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“ Reglamento” for the introduction of foreigners, ordered drawn 
by Iturbide. Draft of the decree and correspondence of the 
Council of State with the minister of relations. 1823. 15 ff. 
Usurpations of Anglo-Americans in Texas. Minutes of communi- 
cations to the commandant-general of the Eastern Interior Prov- 
inces and the governor of Texas. 1823. 7 ff. 
Hostilities of the Carancahuasas [Karankawa] toward Austin’s 
colonists. A note of the Department of State. 1823. 1 f. 
Note from the Department of War, transmitting copies of repre- 
sentations from Americans in Texas. 1824. 13 ff. 
(The documents transmitted include communications by the Baron de 
Bastrop, the citizens of Atoyaque, and the governor of Texas. One 
letter by the governor is to John A. Williams. ) 
Correspondence of Robt. Leftwich, agent for various Americans, 
asking for a decision with respect to his petition for lands. 1824. 
(Originals by Leftwich.) 14 ff. 
Correspondence of the minister of relations with Governor Rafael 
Gonzalez, at Saltillo, relative to the colonization law for Coahuila 
and Texas issued by Congress. 1825. 11 ff. 
Reply of Governor Gonzalez, at Saltillo, to a communication from 
the minister of relations urging precautions in the admission of 
Americans as colonists. 1825. 
(Copy of the contracts of five empresarios—names not given—filed with 
the above.) 
Concerning requests for lands by Americans, who, by the authority 
of Bernardo de Gutiérrez, entered the province of Texas as volun- 
teers in 1812-1813. Correspondence of Rafael Gonzalez with the 
minister of relations, Austin with Saucedo, of Béxar, and related 
documents. 1826. Io ff. 
Report by the governor of Coahuila and Texas that five families of 
Sanano are on the way to settle in Texas. 1826. 1 f. 
Proposal by a deputy for the granting of lands in enfiteusis. With 
correspondence of the minister of relations. 1826. 
“ Concerning the proceedings of the empresario Haden Edwards 
in the pueblo of Nacogdoches ”’, etc. Copy of his grant; corre- 
spondence of Saucedo and officials at Saltillo; copies of reports 
concerning Edwards. 1825-1826. 27 ff. 
1822-1835. Texas. Petitions to Colonize in Texas.” 
The petition of Haden Edwards. Papers from the Secretaria de 
Relaciones, Seccidén de Fomento, Repartimiento de Tierras. 
(They include the original petition of Edwards, Oct. 30, 1822, with a sketch 
of a lands desired; documents relative to the personality of Edwards, 
etc. 
A “ Vast project for colonization ” in Texas by P. B. Leuba, a Swiss. 
Original petition. 1822. 
Petition by Santiago Ferrire, of New Orleans, for permission to 
settle 1000 colonists. 1822. With correspondence. 
Id. by Ben Milam and Arthur Wavell for 3 square miles of land. 
With map, and correspondence of Bradburn, Iturbide, and the 
minister of relations. 1822-1823. 
Petition by Antonio Mejia, Maria Arechaga(?), and Juan Beltran 
to settle 600 American families. 1823. 
