360 Mexico: Fomento ’ 
Report by the commandant of the Eastern Interior States that the 
Texans are selling unappropriated lands (terrenos baldios). 
Report by Pedro Ellis Bean, transmitted by the minister of war, to 
the effect that some Americans have settled at the “ Old Village 
of the Tahuallases”’ [Taovayas] and are selling arms to the 
Indians. 
Extracts from New Orleans papers relative to Texas affairs. 
“ Confidential communication of Sefior Col. Juan N. Almonte rela- 
tive to the affairs of Texas, and measures which might be 
adopted.” 11 ff. 
(This document contains a letter from David Lee Child, New Rochelle, 
Sept. 15, 1835, to Almonte. He reports designs which “some of my 
slaveholding and insatiable countrymen cherish of wresting from your 
country the noble and beautiful province of Texas”. He says that the 
Hon. Hutchins G. Burton, of North Carolina, has bought 40,000 acres 
of land in Texas. ‘“ Week before last, he was in Philadelphia and de- 
clared to a near relative residing there (a respectable man and an ear- 
nest abolitionist) that the reason of his making said purchase, was that 
Texas was soon to be annexed to the United States, that President 
Jackson had declared to him at the city of Washington on the occasion . 
of calling as he passed through that city about three weeks ago, that we 
must have it either by negotiation or force; that if 10,000 men would 
not do, 100,000 should, and that it was his intention to make said Burton 
first governor of the new Territcry”, and that Jackson had made the 
same declaration to two other persons within a few weeks.) 
Legajo 10. 1836. Expedientes 58-71. 
58. Concerning the liberation of slaves in Texas when the war should be 
60. Report by the governor of Texas relative to the danger of San 
Antonio’s being invaded by Indians. 4 ff. 
61. Petition for the concession of 20 square leagues of land in Texas for 
the family of Iturbide. 
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over. 
59. Concerning the return of the Cherokees to their lands. 
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(Cf. a document in Relations, relative to a concession of land in Cali- | 
fornia. ) | 
62. Denial by José Maria Gutiérrez Estrada of the charge that he tried, . 
when minister of relations, to sell Texas to the United States; , 
correspondence with Butler enclosed. to ff. 
63. Miscellaneous documents relative to Texas. 209 ff. 
64-71. Projects for European colonization, and general reports relative . 
thereto. 
Legajo 11. 1856-1861. Expedientes 72-80. 
Decrees and correspondence relative to the establishment of colonies in 
various parts of the Republic. None within the present United 
States, apparently. 
(Subsequent legajos are for later dates.) 
COLONIZACION Y TERRENOS BALDIOS. 
(Colonization and Unappropriated Lands. 1821-1862. 58 legajos.) 
Legajo 1. 1821-1829. Expedientes 1-42. 
1. Request by the Regency of the Empire that the Junta Soberana form 
a plan for the colonization of the Californias. 1821. 2 ff. 
2. Report by the commandant of the Western Interior Provinces on the 
immigration of “ vagabonds ” from the United States. 1822. 
38. Petitions for lands in Texas, California, and elsewhere. 

