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NATURALIZATION OF FOREIGNERS. 
Expedientes concerning naturalization of foreigners. The approximate dates 
can be gathered from the above list. No. 1166, Alejandro Di- 
nelli ; 1167, Tomas Jefferson Chambers; 1168, Santiago Power; 
1170, Diego Grant; 1171, Felipe Dimit; 1172, Nicolas Grisanti; 
1219, Juan Augusto Rollan; 1219, Benjamin Briol; 1223, Juan 
hie 1289, Antonio Teodoro Sanchez Knauff; 1290, George 
iller. 
APPLICATIONS, CONCESSIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS RELATIVE TO LANDS 
IN TEXAS. 
To save space the following expedientes referring primarily to applications 
for lands and grants of land in Texas after 1820 are cited in the briefest way 
possible. Further data concerning some of those of most interest or impor- 
tance are given in the foregoing list under the respective numbers. Most of 
expedientes are listed in the special inventory entitled “Registro de las 
solicitudes, concesiones y otros asuntos relativos 4 Terrenos en Texas”. In 
the following summary it is ordinarily to be understood, unless otherwise 
stated, that the person whose name is given was an applicant for land, or a 
grantee, or both. The names are as found in the inventory or on the labels 
of the documents, as it was impracticable to examine every expediente to get 
the correct form. 
Legajo 16. 1825. No. 768, Petition in favor of mission families at Espiritu 
Santo; 769, Communications from the minister of foreign rela- 
tions concerning lands; 770, Communications from the jefe poli- 
tico; 771, Instructions for distributing lands; 787, Complaint of 
Maria Gertrudis Urrutia ; 796, Application by José Samuel Noris ; 
798, Application by “ C. Roberto Luis ”. 
Legajo17. 1826. No. 799, Application of residents of Nacogdoches; 807, 
Distribution of secularized mission lands at Rio Grande. 
Legajo 18. 1827. No. 858, Applications of various persons of Béxar; 859, 
Communications of the minister of foreign relations ; 860, Various 
petitions ; 863, Minutes of dispositions of the government; 881, 
José Feliciano Gonzalez; 891, Ramon Lagarreta; 892, Five citi- 
zens of Mexico; 893, George Robb, Francisco Keller, and others ; 
894, Various applications at Nacogdoches ; 896, Various applica- 
tions. 
Legajo 20. 1828. No. 902, Application of Col. Juan Dominguez to establish 
a colony of 200 families; 903, Opposition to a claim of Pedro 
Elias Bean; 904, Application of Justo Liendo ; 905, Of José Maria 
Balmaceda ; 906, American settlers on the Trinity. 
Legajo 21. 1829. No. 926, Contract of Martin de Leon to settle 50 families ; 
927, Application of Commodore David Porter to settle a colony; 
929, Tomas Mekine (McKinney ?), Juan Durte, and Roberto 
Caly, citizens of Nacogdoches. 
Legajo 22. 1829. No. 943, Contract of Lorenzo de Zavala to settle 500 fami- 
lies ; 960, José Maria de la Garza; 965, “ Benjamin Rober May- 
lam ” (Milam) ; 976, Various petitions and communications. 
Legajo 23. 1829 (?). No. 977, Dispositions by the government; 978, Com- 
munications of the minister of the interior ; 979, Various applica- 
tions, including one by Miguel Ramos Arispe; 985, Miguel 
Rabago. 
