350 Mexico: Fomento 
the United States are those of Colonizacion (Colonization) and Colonizacion 
y Terrenos Baldios (Colonization and Unappropriated Lands), which over- 
lap both as to dates and subject matter. 
COLONIZACION. 
(Colonization. 1768-1895. 42 legajos.) 
Legajol. 1768-1858. Expedientes 1-3.° 
1. “ 1768-1858. Baja California. Various data relative to distribution 
and concession of unappropriated lands (terrenos baldios).” 65 ff 
(For the mission of San José del Cabo there are documents vee ae ia 
dates 1768-1760. ) 
2. “ 1822-1835. Texas. Expedientes relative to colonization”, etc. 
226 ff 
(The accompanying indice of four pages shows 29 expedientes. They con- 
tain original petitions to the Mexican government for concessions. 
These ordinarily came through the Seccién de Fomento, Repartimiento 
de Tierras, of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations, and were sent to 
the Comision de Peticiones or the Comision de Colonizacion of the 
Camara de Diputados. With the petitions are filed maps of the lands 
desired, records of the action taken by the different authorities con- 
cerned—concessions, refusals, etc.—and correspondence with the local 
authorities of the northern frontier, such as the governors of Texas and 
the commandant-general of the Eastern States.) 
No. 1. Petition for lands in Texas by six persons of the national 
marine. 1822. 
No. 2. Jd. by Fortunato De Soto. 1832. Contains also correspond- 
ence of the governor of Tamaulipas relative to the petition of 
Baron Rackwitz (Racknitz ?). 1834. 
No. 4. Report by General Teran that Mateo Silva has settled at 
Anahuac. 1832. 
No. 5. Petition by Daniel Stewart (Stuart). 1822. By Daniel 
Stuart, Simon Bourn, and Haden Edwards. 1823. (See nos. 15, 
18, and 24.) 
No. 19. Jd. By Antonio Navarro, representing the sons of Juan 
Martin Veramendi. 1835. 
No. 12. By Reuben Ross, for lands on the right bank of the Colo- 
rado. 1826. 
No. 14. By Juan Rosset, for lands for a Swiss colony. 1830. By 
Tomas Quevedo, commissioned by the government to colonize the 
Rio Bravo. 1834. 
No. 15. By Daniel Stuart, Simon Bourn, and Haden Edwards. 
1b2g 0 1 CF noe fait, and 24.) 
No. 17. By Guillermo Parrot, for lands for 200 ettlirs 1823. By 
Col. José de las Piedras. 1832. By Pijot and Co. 1834. Report 
by General Teran relative to a complaint by Martin de Leon. 1834. 
No. 18. Petition by Daniel Stuart for lands for 600 families. 1823. 
(See nos. 5, 15, and 24.) By Tadeo Ortiz. 1833. 
No. 19. Offer of Tomas Quevedo to colonize and protect the north- 
eastern frontier. 1833. 
No. 24. Petition by Daniel Stuart, for lands for 600 families. 1823. 
(See nos. 5, 15, 18, above.) 
* Throughout this section the bold-faced figures set at the beginnings of paragraphs 
are the respective numbers of the expedientes. 
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