5 /1782 - 6/16/1792]

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Decree To these proceedings has been added the

copy of [the list of] goods and products in

the possession of the reformado captain Don

Luis Ant[ oni] ® Menchaca, which [goods] belong to Pelis and

Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rios, and Antonio

Romero, who were soldiers in the cavalry company of the [now]

abandoned presidio of Los Adaes, and who, being absent, did

not receive their share of the balances made for the time

when Lieutenant Colonel Don Angel de Martos y Nabarrete was

captain of the said company. Therefore(Rubric ofDomingo Cabello] let the afore-mentioned Reformado

Captain Don Luis Antonio Menchaca be

informed by one of the attendant witnesses.with whom I act

in the absence of a notary to prepare to deliver the afore-

mentioned goods and products, as ordered by the lord comman-

dant general of the Interior Provinces of this kingdom of

New Spain in his superior order which is at the beginning

[herein], and to do with them what I am therein advised to-

do, so that, upon specifying a day on which they are to be

received, I may name a person to go and take charge of them,

and the auctioning of them may proceed on the same terms

advised, in addition to whatever //3v else is to be done in

this matter. Thus it is provided, ordered, and signed by

me Don Dom[ingjo Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies,


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its Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain of the

Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of S[a] n Ant[ oni] o

de Bexar, and Inspector General of the Militia Corps and

Presidial Troops of the said Province by Commission Conferred

by the Lord Commandant General of the Interior Provinces of

this Kingdom of New Spain; at this Royal Presidio of S[a]n

Ant[oni]o de Bexar, on the first of July, in the year seven-

teen hundred eighty-two; before the attendant witnesses with

whom I act in the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain

paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify Cabello

Jose Plazido de Monzon, attendant witness Pedro

Dfas del Castillo, attendant witness

[C.C., 3-3v PP•, in E. 3/5/1782-6/16/1792]

Notification On the said day, month, and year, I Jose

Plazido de Monzon, one of the attendant

witnesses with whom the lord governor and commandant of arms

of this province of Los Texas acts in the absence of a notary,

in order to effect that which was ordered in the decree

aforegoing, having gone to the house and residence of Senor

Reformado Captain Don Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca, made known to

him personally the provision above-given. Instructed,thereon

and 4 informed thereof he said [the following:] Due to the

great loss s.ustained during the period of more than eight

years while he had kept and maintained in his possession the

articles which he was tnow] ordered to deliver and those

specifically mentioned on the reverse of page two of these

proceedings, occasioned by the deterioration of the said

effeGts, it was necessary for him to expend some of them so

as not to lose them entirely. Therefore he cannot now make

complete delivery of them; but he will indeed do so in the

month of November or December of the present year, at the

return of the residents of this presidio[Rubric ofDomingo who are going to the market at El Saltillo,Cabel].o)

and will charge them [to replace] those

[items] which are missing from the whole because they were

expended. This was all he stated on the matter of which

he had been informed. He signed [this statement] with me,

as evidence whereof I place it in the proceedings Jose

Plazido de Monzon Luis Antonio Menchaca.

[C.C., 3v-4 pp., in E. 3/5 /1782-6/16/1792)

Decree I have seen that which was stated by Reformado

Captain Don Luis Antonio de Menchaca in the

aforegoing reply given to the notification which was ordered

made. I am not [prepared] to accede to the demand which he

interposes, due to the strict charges given me by the lord

commandant general of //4v these [Interior] Provinces, as

evidenced in the superior order [included] at the beginning

[of this3, for the most speedy conduct of this matter. Thus

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the postponement which the afore-mentioned captain requests for

replacement of the items which he has in storage and (which

he] must deliver is not admissible. Consequently Don Jose

Ant[oni]o de Bustillo y Zeballos, cashier of the abilitac^on

of the cavalry company of this presidio, an intelligent

person having my full confidence, shall go to the domicile

of the aforesaid captain with one of the attendant witnesses

with whom I act in the absence of a notary and shall receive

and take charge of the goods and products shown on the record

found on the reverse of page 2 of these proceedings. All

those missing from the complete total thereof will be replaced

by the above-mentioned Reformado Captain Don Luis Ant[onilo

Menchaca in ready cash at the prices [the.goods] currently

have at this presidio and the same ones which they would

bring in the auction to be conducted. My above-named deputy

is not to permit [Menchaca] to do otherwise for any reason.

For all of this I give [Bustillo y Zeballos] sufficient

authority to the extent required by law. //5And [when this

is] done [let] autos [be made]. Thus it is provided', ordered,

and signed by me., Don Domingo Cabello, Colonel in the Royal

Armies, Governor and Commandant of Arms of the Province of

Los Texas, its Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain

of the Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of S[a]n

Antonio de Bexar, and Inspector General of the Interior

Provinces of this Kingdom.of New Spain; at this Royal Presidio

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of S[ a] rn Ant [ oni] o de Bexa r, on the third day of the month

of July, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-two; before the

attendant witnesses with whom I act in[Rubric ofDomingo the absence of a notary, doing so on, thisCabello]

plain paper, as there is none stamped.

This I certify. Cabello Jose Plazido de Monzon,

attendant witness. Pedro Dias del Castillo, attendant

witne s s -------

C.C., 4-5 pp., in E. 3/5 /1782-6/16/1792]

Proceedings concerning At this Royal Presidio of S[a]nobedience and the re-ceipt of goods Antonio de Bexar and villa>of

S[a]n Fernando, on the fifth day

of the month of July, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-

two, I, Don Jose Antonio de Bustillo y Zeballos, having seen

and obeyed entirely the aforegoing commission which the lord

governor of this province has deigned to confer upon me, in

prompt and due compliance therewith, accompanied by Don Jose

//5 v Plazido de Monzon, one of the attendant witnesses with

whom the lord governor acts in the absence of a notary,. did

go to the domicile of Ref ormado Captain Don Luis Ant[oni]o

Menchaca and did make known to him in person the provision

aforegoing. Having been informed of it, he obeyed it,

effecting delivery of the afore-mentioned goods, as follows:

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^0 .-^

CL4 a 0First, 4 hats, at 4 pesos [each] ...............0,016 0 0

Also three cuirasses with their covers,

at 14 pesos [each] .......................0,042 0 0

Also one bolt and 24 1/2 varas of narrow

coarse cotton cloth from Puebla, at

5 reales a vara ..........................0,035 2 6

Also 1 bundle of holland .....................0,022 0 0

Also 9 varas of cloth ribbon, at 2

pesos a vara .............................0,018 0 0

Also 2 bolts of narrow Brittany cloth..........0,022 0 0

Also 3 1/8 varas of decorated cambric,

at 6 pesos a vara.-.......................0,018 6 0

Also 6 varas of blue printed calico,

at 6 pesos a vara ........................0,036 0 0.

Also 6 1/2 onzas of coral, at 5 pesos

an onza . ................................0,032 0 0

Also 1 dozen (pairs of] leather shoes, at

1 peso a pair ............................0,012 0 0

Also 1 dozen [pairs of] women's shoes at 12

reales a pair ............ ................0,018 0 0

Also 10 varas of crimson damask, at 10

pesos a vara .............................0,100 0 0

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Also 100 pesos' worth of soap, at

10 bars to a peso..........................0,100 0 0

Also 50 pesos' worth of sugar loaves,

at 2 to a peso .............................0,050 0 0

Also 5 dozen coat buttons of silver

thread, at 12 reales a dozen...............0,007 4 0

Also 4 small black silk nets, at 8

pesos [each]...............................0,032 0 0

Also 10 1/2 varas of cheesecloth, at

3 pesos, 4 reales a vara ...................0,036 6 0

Also 3 1/2 varas of mother-of-pearl ribbon,

at 2 reales a vara.... .....................0,000 6

Total value of goods delivered .............0,599 4 10

As it appears on the aforegoing account, the goods and

products delivered by Reformado Captain Don Luis Ant[oni]o

Menchaca have a total value of 5 99 pesos, 4 reales, and 10

ra no s. And since [goods] representing 122 pesos, 3 reales,

and 6 rano s are lacking from the complete total of //6

722 pesos and 4granos an examination was begun [to determine]

what [the missing items] were, consequent to what the said

captain stated in the reply given on pages 3 verso and 4, as

follows:

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e

7 varas of coarse cotton cloth, at 5 reales

a v a r a ♦ r + • • e • . s a s • s . • r • . • • • • • • • • • • • « ♦ 0 g 004

1 bolt of narrow Brittany cloth ............ 0,011 0 0

7 1/8 varas of decorated cambric,

at 6 pesos a vara .................... 0,042 6 0

2 1/2 varas of blue printed calico,

at 6 pesos a vara .................... 0,014 0 0

40 varas of pontivi, at 10 reales a vara ... 0,050 0 0

Sum of the value of missing

goods and products ................... 0,122

The one hundred twenty-two pesos, three reales, and

six ranos which is the value of the goods and effects not

delivered by the aforenamed reformado captain, plus the five

hundred ninety-nine pesos, four reales, and ten granos which

is the sum of [the value of goods] received, comprise the

total of seven hundred twenty-two pesos[Rubric ofDomingo and four gra[noJs which the said captainCabello]

must deliver for the total satisfaction

of the charge which he is obligated and commanded by the lord

governor of this province [to pay]. Consequently, informed of

all that has been done --- since he is present --- [Menchaca]

says that he is prepared to pay for [the missing goods] at

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the prices at which they are valued and presently being sold

at this presidio. Thus these proceedings are concluded and

I, the appointee, have considered the afore-mentioned goods

and effects as having been received. According to the. sum of

their prices with respect.to the old schedule, they amount to

6v the four hundred ninety-nine pesos and ten rg anos;

whereupon I have signed [this document] on the said day,

month, and year, together with Reformado Captain Don Luis

Ant[oni]o Menchaca and the attendant witness named by the

lord governor of this province, doing so on this plain paper

as there is none stamped. This I certify Jose Antonio

de Bustillo y Zeballos Luis Antonio Menchaca Jose

Plazido de Monzon, attendant witness.

[C.C., 5-6v pp., in E. 3/5 /1782-6/16/1792]

Decree Delivery of the goods and effects which were placed

in the possession of Reformado Captain Don Luis

Ant[oni]o Menchaca is complete. Five hundred

ninety-nine pesos four reales and ten ranos are considered

as having been received in kind. Those [goods] representing

the remaining one hundred twenty-two pesos, three reales, and

six granos, the said captain is prepared to pay for at the

price at which they are currently being sold at this presidio.

In view of this, let these proceedings be sent to the lord

governor of this province, that in view thereof he may determine

I

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what is most to his liking. Thus it has been provided,

ordered, and signed by me, Don Jose' Antonio de Bustillo y

Zeballos, appointed by His Lordship for the reception of the

said goods; at this Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de

Bexar, on the sixth day of the month of July, in the year

seventeen hundred eighty-two; before the attendant witness

named by the said lord [governor], doing so on this plain

paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify. Jose'

Antonio de Bustillo y Zeballos Jose Plazido de Monzon,

attendant witness

[C.C., 6v-7 pp., in E. 3/5/1782-6/16/17921

Auto At the Royal Presidio of S[a)n Ant[oni]o de Bexar,

on the sixth day of the month.of July, in the

year seventeen hundred eighty-two, I, Don Dom[ing]o

Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor and Commandant

of Arms of the Province of Los Texas, its Missions, Conquests,

and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry Company of the Royal

Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni)o de Bexar, and Inspector General

of the Militia Corps and Presidial Troops.[Rubricof Domingo of the said Province by Commission ConferredCabello]

by the Lord. Commandant General of the

Inter,ior Provinces of this Kingdom of New Spain, [do state

the following:] Delivery has been made by Reformado Captain

Don Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca of the goods and products --- which

he had on deposit in his possession --- which belonged to

Felis and Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rfos, and

Ant[oni]o Romero. Being absent at the time of distribution

of those paid out by Lieutenant Colonel Don Angel de Martos

[y Navarrete], who was governor of this province and captain

of the [now] defunct cavalry company of the presidio of [Nuestra

Senora del Pilar dej los Adaes, [the four men] did not receive

[their share]. What the said captain, [Menchaca], must replace

amounts to one hundred twenty-two pesos, three reales, and six

granos at the price at which [the goods] might be valued

according to //7v what they are presently being sold for at

this presidio, while five hundred ninety-nine pesos, four

reales, and ten Erano s in available goods has been found.

Thus the two parts amount to the seven hundred twenty-two pesos

and four grarnols which is the total value of them all.

Considering the fact that in the auction to be held a great,

deal of difficulty could be occasioned in disposing of them

when the bidders see the high prices to which they amount,

they will be valued with respect to the prices at which they

are being sold in the stores at this presidio and to their

present state, so as to proceed to their sale. Consequently,

satisfied with the legal knowledge and understanding of Don

Jose Ant[oni]o de Bustillo y Zeballos, who for so many years

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has managed the affairs of the abilitacion of this cavalry

company with all integrity and fidelity, I must command and

do command that the afore-mentioned goods and products be

apprmised under the conditions and circumstances advised, so

as to determine by such means the amount to be replaced by

Reformado Captain Don Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca and the separate

values of the goods and products to be auctioned, which to-

gether are to comprise the total amount due the interested

parties, and I do thereby what I have been ordered by the lord

commandant general of these Interior Provinces to do: Thus8

I have provided, ordered, and affixed my signature, // before


notary, doing so on this plain paper, as there is none stamped.

.This I certify. Domingo Cabello Jose Plazido de


attendant witness

;C.C., 7-8 pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]

[Cross] Appraisal at current At the Royal. Presidio ofprices of goods and productsdelivered by Captain Don Luis S[a]n Ant[oni]o de BexarAnt[oni]o Menchaca

and villa of S[ a] n Fern[ an] do,-

on the eighth day of the month of July, in the year seventeen

hundred eighty-two, I, Don Jose Ant[oni]o de Bustillo y

Zeballos--appointed by the lord governor and commandant

of arms of this province of Los Texas for the appraisal of

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the goods and products delivered by Reformado Captain Don Luis

Ant[oni]o Menchaca and likewise of those he is to replace, as

evidenced in the aforegoing proceedings--do proceed with my

legal knowledge and understanding to [re]appraise [the gooda,

changing] the prices designated for them according to the old

schedule to those at which they are presently[Rubric ofDomingo being sold at this presidio, in view of theirCabello]

present condition and in accordance with the

information I have in this matter. Consequently I proceed in

the form and manner following:

Prices on Prices in thethe old presentschedule appraisal

oods delivered byCaptain Menchaca

Wr-,

cn 0in a) r_0 ,-+ COcn co ^_4a) a)a. a

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First, 4. hats, at it pesos[each] ................... 0,016 it 0,1 0 0,005 It 0 ►r 0

Also 3 cuirasses withtheir covers, at 14pesos [each] ............. 0,042 it 0 it 0 0,007 it 4 it 0

Also 1 bolt and 24 1/2varas of narrow coarsecotton cloth from Puebla,at 5 reales a vara ....... ,035 ► r 2. it 6 0,014 it 1,t 0

Also 1 bundle of holland .... 0,022 it 4 it 0 0,005 4

Total [carried forward] ..... 0,115 it 6it 6 0,032 it 1 it 0

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8v// Prices on Prices in the

the old presentschedule j t appraisal

^.--,,n 0

cn a) r-o r-! COU) COa) aUw p[ c7

inQ)w

^rn o

cZQ) ud

Brought forward 0,115 it 6,t 6 0,032 , 1 " 0

Also 9 varas of clothribbon, at 2 pesosa vara ................... 0,018 0,; 0 0,002 „ 2 it 0

Also 2 bolts of narrow Brittanycloth, at11 pesos abolt ..................... 0,022 „ 0 „ 0 0, 015 it it 0

Also 3 1/8 varas of decoratedcambric, at 6 pesos avara ........... ..........

Also 6 varas of blue printedcalico, at 6 pesos avara ....................

0,018 it 6 it 0

0,036 it 0 it 0

0, 006 :, 2 „' 0

0, 00'T it 4 it 0

Also 6 1/2 ornzas of coral,at 5 pesos an onza ....... 0,032 0„ 0 0,008 „ 1 if 0

Also 1 dozen [pairs of].leather shoes, atone peso a pair .......... 0,012 it 0„ 0 0,003 ,, 6 „ 0

Also 1 dozen [pairs of]women's shoes, at 12reales a pair ............ 0,018 it 0„ 0 0,009 it 0 „ 0

Also 10 varas of crimsondamask, at 10 pesos avara ..................... 0,100 „ 0 It 0

Also 100 pesos' worth ofsoap, at 10 bars to apeso ........ ... 0,100 „ 0 ,r 0

Also 50 pesos'' worth ofsugar loaves, at twoto a peso ....... .. ....... 0,050 n 0 r, 0

0,022 it 4 rr 0

0,019,r3 11 0

0,008 it 2 it 0

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N 0) Sr N N f^W (r', C3 pi t4 0

Also 5 dozen silver threadcoat buttons, at twelvereales a dozen .......... 0,007 It it 0 0,001 „ 2 , 0

Also 4 small black silk nets,at 8 pesos each .......... 0,032 0„ 0 0,008 it 0„ 0

Also 10 1/2 varas ofcheesecloth, at 3 pesos,4 reales a vara ......... 0,036 6„ 0 0,018 3„ 0

Also 3 1/2 varas of mother-of-pearl ribbon, at 2 realesa vara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0,000 „ 6 it 4 0,000 r, 3 0

Total ............. .. ...... 0 599 it 4,f 10 0,162 11 37

Goods which the saidcaptain is to pay for

7 1/2 varas of coarsecotton cloth, at 5reales a vara ........... 0,004 ?P

0, 002 it 2i, 9

1 bolt of narrow Brittanycloth ................... 0,011 „ 0 0 0,007 it 5it 0

7 1/8 varas of decoratedcambric, at 6 pesos avara ... ..... ......... 0,042 it „ 0 0,014 it 2 it 0

2 1/3 varas of blue printedcalico, at 6 pesos avara .................... 0,014 It 0 0,002 ,

r-, va cn;U1 N 00 H ',

u u u

40 varas of pontivi, at 10reales a vara . .......... 0,050 ►► 0 ►► 0 0,032 ►► 4 it 0

Total ...................... 0,122 it 3„ 6 0,059 ►► 5 ►, 1

° Summar.y

Value of goods delivered ... 0,599 ►► 4 ►► 10 0,162 it 3 it 0

Value of goods to be paidfor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0,122 t ► 3 11 6 0,059 It 5 ►t 1

Total Sum .................. 0,722 ►► 0 n 4 0,222 if 0 ►

According to the aforegoing appraisal, [the value of] the

five hundred ninety-nine pesos, four reales, and ten granos'9worth of goods received stands at one hundred sixty-two

pesos and three reales; and the one hundred twenty-two pesos,

three reales and six gra[no]s' [worth of goods], which

Reformado Captain Don Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca failed to turn

over and must replace in ready cash, [are valued]. at fifty-

nine pesos, five reales, and one grano. Adding together these

items, the result is that the seven hundred twenty-two pesos

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and four - r^ a.nos' [worth] --the totaY of these goods according

to the old schedule--have been appraised at [the prices] for

which they are being sold and at present can be sold, [which

is] two hundred twenty-two pesos and one rg ano-barring any

error of pen or reckoning. Consequently I am returning these

[Rubric of proceedings to the lord governor of thisDomingoCabello] province, so that he may, in view thereof,

determine what is most to his liking. I do so on this plain-

paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify. Jose

Antonio de Bustillo y Zeballos

[C.C., 8-9 pp., in E. 3/5 /1782 - 6/16/1792]

Decree Having seen the aforegoing appraisal formed

by Don Jose Ant[oni]o de Bustillo y Zeballos,

and agreeing with it as I do--since it is in conformity with

the prices at which similar goods are being sold in the stores

at this presidio--and [considering) how some.of them are

impaired and have deteriorated, [I order that] Captain Don.Luis

Ant[oni)o Menchaca be informed, by one of the attendant witnesses

with whom I act in the absence of a notary, that upon notifica-

tion he is to pay the fifty-nine pesos, five reales, and one9v

grano w:iich has been [shown to be] the value of // the goods

which {Menchaca] was to have turned over in the same kind as the

rest. When this is done the auction and sale of those [goods]

available is to proceed. Thus it is provided, ordered, and

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signed by me, Don Dom[ing]o Cabello, Colonel in the Roya1,

Armies, Governor and Commandant of Arms of the Province of

Los Texas, its Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain

of the Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of S[a]n

Ant[oni]o de Bexar, and Inspector General of the Militia

Corps and Presidial Troops of the said Province by Commission

Conferred by the Lord Commandant General of the Interior

Provinces of this Kingdom of New Spain; at this Royal Presidio

of S[a]n Antonio de Bexar, on the eleventh day of the month

of July, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-two; before the

attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a notary,

doing so on this plain paper, as there is none stamped. This

I certify. Cabello Jose Plazido de Monzon, a-ttendant

witness Pedro Dias del Castillo, attendant witness,

[C.C., 9-9v pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]

Notification On the said day, month, and year I, Jose

Plazido de Monzon, one of the attendant

witnesses with whom the lord governor of this province acts in

the absence of a notary, in order to put into effect that

which was ordered in the decree aforegoing, did go to the

residence of Reformado Captain Don Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca

and did make known to him in person the provision aforegoing.10

Informed // thereof, he said that he would tender and

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immediately did tender in ready cash the fifty-nine pesos,

five reales, and one grano that he had been charged. This

was all he stated on the matter. He signed [this] with me,.

^.^as evidence whereof I place it in the proceedings.

Jose Pl.azido de Monzon Luis Antonio Menchaca

[ C. C. , 9v-10 pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]

Auto At the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de

Bexar, and villa of S[a]n Fern[an]do, on the

eleventh day of the month of July, in the year seventeen

hundred eighty-two, I, Don Dom[ing]o Cabello, Colonel in the

Royal Armies, Governor and Commandant of Arms of the Province

of Los Texas, its Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain

of the Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o

de Bexar, and Inspector General of the Militia Corps and

Presidial Troops of the said Province by[Rubric ofDomingo Commission Conferred by the Lord CommandantCabello]

General of the Interior Provinces of this

Kingdom of New Spain [do state the following:] As a consequence

of completion of the proceedings of the appraisal of goods

delivered by Reformado Captain Don Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca

and the value of those he has replaced in ready cash, and since

I must proceed to the sale of [the goods], I must command and

do command that the above-mentioned goods be exhibited at

public announcements for a period of nine days, during which

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there shall be three announcements on every third day, untillOv

// the sale and auction is realised as advised in the royal

municipal laws of these kingdoms. Towards this end the first

three announcements shall be made tomorrow [and announcements{

shall continue] until the auction and sale to.the highest

bidder. When this is done, the other proceedings which the

lord commandant general has ordered conducted shall continue.

Thus I have provided, ordered, and affixed my signature, be-

fore the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence

of a notary, doing so on this plain paper, as there is none

stamped. This I certify. Domingo Cabello Jose

Plazido de Monzon, attendant witness Pedro Dias del

Castillo, attendant witness

[C.C., 10-10 v pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]

lst Notice At the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]

de Bexar and villa of S[a]n Fern[an]do, on

the twelfth day of the month of July, in the year seventeen

hundred eighty-two, before me, the above-named governor, and


notary, Cayetano de Soto, who acts as crier at this presidio

for the publication of bandos and other matters arising,

proc.eeded to the door of these Royal Houses in which I live,

at exactly eleven o'clock in the morning, to give the first

notice in the presence of many people who had gathered there.

11Speaking in a loud and clear voice, he said that // goods

and products worth seven hundred twenty-two pesos and four

r^.anos--from the balances belonging to Felis and Cristobal

de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los R^os, and Ant[oni]o Romero,

which they realised as soldiers at the [now] abandoned

presidio of [Nuestra Senora del Pilar de] Los Adaes--had been

appraised at two hundred twenty-two pesos and one grano

according to current prices. [This he said] so that whoever

wished to bid on them might appear before the lord governor

and commandant of arms of this province, who would accept

(bids] and sell to the highest bidder. He will cause [the

record of sale] to appear in the autos concerning the matter,

on the [same] terms [as those] leading to the said appraisal.

[Rubric ofDomingoCabello]

These announcements continued at half past

eleven, and the third [took place] at exactly

twelve o'clock; in witness whereof I have

signed [this] with the attendant witnesses with whom I act

in the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain paper, as

there is none stamped. This I certify. Dom[ing]o Cabello

Jose Plazido de Monzon, attendant witness Pedro


[C.C., lOv-11 pp., in.E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792)

2nd Notice At the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de

Bexar and villa of S[a]n Fern[an]do, on the

fifteenth day of the month of July, in the year seventeen

hundred eighty-two, before me, the above-named governor, and.


notary, Cayetano de Soto, who acts as crier at this.presidioliv

for the publication of bandos and other matters // arising,

proceeded to the door of these Royal Houses in which I live.,

at exactly eleven o'clock in the morning, to give the second


Speaking in a loud and clear voice, he said that goods and

products worth seven hundred twenty-two pesos and four ra no s

--from the balances belonging to Felis and Cristobal de los

Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rios, and Antonio Romero, which.,.they

realised as soldiers at the [now] abandoned presidio of

[Nuestra Senora del Pilar de] los Adaes--had been appraised

at two hundred twenty-two pesos and one grano according to

current prices. [This he said] so that whoever wished to bid

on them might appear before the lord governor and commander of

arms of this province, who would accept [bids] and sell to the.

highest bidder. He will cause [the record of sale] to appear

in the autos concerning the matter, on the [same] terms [as

those] leading to the said appraisal. These notices continued

at half past eleven, and the third [took place] at exactly

twelve o'clock; in witness whereof I have signed [this] with

the attendant witnesses with whom I act•in the absence of a

notary, doing so on this plain paper as there is none stamped.

This I certify. Dom[ing]o Cabello Jose Plazido de

Monzon, attendant witness -Pedro Dias del Castillo,

attendant witness.

[ c. C. , ii-iiv pp.,in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792)

L,

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12//

3rd Notice At the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de


twentieth day of the month of July, in the year seventeen

hundred eighty-two, before me, the above-named governor, and


notary, Cayetano de Soto, who acts as crier at this presidio

for the publication of bandos and other matters arising,

appeared at the door of these Royal Houses in which I live,

at exactly eleven o'clock in the morning, to give the first


Speaking in a loud and clear voice, he said that goods and

products worth seven hundred twenty-two pesos and four granos

--from the balances belonging to Felis and Cristobal de los

Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rios, and Ant[oni]o[ Rubr ic ofDomingo Romero, which they realised as soldiers atCabello]

the [now] abandoned presidio of [Nuestra

Senora del Pilar de] los Adaes--had been appraised at two

hundred twenty-two pesos and one grano according to current

prices. [This he said] so that whoever wished to bid on them

might appear before the lord governor and commandant of arms

of this province, who would accept [bids] and sell to the

highest bidder. He will cause [the record of sale] to appear

in the autos concerning the matter, on the [same] terms [as

those] leading to the said appraisal. These announcements

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continued at half past eleven, and the third [took place] at12v

twelve o'clock. At this point Manuel de Flores y Valdes

a resident of this presidio, appeared and stated that he would

offer the amount at which the goods were appraised. The said

bid was accepted, whereupon [de Soto] proceeded to give the

final notice. And when it appeared that there would be no

higher bidder, [the governor] proceeded to say to the [success-.

ful] bidder, "Going once, going twice, going thrice. May it

prosper you well." At this the afore-mentioned goods were sold

to the above-named Manuel de Flores y Valdes on the terms

mentioned above, by virtue whereof delivery of the said goods

will proceed tomorrow, the twenty-first of the present month,

and at the same time [the buyer] will.tender two hundred.

twenty-two pesos and one grano, the amount for which the sale

was concluded. [Flores y Valdes] signed the sale [agreement]

with me and with the attendant witnesses with whom I act in

the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain paper, as

there is none stamped. This I certify. Dom[ing]o Cabello

Man[ue]i Flores y Valdes Jose Plazido de Monzon,

attendant witness Pedro Dias del Castillo, attendant

witness

[C.C., 12-12v pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]

13//

Auto of At the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o dedelivery


twenty-second day of the month of July in the year seventeen

hundred eighty-two, I, Don Dom[ing]o Cabello, Colonel in the

Royal Armies, Governor and Commandant of arms of the Province


of the Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of S[ajn Ant[oni]o

de Bexar and Inspector General of the Militia Corps and

Presidial Troops of the said Province by Commission Conferred


this Kingdom of New Spain, [do state the following:] When

Man[ue]1 Flores y Valde's, resident of this presidio, was

present, he was given the goods and products delivered by

Reformado Captain Don Luis Ant[ oni] o Menchaca,[Rubric ofDomingo (which goods ha.d) belonged to Felis andCabello]

Cr^stobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los

Rios, and Ant[oni]o Romero, as evidenced in the proceedings

on page 8 and the reverse thereof. [Flores y Valdes],

considering them delivered and received to his entire satis-

faction and pleasure, proffered at the same time the amount

of one hundred sixty-two pesos and three reales in credit

and hard cash,'which I, the afore-mentioned governor,

considered as given and received in satisfaction of the

above-cited amount. [I did so] in order to proceed--with

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that [sum] and with the fifty-nine pesos, five reales and one

grano tendered by the afore-mentioned Reformado Captain Don13v

Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca, comprising all together two

hundred twenty-two pesos and one r̂ ano--as ordered by the

lord commandant general. The [entire]eamount is the [prorated]

proceeds from the seven hundred twenty-two pesos and four

r^.anos' worth of goods and products to which the aforesaid

interested persons are entitled. As evidence thereof the

above-cited Man[ue]l Flores y Valdes has affixed his signature

with mine and those of the attendant witnesses with whom I

act in the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain paper,

as there is none stamped. This I certify. Dom[ing:]o

Cabello Manuel Flores y Valdes Jose Plazido.de


attendant witness

[C.C., 13-13v pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792)

Decree Man[ue]1 Flores y Valdes, a resident of this

presidio, has paid the one hundred sixty-two

pesos and three reales representing goods and products sold

at public auction and delivered by Reformado Captain Don Luis

Ant[oni]o Menchaca, [which goods] had belonged to Felis and

Cristobal de los Reyes, Joso Luis de los Rios, and Ant[oni]o

Romero, who were soldiers at the [now] abandoned presidio of

[Nuestra Senora del Pilar de] los Adaes. Added thereto are.

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the fifty-nine pesds, five reales, and one granoano paid in14

hard cash by the afore-mentioned captain for // those [goods]

which he failed to deliver in the same kind as those which

he himself had on deposit. [Together] they compxrise the

sum of two hundred twenty-two pesos and one grano, at which

[the goods] were appraised according to present-day prices of

the seven hundred twenty-two pesos and four granos' worth of

the afore-mentioned goods and products deposited with the

above-named captain at prices on the old schedule--as is more

clearly evidenced on page 5 verso and on [page] 8 and the

reverse thereof. In consequence thereof, let publication

and posting of the edicts proceed at this presidio and villa

of S[a]n Fern[an]do, and there let the.[Rubric ofDomingo afore-mentioned Felis and Cristobal deCabello]

los Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rfos, and

Ant[oni]o Romero be cited, called, and summoned, that they

themselves or--in their default--their heirs or agents may

appear and present themselves to make known in this my

tribunal the identity of their persons and rights, so that

they may be paid the amount due to each of them. It is to

be understood that beyond the time limit of one year as

designated for [their claim, the money] shall be considered

abandoned property, to be applied to the gratif icasion fund

of the present cavalry company of this presidio of S[a]n14v

Ant[ oni] o// de Bexar. To this end an official letter

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will be sent to the governor of the province of Cohahuila

enclosing that of the lord commandant general, which is at

the beginning of these proceedings, so that, informed of

its content, he may deign to do what is incumbent upon him

and to advise of his having done so. [This matter] is to be

added to the autos, wherein is to be placed one copy of the

said edict followed by a record of its publication and 'posting.

[This is to be done] for the complete formulation of these

proceedings. Thus it is provided, ordered, and signed by me,

Don Dom[ing]o Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor




and Inspector General of the Militia Corps and Presidial Troops

of the said Province by Commission Conferred by the Lord

Commandant General of the Interior Provinces of this Kingdom

of New Spain; at this Royal Presidio of [San Antonio de] Bexar,

on the twenty-third day of the month of July, in the year

seventeen hundred eighty-two; before the attendant witnesses

with whom I act in the absence of a notary, doing so on this

plain paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify..15

Cabello Jose Plazido de // Monzon, attendant witness

Pedro Dias del Castillo, attendant witness.

[C.C., 13v-15 pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]

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Edict Don Dom[ing]o Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies,

Governor and Commandant of Arms of the Province


of the Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o

de Bexar, and Inspector General of the Militia Corps.and

.Presidial Troops of the said Province by Commission Conferred


this Kingdom of New Spain I make known to all by whom these

presents shall be seen and heard that I do cite, summon, and

call Felis and Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rios,

and Ant[oni]o Romero, who were soldiers at the [now] abandoned

presidio of [Nuestra Senora del Pilar de]los[Rubric ofDomingo Adaes. They were not present at this [presidio]Cabello]

of S[a]n Ant[oni)o de Bexar during the

distribution to the said company's troops of the goods and

products [representing] the twenty thousand pesos which was

the resulting balance against Lieutenant Colonel Don Angel de

Martos y Nabarrete from the time he was governor of this

province of Los Texas and captain of the aforesaid company.

Thus they did not receive the part equal to their share of

the balance. Consequently I do command them, by this my edict,

to appear within the space of one year reckoned from the datel5v

of publication hereof, // to present themselves or, in their

default, their heirs or agents, and to make known in this my

tribunal the identity of their persons and their rights, so

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that they may be paid the sum due each of them. It is to be

understood that beyond the time limit designated for [that

purpose, the goods] will be considered abandoned property and

will be applied to the gratificasion fund of the present

cavalry company of this presidio of [San Antonio de] Bexar,

in accordance with the autos formed on the matter, which I

[hereby] cite. Done at this Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de

Bexar, on the twenty-fourth day of the month of July, in the

.year seventeen hundred eighty-two; before the attendant

witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a notary, doing

so on this plain paper, as there is none stamped. This I

certify. Domingo Cabello Jose Plazido de Mon-zon,


witness

[C.C., 15-15v pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]

Record Royal Presidio of S[a]n Antonio de Bexar, July

25, 1782 On this date the edict aforegoing

was published by bando and was posted at the portals of the

guardhouse of the said pre16dio, as evidence whereof I place

this in the proceedings // ' and certify it. Cabello

[C.C., 15v-16 pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]

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Decree In view of evidence of publication by bando of

the edict for the purpose of summoning, citing,

and calling Felis and Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de

los Rios, and Ant[oni]o Romero for the ends stated therein;

and whereas an official letter is to be sent to the governor

of the province of Cohahuila so that he may proceed to ful-

fillment of the same requirement: let a certified copy of

the said official letter be placed below as evidence for all

time of the manner in which this was done. Thus it is provided,

ordered, and signed by me, Don Dom[ing]o Cabello, Colonel in

the Royal Armies, Governor and Commandant of Arms of the

Province of Los Texas, its Missions, Conquests,[Rubric ofDomingo and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry CompanyCabello]

of the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de

Bexar, and Inspector General of the Militia Corps and Presidial

Troops of the said Province by Commission Conferred by the Lord

Commandant General of the Interior Provinces of this Kingdom of

New Spain; at this Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar,

on the twentieth day of the month of August, in the year

seventeen hundred eighty-two; before the attendant witnesses

with whom I act in the absence of a notary, doing so.on this

plain paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify..16v

Cabello Jose Plazxdo de Monzon, attendant

witness Pedro.Dias del Castillo, attendant witness

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(C.C., 16-16v pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792)

Official letter written to My dear sir: One of thethe governor of Cohahuila,enclos in g that of the matters I had to complete inlord commandant general

the inspection review which

I passed on the cavalry company of this presidio was the

liquidat'ion of some accounts amounting to two thousand pesos

which Lieutenant Colonel Don Angel de Martos y Nabarrete,

who was governor of this province and captain of the [now]

abandoned presidio of [Nuestra Senora del Pilar de] los Adaes,

paid to the soldiers thereof as a result of the balances

formed against him in the inspection review passed on the

af ore-mentioned presidio by the Most Excellent Senor Marq,ues

de Rubi; and having sent these documents to the lord

commandant general, I have been ordered by him as follows

"Consequent to that which has been disclosed by the

assessor of this commandery in view cif' quaderno number 22,.

which Your Lordship remitted to me with the documents of the

inspection review of this company, to authorise distribution

of the twenty thousand pesos repaid by Lieutenant Colonel

Don Angel de Martos [y Navarrete] to the troops who served

at the [now] abandoned presidio of [Nuestra Senora del Pilar

de] los Adaes, I have resolved by today's decree to apprise.

Your Lordship--as I now do'-that the effects worth seven17

hundred twenty-two // pesos.and four ra no s deposited

03

►

with Don Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca as a debit in favor of

Felis and Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rios,

and Ant[ oni] o Romero, are to be sold immediately at public

auction at the highest prices they can bring. The liquid

amount which they bring shall be placed in the gratificasion

fund of the company, with the status of a deposit for the

time being. This done, Your Lordship shall post pro-

clamations in your vi_ 1la [San Fernando de Bexar] and shall

send an official letter to.the governor of Cohahuila, so

that he may also publish them in the province under his

jurisdiction, citing and calling forth the aforenamed credi-

tors or their heirs, so that when this authorisation is made

evident, they may proceed to receive their respective shares.

It shall be understood that with the pas-[ Rubric ofDomingo sage of one year, to be designated as theCabello]

time limit for [asserting a claim], the

goods will be considered abandoned property and will be applied

to the gratif icasion fund. Your Lordship shall remit to me

a certified copy of the proceedings in due time so that,

adding them to the afore-mentioned cuaderno, I may perform

theron what is acceptable [by law]. God keep Your Lord-

ship many years. Arispe, March 5, 1782 El Cav[alle]ro

de Croix Senor Don Domingo Cabello" Consequent

thereto, and in compliance with that of which I am advised,

I am enclosing for Your Lordship the official letter from

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17v.the afore-mentioned lord commandant general, that, //

being informed as to its content, you may deign to do that

part which is incumbent upon you, apprising'.me of your having

done so, that [your reply and evidence of compliance] may be

added to the autos which I have formed on the matter

May Our Lord protect Your Lordship's life many years. S[a]n

Ant[oni]o de Bexar, August 20, 1782 Your Lordship's

most devoted and faithful servant kisses your hand

Domingo Cabello [addressee:] SeTior Don Juan de Vgalde

[C.C., 16v-17v pp., in E. 3/5/1782'- 6/16/1792]

[The foregoing] agrees with the copy of the original,

which was remitted to Colonel Don Juan de Vgalde, governor

of the province of Cohahuila, which I [hereby] cite. I, Don

Dom[ing]o Cabello--Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor



Company of the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar


Troops of.the said Province by Commission Conferred by the


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kingdom of New Spain--had ordered [the copy] made in order

to add it to these proceedings consequent to that which was

ordered in the decree aforegoing. It is accurate and true,

and has been compared [with the ori;ginal]. It fills two

sheets of plain paper. Present to see it written and to

compare it were Don Jose Ant[oni]o de Bustillo y Zeballos and18

Don Ant[oni]o de las Barzenas, both staying and residing

at this presidio of [San Antonio de] Bexar and villa of S[a]n

Fern[an]do, where [the present instrument] has been made on

the twentieth day of the month of August, in the year seven-

teen hundred eighty-two; before the attendant witnesses with

whom I act in the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain

paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify. Domingo

Cabello Jose Plazido de Monzon, attendant witness

Pedro Dias del Castillo, attendant witness

[C.C., 17v-18 pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]

Record [San Antonio de] Bexar, August 20, 1782

On this date the official letter of [which][Rubric ofDomingo the aforegoing [is a] certified copy wasCabello]

sent.by the monthly mail to the lord governor

of the province of Cohahuila; as evidence whereof I place

[this record] in the proceedings and certify it.

Cabello

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[C.C.3 18 p., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]

Decree Whereas all proceedings which were ordered

conducted by the lord commandant general for

the full security of goods belonging to Felis and Cristobal

de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rios, and Antonio Romero are

complete; and whereas the liquid remainder of the money

resulting in their favor must be entered in the gratificasion

fund: [now therefore] let an account be formed of the prices

and inevitable expenses paid from the two hundred twenty-two

pesos and one grano received at auction for the seven18v

hundred twenty-two pesos and // four r€ anos' worth of

goods which belonged to[the four men] and delivered to

Reformado Captain Don Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca, as is more

extensively evidenced in the aforegoing proceedings, so that

when the liquid amount is ascertained, the afore-mentioned

deposit may be made. It is to be remembered that three

percent is to be paid to Don Jose Ant[oni]o de Bustillo y

Zeballos for the labor which he undertook in the receipt,

appraisal, and delivery of the said goods and products to

Man[ue]l Flores y Valdes, who acquired them by purchase at

public auction. Thus it is provided, ordered, and signed

by me, Don Domingo Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies,


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its Missions, Conquests and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry



Troops of the said Province by Commission Conferred by the


Kingdom of New Spain; at this Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[onijo

de Bexar, on the twenty-second day of the month of August in

the year seventeen hundred eighty-two; before the attendant

witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a notary, doing

so on this plain paper, as.there is none stamped. This I19

certify. Cabello Jose Plazido de Monzon,


witness

[C.C., 18-19 pp., in E. 3/5 /1782 - 6/16/1792]

Record of inevitable expenditures incurred and due to

be absorbed from the two hundred twenty-two pesos and one

ra n o which is the liquid assets netted by the property

of Felis and Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rfos,

and Antonio Romero, in the form and manner shown hereunder:

Pesos Reales

For the 3 percent which is due.Don Jose Ant[oni]o de Bustilloy Zeballos for receipt anddelivery of the goods

It 006 it 5 ► t

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Pesos Reales

The amount paid to the crierCayetano de Soto for nine 002 it 2 itnotices at 2 reales each

Cost of publication of the 000 n 2 ofedict

For paper used in conductingthese proceedings and in.making a copy of them to be „ 01 0 tsent to the lord commandantgeneral as ordered

[Rubric of Total cost 010 It

DomingoCabellol

As it appears from the aforegoing account, the inevi-

.table expenditures incurred in conducting the aforegoing

proceedings amount to ten pesos and one real, in witness

whereof I have affixed my signature at this Royal Presidio

of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar, on the twenty-second day of

the month of August, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-

two; before the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the

absence of a notary, doing so on this plain paper, as there19v

is none stamped. This I certify. // Dom[ing]o

Cabello Jose Plazido de Monzon, attendant witness

Pedro Dfas del Castillo, attendant witness

[C.C., 19-19v pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]

log

Decree Having seen the preceding account, I consider

it correct and [declare it] approved. Since

the expenditures and costs assumed in pursuit of these

proceedings as conducted amounts to ten pesos and one real,

let [this amount] be deducted'from the two hundred twenty-two

pesos and one grano which is the property of the above-named

interested persons, since it is they who should assume it.

Let the two hundred eleven pesos, seven reales, and one grano

in liquid assets remaining after assuming and satisfying the

above-said costs be placed in the chest containing the

gratificasion fund which belong.s to the cavalry company of

this presidio. Hereunder is to be placed a receipt for

deposit thereof, in order to comply fully with all that the

lord commandant general has commanded relative to this matter.

And [when this is] done, [let] autos [be made]. Thus it is

provided, ordered, and signed by me, Don Dom[ing]o Cabello,

Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor and Commandant of Arms

of the Province of Texas, its Missions, Conquests, and

Frontiers, Captain of the.Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio

of San Antonio de Bexar, and Inspector General of the Militia

Corps and Presidial Troops of the said Province by Commission

Conferred //20by the Lord Commandant General of the Interior

Provinces of this Kingdom of New Spain; at this Royal Presidio

of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar, on the twenty-second day of the

month of August, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-two;

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before the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence

of a notaVy, doing so on this plain paper, as there is none

stamped. This I certify. -.W..Jose Pla'zido de Monzon,


witness

[C.Cd, 19v-20 pp., in E.'3/5 /1782 - 6/16/1792]

Receipt I, Don Jose Ant[oni]o Bustiilo y Zeballos,

charged with the affairs of several branches

included in the abilitacion of the -cavalry company of this

presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni.]o de Bexar in the absence of Don

Bern[ar]do F[e]rn[ande]z, lieutenant.and paymaster of the

above-cited company, who has gone to the city of S[a]n Luis

[Potosi] to receive the money payable to[ Rubri c ofDomingo the individuals of [the company], do stateCa be].lo] .

[the following:] Informed of the provision

issued by the lord governor and commandant of arms of the

province of Los Texas, I have received from the said gentle-

man's own hand two hundred eleven pesos, seven reales., and

one grano representing the liquid assets of balances belonging

to Felis and Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rios,

and Antonio Romero from the time when they were soldiers at

the [now] abandoned presidio of [Nuestra Senora del Pilar de]20v

los Adaes. This amount has been placed with the money //

ill

belonging to the gratificasion fund of the said company and

has the status of a deposit on the same terms and for the

purposes designated in the superior order of the lord

commandant general, which is at the.beginning of these

proceedings; in witness whereof I have affixed my signature

at this Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar, on the

twenty-second day of the month of August, in the year seven-

teen hundred eighty-two. [The amount deposited] is

two hundred eleven pesos, seven reales, and one grano

Jose' Antonio de Bustillo y Zeballos

; C.C., 20-20v pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792)_

Decree In view of the full completion of all such

proceedings as were ordered conducted by the

lord commandant general relating to the gathering of goods

and products which were in the possession of Reformado

Captain Don Luis Ant[onijo Menchaca, corresponding to the

seven hundred twenty-two pesos and four granos belonging to

the balances of Felis and Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis

de los Rios and Ant[oni]o Romero from the time when they

were soldiers at the [now] abandoned presidio of [Nuestra

Senora del Pilar de] los Adaes; and [whereas], appraised

according to prices currently being brought, the said goods

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and products were [found to be ] worth two hundred twenty-two

pesos and one rg ano, of which, after deducting ten pesos and

one real for costs and expenditures assumed, there Is aliquid21

remainder // of two hundred eleven pesos, seven reales and

one grano, which is on deposit in the gra t if ica s ion fund of

the cavalry company of this presidio; [and whereas] for receipt

thereof [the four men] have been cited and called forth by

public bando and likewise by posted edicts, while for the same

purpose an official letter has been released to the governor

of the province of Cohahuila in order that the same measures

may be put into effect there, asis more extensively and

individually evidenced in the aforegoing proceedings; [and,

whereas] the only remaining necessity is the proration showing

how much is due each of the above-cited interested individuals

from the liquid amount remaining in[Rubric ofDomingo their favor; I[therefore] proceed.toCabello]

form [the proration] in the form and

manner following

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Belonging to

[each one] ingoods

His share

i n reales

rMv^ v^

W aD cn aU0 H

j

0 ^^ CO ^n cua^ aD ^u a^

^ P4 a

To Felis de los Reyes 0,109. 1. 0. 0,302. 0.

To Jose Luis de los R^os 05392. 7. 3. 0,115. 2.

To Antonio Romero 0,155. 2. 4. 0,045. 4

To Cristobal de los Reyes 0,064.:. 0,019.

Totals 0.722. 0. 4.# 0,211.

2.

5.

6.

0.

1.

Consequently the legality of procedures in the said pro-

ration is verified according to the above, by virtue of which

these proceedings are considered closed pending the appear-21v

ance of the afore-mentioned interested parties, so that

each of them may be paid the amount of his respective share.

Thus it is provided, ordered, and signed by me, Don Dom[ing]o

Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor and Commandant

of Arms of the Province of Texas, its Missions, Conquests,

and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry Company of the-Royal

Presidio.of San Antonio de Bexar, and Inspector General of

the Militia Corps and Presidial Troops of the said Province

by Commission Conferred by the Lord Commandant General of the.

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Interior Provinces of this Kingdom of New Spain; at this

Royal Presidio of S[a]nAnt[oni]o de Bexar, on the twenty,-

sixth day of the month of August, in the year seventeen

hundred eighty-two; before the attendant witnesses with whom

I act in the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain

paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify.

Cabello Jose Pla'zido de Monzon, attendant witness

Pedro Dias del Castillo, attendant witness

[C..C., 20v-21v pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]

Decree Notwithstanding the passage of nine months

since an official letter--a copy of which

is found on pages 16 verso to 17 and its reverse--was sent

. to Senor Colonel Don Juan de Vgalde, governor of the province

of Cohahuila, he has not acknowledged receipt of it. Thus

these proceedings remain in total incompletion for lack of22

the afore-mentioned requisite. // I have received word

that Senor Lieutenant Colonel Don Pedro de Tueros has taken

possession of the aforenamed governorship. Therefore let.

another identical official letter be sent to [Pedro de Tueros],

so that his reply may be added to these proceedings, which

then may be thereby placed in their proper order. Thus it

is provided, ordered, and signed by me, Don Dom[ing]o Cabello,


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&-c.; at this Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar

and villa of S[ajn Fern[an]do, on the thirty-first day of

the month of May, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-

three; before the attendant witnesses with whom I act in

the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain paper, as

[Rubric ofthere is none stamped. This I certify. .

Domingo Cabello Jose Plazido de Monzon,Cabello]

attendant witness Pedro Dias.del

Castillo, attendant witness

[C.C., 21v-22 pp., in E. 3/5 /1782 -6/16/1792]

Record Royal Presidio of S[ajn Ant[oni]o de Bexar,

June 20, 1783 On this date the official

letter ordered in the aforegoing decree was sent by the

monthly mail to the senor governor of the province of

Cohahuila. A copy thereof is found on pages 16 verso to

17 and its reverse. As evidence thereof I place [this] in

the proceedings and certify it. Cabello

[C.C., 22 p., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]

Official letter from My dear sir: So as not tothe governor of theprovince of Cohahuila, delay Your Lordship in [re-se^ to the [governor]// v of the [province] ceiving information on] whatof Los Texas

has been done for the purpose

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of summoning the individuals who are creditors of the balances22v

resulting from the review passed by the Most Excellent

Senor Marques de Rubf, I am enclosing for Your Lordship the

original replies given me by the justicias of the district

of this province in view of the latest information I gave

them. Still posted in the most public place in this capital

is an identical copy of the edict which I sent to all juris-

dictions. Yet no one has asserted a claim, nor [does anyone)

have knowledge of such individuals [as might do so]., I

wish Your Lordship all felicity and [desire] that Our Lord

may prosper you therein--as is my prayer--many years. Villa

of La Monclova, October 27, 1783 Your Lordship's most

devoted and faithful servant kisses your hand. Pedro

Tueros Senor Colonel Don Dom[ing]o Cabello

[C.C., 22-22v pp., in E. 3/5 /1782 - 6/16/1792]

Official letter from My dear sir: In compliancethe captain of thepresidio of [San Juan with that of which Your GraceBautista d] el RioGrande to the gover- has deigned to advise me innor of Cohahuila

your official letter of the

9th of the current month, I

am bound to say that as of the present time there has appeared

not one of the interested persons, or heirs, cited in the

circular letter dated the 5th of July of this year, which Your

Grace has deigned to send me, concerning the balances resulting

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in favor of Felix and Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los

Rios, and An[toni] o Romero, who were soldiers at the [now]

abandoned presidio of [Nuestra Senora del Pilar dea los Adaes.

I have been able to learn only that Jose Luis de los Rios

is a native of El Nuebo Reyno de Leon, a bachelor, and a23

deserter. This news was given to me by Lieutenant Don

Jose Menchaca, who knew the said Rios when he was a soldier

at the afore-mentioned presidio. But [Menchaca] does.not

know his whereabouts or whether he has legitimate heirs who

might go to receive his share. This is all I am able to

state at the present time. God keep Your Grace many

years. Presidio of [San Juan Bautista del] Rio Grande,

October 18, 1783 Your Grace's most devoted and faithful

servant kisses your hand. Man[ue]l de Cerecedo y Velasco

Senor Governor Don Pedro Tueros

[C.C., 22v-23 pp., in E. 3/5 /1782 - 6/16/1792]

Official letter fromthe lieutenant gover-nor at the Valleyof S[an] ta Rosa tothe governor of theprovince ofCohahuila

My dear sir: In compliance

with [the letter] I received

from Your Lordship [dated]

the 9th of the present month,

I state that I have diligently

sought the persons mentioned in the edict dated the past July

5, which Your Lordship deigned to send me, and which I caused

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to be published. During all this time not one of the above-

[Rubric ofnamed has appeared, nor has any word

Domingo been received. I thus took steps toCabelJ;o]

determine whether any of them were

known or had been seen, yet no one

has brought word. Of this.I advise Your Lordship in compliance

with the order which you deigned to send me, so that in view

thereof you may decide on what is most to your superior liking.

May God protect Your Lordship's valuable life many

years. S[an]ta Rosa, October 20, 1783 The least of

Your Lordship's servants kisses your hand. Juan de

Rabago Senor Governor Don Pedro Tueros

[C.C., 23 p., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]

Official lett^5 from thelieutenant // v governorat the villa of S[a)nFern[an do, [Coahuila],to the governor of theprovince of Cohahuila

My dear sir: In an official

letter of the. 9th of this

month Your Lordship has ordered23v

me // to inform you of

whether.there has appeared

any of the interested parties or heirs [mentioned] in the

bando which I published in this villa, so that they might go

to the province of Texas to receive the balances deposited

with Don Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca, which belonged to soldiers

who were licenciados and were absent. Since I published

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[the summons] by the said bando I have not received the

slightest news from either the interested parties or their

heirs, nor is there anyone here who can give account for

any one of them as of the presentday. Thus Your Lordship's

superior order has been obeyed and complied with, and this

constitutes my scrupulous fulfillment thereof. May Our

Lord God keep Your Lordship many years. Villa of S.[a.]n

Fernando, [Coahuila], October 20, 1783 Your Lordship's

most devoted and mean servant kisses your hand. Blas

Martfn Nieto Senor Governor Don Pedro Tueros

[C.C., 23-23v pp., in E . 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]

Official letter from the Senor Governor: With regardlieutenant governor atthe villa of Candela to to the bando issued by Yourthe governor of theprovince of Cohahuila Lordship on July 5 of the

present year, by which the

so.ldiers concerned therein or their relatives are summoned

by order of the lord governor of Texas, Don Dom[ing]o

Cabello, I have had [the bando] promulgated in the most

frequented place in this villa. Yet there has been no one

who knew [the four men summoned] or knew anything of them

from that time forth, nor has any relative or sibling24

appeared. // Of this I inform Your Lordship for your

disposal. May God protect Your Lordship's important

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life many years. Candela, October 23, 1783 ` The least

of Your Lordship's subjects kisses your hand. Juan

Jose Flores Valdes Senor Colonel Don Pedro Tueros

[C.C., 23v-24 pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]

Auto At the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o

de Bexar and villa of S[a]n Fern[an]do,

on the tenth day of the month of November, in the year

seventeen hundred eighty-three, I, Don Dom[ing]o Cabello,

Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor and Commandant of

Arms of the Province of Los Texas, &c. [do.state the follow-

ing:] I have received the official letter from the governor

of [the province] of Cohahuila in reply to the one sent to

him consequent to the provisions found on pages 21 verso to

22 [herein]. It is evident in [his[Rubric ofDomingo letter] and the four following itCabello]

that the justicias in the district

of that province have published the edicts citing and summon-

ing Felis de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rfos, Ant[oni]o

Romero, and Cristobal de los Reyes, so that they, being

creditors to the balances they earned at the [now] abandoned

presidio of [Nuestra Senora del Pilar de] los Adaes may

appear--either they themselves or their agents--to receive

their share, as is evidenced more extensively in the afore-

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going proceedings conducted for that purpose, I therefore

must command and do command--in view of all the requisites

aforegoing and [the fact that] the above-named interested^?4U

parties have not appeared in spite // of steps taken to

that end--that their rights and actions be considered un-

settled and that the two hundred eleven pesos, seven reales,

and one grano in liquid assets remaining to them as shown

on the proration formed on page 21 be applied to the

gratificasion fund of the cavalry company of this presidio

consequent to that which was commanded by the lord comman-

dant general of these Interior Provinces and verified in

his superior order issued for that purpose, which [order]

is found at the beginning of these proceedings. And since

the afore-mentioned two hundred eleven pesos, seven reales,

and one grano is on deposit in the cash box of the above-

named gratificasion fund with the status of a deposit [only],

as evidenced on page 20 and its reverse, let Don Bern[ar]do

Fernandes, lieutenant and paymaster of the above-mentioned

company, be informed that he is to consider [the money] to

be the property of that branch and to credit it to the assets

thereof, placing an entry to that effect on the account to be

formed and given pertaining to the present year as money

existing in favor of the said fund, thereby complying totally

with that which was commanded by the lord oo mmandant general

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relative to this matter. Thus I have provided, ordered,

and affixed my signature, before the attendant witnesses

with whom I act In the absence of a notary, doing so on this

plain paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify.

Domingo Cabello Jose Pla'zido de Monzon, attendant

witness Pedro Dfas del Castillo, attendant witness

[C.C., 24-24v pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]

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25

Auto At the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de

Bexar and ,vil].a of S[a]n Fernando, on the

eleventh day of the month of November, in the year seventeen

hundred eighty-three, I. the above-named governor, in order

to put into effect that which was ordered in the preceding

auto, did cause to appear before me Don Bernardo F[e]rn[ande]z,

lieutenant and paymaster of the cavalry company of the said

presidio. When he was in my presence I made known to him in

person the content of the aforegoing proceedings; he said

that he had heard and would obey. Consequently he will take

the afore-mentioned two hundred eleven pesos, seven reales,

and one rEano' the proceeds from theunclaimed balances of.

Felix and Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rios, and

Ant[oni]o Romero, and apply them to the gratificasion fund.

[The same] amount is considered received and delivered. And

he will enter [that amount] in the[Rubric ofDomingo account to be formed for assets inCabello]

the said fund for the present year;

in witness whereof he has signed [this] with me, before the

attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a no-

tary, doing so on this plain paper, as there,is none stamped.

This I certify. Dom[ing]o Cabello Bernardo Fernandes

Jose Plazido de Monzon, attendant witness. Pedro


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[C.C., 25 p., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]

Decree As a consequence of completion of all

such proceedings as have been ordered by,

the lord commandant general in the superior order located

at the beginning hereof, let a transcript of [the proceed-

ings] be made, which is to remain in this governor's office25v

for such purposes // as shall arise and may arise; and

let the originals be sent to the lord commandant general,

that he may be informed of what has been done in this matter

and [may know] that its speedy conclusion was delayed

through the failure of Colonel Don Juan de Vgalde, during

the time in which he was governor of the province of

Cohahuila, to forward the official letter sent to him and

found on pages 16 verso to 17 verso, which fact is verified

by those documents and the others preceding it. Thus it is

provided, ordered, and signed by me, the aforesaid governor,

at this Presidio of [San Antonio de ] Bexar and villa of

S[a]n Fern[an]do, on the thirteenth day of the month of

November, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-three, before


notary, doing so on this plain paper, as there is none

stamped.. This I certify. - Cabello Jose Plazido de

Monz6n, attendant witness Pedro Dias del Castillo,

attendant witness On page 23 verso [the word] "bando",

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crossed out, is void.

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[The transcript] agrees with the original, which has

been sent to the lord commandant general of these Interior

Provinces, which [original] I cite, and of which I, Don

Dom[ing]o Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor

and Commandant of Arms of the Province of Los Texas, &c.,

ordered [the copy] made and did make it for the purposes

advised in the decree aforegoing. It is accurate and true

and [has been] compared [with the original]. It consists26

of twenty-five filled sheets--including this one--// on

plain paper. Present to see it written and compared were

Don Jose Ant[oni]o de Bustillo y Zeballos and Don Joaquin

Flores, both inhabitants and residents of this presidio of

[San Antonio de] Bexar and villa of S[a]n Fernando, where

[the present document] has been made on the twenty-ninth

day of the month of November, in the year seventeen hundred

eighty-three, before the attendant witnesses with whom I

act in the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain paper

as there is none stamped. This I certify.

Dom[ ing] o Cabello[Rubric]

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Jose Plazido de Monzon Pedro Dias del Castillo[Rubric] [Rubric]

attendant witness attendant witness

[D.S., 25v-26 pp., in E. 3/5 /1782 - 6/16/1792]

On the 16th of June, 1792,a transcript hereof was made,

be sent to the Most Excellent Lord Viceroy.26v

// [Blank] [D., 26 p., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]

[cross] year of65 as the time-limit for[asserting a claim), the goods will be considered abandoned...

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