The depositions are probably part of an expediente in relation to Reuben Ross's petition for a land grant. Included are statements by Horatio J. Offutt and Bernardo Amado y Outon.
Subject (Name):
Amado y Outon, Bernardo , Offutt, Horatio J., and Ross, Reuben, d. 1828
Four documents concerning the efforts of Reuben Ross to establish a colony on the Red River in Texas. The first, dated May 11, 1826, is by Juan Antonio Padilla, Secretary of the government of Coahuila and Texas, and advises the President of the Republ...
Description:
Purchased from Peter Decker on the William Robertson Coe Fund for Western Americana, 1968.
Subject (Geographic):
Red River (Tex.-La.) and Texas--Colonization
Subject (Name):
Cameron, John, fl. 1847, Coahuila and Texas (Mexico)--Governor (1826-1827 : Arizpe), Coahuila and Texas (Mexico)--Governor (1827-1830 : Viesca), Padilla, Juan Antonio -1839, Ross, Reuben, d. 1828, and Wavell, Arthur Goodall, 1785-1860
Coahuila and Texas (Mexico). Governor (1826-1827 : Arizpe)
Published / Created:
1827 Feb 22
Call Number:
WA MSS S-989 C6313
Collection Title:
Letters : to Estado y de Relaciones
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Letters concerning requests by Reuben Ross (WA MSS S-988;C6313) to settle Catholic families in Texas, near the Natchitoches between the Red and Colorado rivers, a section of land previously granted to Brig. Gen. Arthur Wavell. Gov. Arizpe (WA MSS S-98...
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado River (Colo. Mexico), Red River (N.M. : River), and Texas Colonization
Subject (Name):
Coahuila and Texas (Mexico). Governor (1826-1827 : Arizpe) , Padilla, Juan Antonio, d. 1839, Ross, Reuben, d. 1828, and Wavell, Arthur Goodall, 1785-1860
Letters to the Ministro de Estado y de Relaciones 1828 Apr 14, May 19, by José Mariá Viesca.
Image Count:
5
Abstract:
Letters concerning proposals by Reuben Ross to establish a colony in Texas. Governor Viesca reports to the Ministro de Estado y de Relaciones that Ross' original petition in 1826 had been refused due to the disturbances in the frontier region. The are...
Description:
Gift of Frederick W. Beinecke.
Subject (Geographic):
Coahuila and Texas (Mexico), Coahuila and Texas (Mexico) Colonization, and Texas--Emigration and immigration
Subject (Name):
Coahuila and Texas (Mexico). Governor (1827-1830 : Viesca and Ross, Reuben, d. 1828
