Copy of a letter by Juan José Hernández concerning his participation in a special session of the Ayuntamiento regarding the impending proclamation of secession by Texas. Hernández mentions President Santa Anna's appeal for acceptance of the proclamation and for a united effort to popularize this development. He also records the Ayuntamiento's agreement with the proposal and the names of the officials present.
Subject (Geographic):
Coahuila and Texas (Mexico)--Politics and government, Goliad (Tex.)--History, Mexico--History--1821-1861, and Texas--History--To 1846
Subject (Name):
Hernandez, Juan José,--fl. 1822 and Santa Anna, Antonio López de,--1794?-1876
The first section, a copy of Alonso de Leon's narrative, carries the account to 1649, the second, in the same hand, continues the narrative to 1689, and, the third, is an account by Fernando Sánchez de Zamora, "Viajo...de Don Alonso de Leon...desde la provincia de Coahuila a la Bahia de Espiritu Santo y provincia de Tejas en 26 de Marzo de 1690."
Description:
A description of the Henry R. Wagner's collections can be found in; Streeter, Thomas W. "Henry R. Wagner and the Yale Library," The Yale Library Gazette. 32 (1958):71-76. and Purchased from Henry Raup Wagner in 1919.
Subject (Geographic):
Texas--History--To 1846
Subject (Name):
León, Alonso de, approximately 1610-1661 and Sánchez de Zamora, Fernando, fl. 1659-1689
The first section, a copy of Alonso de Leon's narrative, carries the account to 1649, the second, in the same hand, continues the narrative to 1689, and, the third, is an account by Fernando Sánchez de Zamora, "Viajo...de Don Alonso de Leon...desde la provincia de Coahuila a la Bahia de Espiritu Santo y provincia de Tejas en 26 de Marzo de 1690."
Subject (Geographic):
Texas--History--To 1846
Subject (Name):
León, Alonso de,--ca. 1610-1661 and Sánchez de Zamora, Fernando,--fl. 1659-1689