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[cross]
Year ........................of........................1782
Certified Copy
Of the original proceedings conducted by Colonel Don Domingo
Cabello, governor of the province of Los Texas, consequent to
the superior order of the lord commandant general of these
Interior Provinces--found at the beginning [hereof]--citing
and summoning Felis and Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de
los Rfos, and Ant[oni]o Romero, who were soldiers at the [now]
abandoned presidio of [Nuestra Senora del Pilar de] Los Adaes,
in order that they may present themselves or their agents to
receive the assets belonging to them, which represent proceeds
from the balance formed on Lieutenant Colonel Don Angel de•
Martos y Nabarrete, who was governor of the said province
and captain of the aforenamed presidio, which [Martos y
Nabarrete was) ordered by the Most Excellent Senor Marques
de Rubi to repay, as a result of the inspection review which
[Rubf] passed on the troops of the company of the above-mentioned
presidio.
No. 53
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Official letter from the Consequent to that which has.
lord commandant general been disclosed by the assessor
of this commandery in.view of
cuaderno-number 22, which Your Lordship remitted to me with
the documents of the inspection review of this company, to
authorise distribution of the twenty thousand pesos repaid
by Lieutenant Colonel Don Angel de Martos [y Navarrete] to
the troops who served at the [now] abandoned presidio of
[Nuestra Senora del Pilar de] los Adaes, I have resolved by
today's decree to apprise Your Lordship--as I now do--that
the effects worth seven hundred twenty-two pesos and four
`ranos deposited with Don Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca as a-debit
in favor of Felis and Cristobal de los Reyes,[Rubric ofDomingo Jose Luis de los Rios, and Antonio Romero, are
-Cabelloto be sold immediately at public auction at the
highest prices they can bring. The liquid amount which they
bring shall be placed in the gratificasion fund of the compa-
ny with the status of a deposit for the time being.
This done, Your Lordship shall post proclamations in
your villa [San Fernando de Bexar] and shall send an official
letter to the governor of Cohahuila, so that he may also
publish them in the province under his jurisdiction, citing
and calling forth the aforenamed creditors or their heirs,lv
so that when this authorisation is made evident, they
may proceed to receive their respective shares. It shall be
understood that with the passage of one year, to be designated
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as the time-limit for[asserting a claim), the goods will be
considered abandoned property and will be applied to the
gratificasion fund. Your Lordship shall remit to me a
certified copy of the proceedings in due time so that, adding
them to the afore-mentioned cuaderno, I may perform thereon
what is acceptable [by law]. God keep Your Lordship many
years. Arispe, March 5, 1782 El Cavallero de Croix
Serior Don Domingo Cabello
[C.C., 1-lv pp., in E. 3/5/1782-6/16/17921
Decree In view of that which has been ordered of me
by the lord commandant general of the Interior
Provinces of this Kingdom of New Spain in
the official letter aforegoing, to be put into effect in
every part, and since it is not acceptable to remove the
original document no. 22 from the file of the inspection
review [documents] where it is located, let a certified
verbatim copy be made and added to these proceedings,, so
that Reformado Captain Don Luis Ant[oni)o Menchaca may
consequently be ordered to deliver the goods and products
named therein, so that the rest of what is advised by the
afore-mentioned lord commandant general may thereupon pro-
ceed. Thus it is provided, ordered, and signed by me, Don
Domingo Cabello, Colonel in the Royal //2 Armies, Governor
and Commandant of Arms of the Province of Los Texas, its
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Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry
Company of the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar,
and Inspector General of the Militia Corps and Presidial
Troops of the said Province by Commission Conferred by the
Lord Commandant General of the Interior Provinces of this
Kingdom of New Spain; at this Royal Presidio of S[a]n Antonio
de Bexar and villa of S[a]n Fernando, on the twenty-fifth day
of the month of June, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-two;
before the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence
of a notary, doing so on this plain[Rubric ofDomingo paper, as there is none stamped.Cabello]
This I certify. Cabello
Jose Plazido de Monzon, attendant witness Pedro Dias
del Castillo, attendant witness
[C.C., lv-2 pp., in E. 3/5/1782-6/16/179 2]
Record showing [the amounts] owed to persons absent and an
interest in the balances formed on Lieutenant Colonel Donr-,
^ngel de Martos, to wit: Wo
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To Felis de los Reyes is owed......................0,109 1 0
To Jose. Luis de los RZos^
...........................0,392
7 3
To Antonio Romero ..................................0,155 2 4
To Cristobal de los Reyes... .......................0,06^+ 5 9
Total ................0,722 0
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The goods on hand [to be applied] towards complete payment
and satisfaction of the above-given amount are as follows:
First, four hats at four pesos [each]...........0,016 0 0
Total [carried forward] 0,016 0 0
//2v
Brought forward 0,016 0 0
Also three cuirasses with their covers,
at 14 pesos [each]...........o............0,0^+2 0 0
Also 2 bolts of narrow coarse cotton
cloth from Puebla, at 5 reales
a vara ....................................0,040 0 0
Also one bolt of holland, 18 varas [long],
at 10 reales a vara .......................0,022 4 0
Also 9 varas of cloth ribbon, at 2 pesos
a vara ....................................0,018 0 0
Also 3 bolts of narrow Brittany cloth...........0,033 0 0
Also 10 1/4 varas of decorated cambric,
at 6 pesos a vara ..... ....................0,061 4 0
Also 8 1/3 varas of blue printed calico,
at 6 pesos a vara.....................e...0,050 0 0
Also 6 1/2 onzas of coral, at 5 pesos
an onza ....................................0,032 0 0
Also 1 dozen [pairs] of leather shoes,
at 1 peso a pair ..........................0,012 0 0
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Also 1 dozen [pa3.rs] of women's shoes,
at 12 reales a pair ........................0,018 0 0
Also 1 bolt of oontivi, 40 varas
[long], at 10 reales a vara..,....q,.......0,050 0 0
Also 10 varas of crimson damask, at
10 pesos a vara ............................0,100 0
Also 100 pesos' worth of soap,
at 10 bars to a peso .......................0,100 0 0
Also 50 pesos' worth of sugar loaves,
at two to a peso ...........................0,050 0 0
Also 5 dozen coat buttons of silver
thread, at 12 reales a dozen ...............0,007 4 0
Also 4 small black silk nets, at
8 p e s os . . . . • • . • ,. . • • . • • . • • . . . . . . •• • • . • . • • • . . 0 , 03 2 0
Also 10 1/2 varas of cheesecloth, at 3
pesos, 4 reales a vara .....................0,036 6 0
Also 3 1/2 varas of mother-of-pearl ribbon
at 2 reales a vara .........................0,000 6
Total sum.......... 0,722
S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar, February 13, 1781 Luis Antonio
Menchaca
[C.C., 2-2v pp., in E. 3/5/1782-6/16/1792]
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[The aforegoing] agrees with the original thereof, found
in the portfolio of [documents concerning] the inspection
review passed on the cavalry company of this presidio, in
the file of documents numbered 22, which I cite, and from
which I -- Don Domingo Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies,
Governor and Commandant of Arms of the Province of Los Texas,
its Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry
Company of the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Antonio de Bexar, and
Inspector General of the Militia Corps and Presidial Troops
of the said Province by Commission Conferred by the Lord
Commandant General of the Interior Provinces of this Kingdom
of New Spain--did order it made and did make it, for the
purposes advised in,my decree of the twenty-fifth of. this
present month of June. It is accurate, true, and correct.
It fills one sheet of plain paper. Present to see it written
and compared were Don Jose Ant[oni]o de Bustillo y Zeballos
and Don Joaquzn Flores, both living as residents at this
presidio of [San Antonio de] Be'xar and villa of S[a]n Fernando,
where this has been done on the twenty-eighth day of the month3
of // June, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-two, before
the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a
notary, doing so on this plain paper, as there is none stamped.
This I certify Dom[ing]o Cabello Jose Plazido de
Monzon, attendant witness Pedro Dias del Castillo,
attendant witness
[C.C., 2v-3 pp., in E. 3/5 /1782 - 6/16/1792]
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Decree To these proceedings has been added the
copy of [the list of] goods and products in
the possession of the reformado captain Don
Luis Ant[ oni] ® Menchaca, which [goods] belong to Pelis and
Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rios, and Antonio
Romero, who were soldiers in the cavalry company of the [now]
abandoned presidio of Los Adaes, and who, being absent, did
not receive their share of the balances made for the time
when Lieutenant Colonel Don Angel de Martos y Nabarrete was
captain of the said company. Therefore(Rubric ofDomingo Cabello] let the afore-mentioned Reformado
Captain Don Luis Antonio Menchaca be
informed by one of the attendant witnesses.with whom I act
in the absence of a notary to prepare to deliver the afore-
mentioned goods and products, as ordered by the lord comman-
dant general of the Interior Provinces of this kingdom of
New Spain in his superior order which is at the beginning
[herein], and to do with them what I am therein advised to-
do, so that, upon specifying a day on which they are to be
received, I may name a person to go and take charge of them,
and the auctioning of them may proceed on the same terms
advised, in addition to whatever //3v else is to be done in
this matter. Thus it is provided, ordered, and signed by
me Don Dom[ingjo Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies,
Governor and Commandant of Arms of the Province of Los Texas,
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its Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain of the
Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of S[a] n Ant[ oni] o
de Bexar, and Inspector General of the Militia Corps and
Presidial Troops of the said Province by Commission Conferred
by the Lord Commandant General of the Interior Provinces of
this Kingdom of New Spain; at this Royal Presidio of S[a]n
Ant[oni]o de Bexar, on the first of July, in the year seven-
teen hundred eighty-two; before the attendant witnesses with
whom I act in the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain
paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify Cabello
Jose Plazido de Monzon, attendant witness Pedro
Dfas del Castillo, attendant witness
[C.C., 3-3v PP•, in E. 3/5/1782-6/16/1792]
Notification On the said day, month, and year, I Jose
Plazido de Monzon, one of the attendant
witnesses with whom the lord governor and commandant of arms
of this province of Los Texas acts in the absence of a notary,
in order to effect that which was ordered in the decree
aforegoing, having gone to the house and residence of Senor
Reformado Captain Don Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca, made known to
him personally the provision above-given. Instructed,thereon
and 4 informed thereof he said [the following:] Due to the
great loss s.ustained during the period of more than eight
years while he had kept and maintained in his possession the
articles which he was tnow] ordered to deliver and those
specifically mentioned on the reverse of page two of these
proceedings, occasioned by the deterioration of the said
effeGts, it was necessary for him to expend some of them so
as not to lose them entirely. Therefore he cannot now make
complete delivery of them; but he will indeed do so in the
month of November or December of the present year, at the
return of the residents of this presidio[Rubric ofDomingo who are going to the market at El Saltillo,Cabel].o)
and will charge them [to replace] those
[items] which are missing from the whole because they were
expended. This was all he stated on the matter of which
he had been informed. He signed [this statement] with me,
as evidence whereof I place it in the proceedings Jose
Plazido de Monzon Luis Antonio Menchaca.
[C.C., 3v-4 pp., in E. 3/5 /1782-6/16/1792)
Decree I have seen that which was stated by Reformado
Captain Don Luis Antonio de Menchaca in the
aforegoing reply given to the notification which was ordered
made. I am not [prepared] to accede to the demand which he
interposes, due to the strict charges given me by the lord
commandant general of //4v these [Interior] Provinces, as
evidenced in the superior order [included] at the beginning
[of this3, for the most speedy conduct of this matter. Thus
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the postponement which the afore-mentioned captain requests for
replacement of the items which he has in storage and (which
he] must deliver is not admissible. Consequently Don Jose
Ant[oni]o de Bustillo y Zeballos, cashier of the abilitac^on
of the cavalry company of this presidio, an intelligent
person having my full confidence, shall go to the domicile
of the aforesaid captain with one of the attendant witnesses
with whom I act in the absence of a notary and shall receive
and take charge of the goods and products shown on the record
found on the reverse of page 2 of these proceedings. All
those missing from the complete total thereof will be replaced
by the above-mentioned Reformado Captain Don Luis Ant[onilo
Menchaca in ready cash at the prices [the.goods] currently
have at this presidio and the same ones which they would
bring in the auction to be conducted. My above-named deputy
is not to permit [Menchaca] to do otherwise for any reason.
For all of this I give [Bustillo y Zeballos] sufficient
authority to the extent required by law. //5And [when this
is] done [let] autos [be made]. Thus it is provided', ordered,
and signed by me., Don Domingo Cabello, Colonel in the Royal
Armies, Governor and Commandant of Arms of the Province of
Los Texas, its Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain
of the Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of S[a]n
Antonio de Bexar, and Inspector General of the Interior
Provinces of this Kingdom.of New Spain; at this Royal Presidio
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of S[ a] rn Ant [ oni] o de Bexa r, on the third day of the month
of July, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-two; before the
attendant witnesses with whom I act in[Rubric ofDomingo the absence of a notary, doing so on, thisCabello]
plain paper, as there is none stamped.
This I certify. Cabello Jose Plazido de Monzon,
attendant witness. Pedro Dias del Castillo, attendant
witne s s -------
C.C., 4-5 pp., in E. 3/5 /1782-6/16/1792]
Proceedings concerning At this Royal Presidio of S[a]nobedience and the re-ceipt of goods Antonio de Bexar and villa>of
S[a]n Fernando, on the fifth day
of the month of July, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-
two, I, Don Jose Antonio de Bustillo y Zeballos, having seen
and obeyed entirely the aforegoing commission which the lord
governor of this province has deigned to confer upon me, in
prompt and due compliance therewith, accompanied by Don Jose
//5 v Plazido de Monzon, one of the attendant witnesses with
whom the lord governor acts in the absence of a notary,. did
go to the domicile of Ref ormado Captain Don Luis Ant[oni]o
Menchaca and did make known to him in person the provision
aforegoing. Having been informed of it, he obeyed it,
effecting delivery of the afore-mentioned goods, as follows:
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CL4 a 0First, 4 hats, at 4 pesos [each] ...............0,016 0 0
Also three cuirasses with their covers,
at 14 pesos [each] .......................0,042 0 0
Also one bolt and 24 1/2 varas of narrow
coarse cotton cloth from Puebla, at
5 reales a vara ..........................0,035 2 6
Also 1 bundle of holland .....................0,022 0 0
Also 9 varas of cloth ribbon, at 2
pesos a vara .............................0,018 0 0
Also 2 bolts of narrow Brittany cloth..........0,022 0 0
Also 3 1/8 varas of decorated cambric,
at 6 pesos a vara.-.......................0,018 6 0
Also 6 varas of blue printed calico,
at 6 pesos a vara ........................0,036 0 0.
Also 6 1/2 onzas of coral, at 5 pesos
an onza . ................................0,032 0 0
Also 1 dozen (pairs of] leather shoes, at
1 peso a pair ............................0,012 0 0
Also 1 dozen [pairs of] women's shoes at 12
reales a pair ............ ................0,018 0 0
Also 10 varas of crimson damask, at 10
pesos a vara .............................0,100 0 0
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Also 100 pesos' worth of soap, at
10 bars to a peso..........................0,100 0 0
Also 50 pesos' worth of sugar loaves,
at 2 to a peso .............................0,050 0 0
Also 5 dozen coat buttons of silver
thread, at 12 reales a dozen...............0,007 4 0
Also 4 small black silk nets, at 8
pesos [each]...............................0,032 0 0
Also 10 1/2 varas of cheesecloth, at
3 pesos, 4 reales a vara ...................0,036 6 0
Also 3 1/2 varas of mother-of-pearl ribbon,
at 2 reales a vara.... .....................0,000 6
Total value of goods delivered .............0,599 4 10
As it appears on the aforegoing account, the goods and
products delivered by Reformado Captain Don Luis Ant[oni]o
Menchaca have a total value of 5 99 pesos, 4 reales, and 10
ra no s. And since [goods] representing 122 pesos, 3 reales,
and 6 rano s are lacking from the complete total of //6
722 pesos and 4granos an examination was begun [to determine]
what [the missing items] were, consequent to what the said
captain stated in the reply given on pages 3 verso and 4, as
follows:
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e
7 varas of coarse cotton cloth, at 5 reales
a v a r a ♦ r + • • e • . s a s • s . • r • . • • • • • • • • • • • « ♦ 0 g 004
1 bolt of narrow Brittany cloth ............ 0,011 0 0
7 1/8 varas of decorated cambric,
at 6 pesos a vara .................... 0,042 6 0
2 1/2 varas of blue printed calico,
at 6 pesos a vara .................... 0,014 0 0
40 varas of pontivi, at 10 reales a vara ... 0,050 0 0
Sum of the value of missing
goods and products ................... 0,122
The one hundred twenty-two pesos, three reales, and
six ranos which is the value of the goods and effects not
delivered by the aforenamed reformado captain, plus the five
hundred ninety-nine pesos, four reales, and ten granos which
is the sum of [the value of goods] received, comprise the
total of seven hundred twenty-two pesos[Rubric ofDomingo and four gra[noJs which the said captainCabello]
must deliver for the total satisfaction
of the charge which he is obligated and commanded by the lord
governor of this province [to pay]. Consequently, informed of
all that has been done --- since he is present --- [Menchaca]
says that he is prepared to pay for [the missing goods] at
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the prices at which they are valued and presently being sold
at this presidio. Thus these proceedings are concluded and
I, the appointee, have considered the afore-mentioned goods
and effects as having been received. According to the. sum of
their prices with respect.to the old schedule, they amount to
6v the four hundred ninety-nine pesos and ten rg anos;
whereupon I have signed [this document] on the said day,
month, and year, together with Reformado Captain Don Luis
Ant[oni]o Menchaca and the attendant witness named by the
lord governor of this province, doing so on this plain paper
as there is none stamped. This I certify Jose Antonio
de Bustillo y Zeballos Luis Antonio Menchaca Jose
Plazido de Monzon, attendant witness.
[C.C., 5-6v pp., in E. 3/5 /1782-6/16/1792]
Decree Delivery of the goods and effects which were placed
in the possession of Reformado Captain Don Luis
Ant[oni]o Menchaca is complete. Five hundred
ninety-nine pesos four reales and ten ranos are considered
as having been received in kind. Those [goods] representing
the remaining one hundred twenty-two pesos, three reales, and
six granos, the said captain is prepared to pay for at the
price at which they are currently being sold at this presidio.
In view of this, let these proceedings be sent to the lord
governor of this province, that in view thereof he may determine
I
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what is most to his liking. Thus it has been provided,
ordered, and signed by me, Don Jose' Antonio de Bustillo y
Zeballos, appointed by His Lordship for the reception of the
said goods; at this Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de
Bexar, on the sixth day of the month of July, in the year
seventeen hundred eighty-two; before the attendant witness
named by the said lord [governor], doing so on this plain
paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify. Jose'
Antonio de Bustillo y Zeballos Jose Plazido de Monzon,
attendant witness
[C.C., 6v-7 pp., in E. 3/5/1782-6/16/17921
Auto At the Royal Presidio of S[a)n Ant[oni]o de Bexar,
on the sixth day of the month.of July, in the
year seventeen hundred eighty-two, I, Don Dom[ing]o
Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor and Commandant
of Arms of the Province of Los Texas, its Missions, Conquests,
and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry Company of the Royal
Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni)o de Bexar, and Inspector General
of the Militia Corps and Presidial Troops.[Rubricof Domingo of the said Province by Commission ConferredCabello]
by the Lord. Commandant General of the
Inter,ior Provinces of this Kingdom of New Spain, [do state
the following:] Delivery has been made by Reformado Captain
Don Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca of the goods and products --- which
he had on deposit in his possession --- which belonged to
Felis and Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rfos, and
Ant[oni]o Romero. Being absent at the time of distribution
of those paid out by Lieutenant Colonel Don Angel de Martos
[y Navarrete], who was governor of this province and captain
of the [now] defunct cavalry company of the presidio of [Nuestra
Senora del Pilar dej los Adaes, [the four men] did not receive
[their share]. What the said captain, [Menchaca], must replace
amounts to one hundred twenty-two pesos, three reales, and six
granos at the price at which [the goods] might be valued
according to //7v what they are presently being sold for at
this presidio, while five hundred ninety-nine pesos, four
reales, and ten Erano s in available goods has been found.
Thus the two parts amount to the seven hundred twenty-two pesos
and four grarnols which is the total value of them all.
Considering the fact that in the auction to be held a great,
deal of difficulty could be occasioned in disposing of them
when the bidders see the high prices to which they amount,
they will be valued with respect to the prices at which they
are being sold in the stores at this presidio and to their
present state, so as to proceed to their sale. Consequently,
satisfied with the legal knowledge and understanding of Don
Jose Ant[oni]o de Bustillo y Zeballos, who for so many years
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has managed the affairs of the abilitacion of this cavalry
company with all integrity and fidelity, I must command and
do command that the afore-mentioned goods and products be
apprmised under the conditions and circumstances advised, so
as to determine by such means the amount to be replaced by
Reformado Captain Don Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca and the separate
values of the goods and products to be auctioned, which to-
gether are to comprise the total amount due the interested
parties, and I do thereby what I have been ordered by the lord
commandant general of these Interior Provinces to do: Thus8
I have provided, ordered, and affixed my signature, // before
the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a
notary, doing so on this plain paper, as there is none stamped.
.This I certify. Domingo Cabello Jose Plazido de
Monzon, attendant witness Pedro Dias del Castillo,
attendant witness
;C.C., 7-8 pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]
[Cross] Appraisal at current At the Royal. Presidio ofprices of goods and productsdelivered by Captain Don Luis S[a]n Ant[oni]o de BexarAnt[oni]o Menchaca
and villa of S[ a] n Fern[ an] do,-
on the eighth day of the month of July, in the year seventeen
hundred eighty-two, I, Don Jose Ant[oni]o de Bustillo y
Zeballos--appointed by the lord governor and commandant
of arms of this province of Los Texas for the appraisal of
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the goods and products delivered by Reformado Captain Don Luis
Ant[oni]o Menchaca and likewise of those he is to replace, as
evidenced in the aforegoing proceedings--do proceed with my
legal knowledge and understanding to [re]appraise [the gooda,
changing] the prices designated for them according to the old
schedule to those at which they are presently[Rubric ofDomingo being sold at this presidio, in view of theirCabello]
present condition and in accordance with the
information I have in this matter. Consequently I proceed in
the form and manner following:
Prices on Prices in thethe old presentschedule appraisal
oods delivered byCaptain Menchaca
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First, 4. hats, at it pesos[each] ................... 0,016 it 0,1 0 0,005 It 0 ►r 0
Also 3 cuirasses withtheir covers, at 14pesos [each] ............. 0,042 it 0 it 0 0,007 it 4 it 0
Also 1 bolt and 24 1/2varas of narrow coarsecotton cloth from Puebla,at 5 reales a vara ....... ,035 ► r 2. it 6 0,014 it 1,t 0
Also 1 bundle of holland .... 0,022 it 4 it 0 0,005 4
Total [carried forward] ..... 0,115 it 6it 6 0,032 it 1 it 0
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the old presentschedule j t appraisal
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Brought forward 0,115 it 6,t 6 0,032 , 1 " 0
Also 9 varas of clothribbon, at 2 pesosa vara ................... 0,018 0,; 0 0,002 „ 2 it 0
Also 2 bolts of narrow Brittanycloth, at11 pesos abolt ..................... 0,022 „ 0 „ 0 0, 015 it it 0
Also 3 1/8 varas of decoratedcambric, at 6 pesos avara ........... ..........
Also 6 varas of blue printedcalico, at 6 pesos avara ....................
0,018 it 6 it 0
0,036 it 0 it 0
0, 006 :, 2 „' 0
0, 00'T it 4 it 0
Also 6 1/2 ornzas of coral,at 5 pesos an onza ....... 0,032 0„ 0 0,008 „ 1 if 0
Also 1 dozen [pairs of].leather shoes, atone peso a pair .......... 0,012 it 0„ 0 0,003 ,, 6 „ 0
Also 1 dozen [pairs of]women's shoes, at 12reales a pair ............ 0,018 it 0„ 0 0,009 it 0 „ 0
Also 10 varas of crimsondamask, at 10 pesos avara ..................... 0,100 „ 0 It 0
Also 100 pesos' worth ofsoap, at 10 bars to apeso ........ ... 0,100 „ 0 ,r 0
Also 50 pesos'' worth ofsugar loaves, at twoto a peso ....... .. ....... 0,050 n 0 r, 0
0,022 it 4 rr 0
0,019,r3 11 0
0,008 it 2 it 0
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5:^cC
N 0) Sr N N f^W (r', C3 pi t4 0
Also 5 dozen silver threadcoat buttons, at twelvereales a dozen .......... 0,007 It it 0 0,001 „ 2 , 0
Also 4 small black silk nets,at 8 pesos each .......... 0,032 0„ 0 0,008 it 0„ 0
Also 10 1/2 varas ofcheesecloth, at 3 pesos,4 reales a vara ......... 0,036 6„ 0 0,018 3„ 0
Also 3 1/2 varas of mother-of-pearl ribbon, at 2 realesa vara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0,000 „ 6 it 4 0,000 r, 3 0
Total ............. .. ...... 0 599 it 4,f 10 0,162 11 37
Goods which the saidcaptain is to pay for
7 1/2 varas of coarsecotton cloth, at 5reales a vara ........... 0,004 ?P
0, 002 it 2i, 9
1 bolt of narrow Brittanycloth ................... 0,011 „ 0 0 0,007 it 5it 0
7 1/8 varas of decoratedcambric, at 6 pesos avara ... ..... ......... 0,042 it „ 0 0,014 it 2 it 0
2 1/3 varas of blue printedcalico, at 6 pesos avara .................... 0,014 It 0 0,002 ,
r-, va cn;U1 N 00 H ',
u u u
40 varas of pontivi, at 10reales a vara . .......... 0,050 ►► 0 ►► 0 0,032 ►► 4 it 0
Total ...................... 0,122 it 3„ 6 0,059 ►► 5 ►, 1
° Summar.y
Value of goods delivered ... 0,599 ►► 4 ►► 10 0,162 it 3 it 0
Value of goods to be paidfor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0,122 t ► 3 11 6 0,059 It 5 ►t 1
Total Sum .................. 0,722 ►► 0 n 4 0,222 if 0 ►
According to the aforegoing appraisal, [the value of] the
five hundred ninety-nine pesos, four reales, and ten granos'9worth of goods received stands at one hundred sixty-two
pesos and three reales; and the one hundred twenty-two pesos,
three reales and six gra[no]s' [worth of goods], which
Reformado Captain Don Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca failed to turn
over and must replace in ready cash, [are valued]. at fifty-
nine pesos, five reales, and one grano. Adding together these
items, the result is that the seven hundred twenty-two pesos
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and four - r^ a.nos' [worth] --the totaY of these goods according
to the old schedule--have been appraised at [the prices] for
which they are being sold and at present can be sold, [which
is] two hundred twenty-two pesos and one rg ano-barring any
error of pen or reckoning. Consequently I am returning these
[Rubric of proceedings to the lord governor of thisDomingoCabello] province, so that he may, in view thereof,
determine what is most to his liking. I do so on this plain-
paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify. Jose
Antonio de Bustillo y Zeballos
[C.C., 8-9 pp., in E. 3/5 /1782 - 6/16/1792]
Decree Having seen the aforegoing appraisal formed
by Don Jose Ant[oni]o de Bustillo y Zeballos,
and agreeing with it as I do--since it is in conformity with
the prices at which similar goods are being sold in the stores
at this presidio--and [considering) how some.of them are
impaired and have deteriorated, [I order that] Captain Don.Luis
Ant[oni)o Menchaca be informed, by one of the attendant witnesses
with whom I act in the absence of a notary, that upon notifica-
tion he is to pay the fifty-nine pesos, five reales, and one9v
grano w:iich has been [shown to be] the value of // the goods
which {Menchaca] was to have turned over in the same kind as the
rest. When this is done the auction and sale of those [goods]
available is to proceed. Thus it is provided, ordered, and
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signed by me, Don Dom[ing]o Cabello, Colonel in the Roya1,
Armies, Governor and Commandant of Arms of the Province of
Los Texas, its Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain
of the Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of S[a]n
Ant[oni]o de Bexar, and Inspector General of the Militia
Corps and Presidial Troops of the said Province by Commission
Conferred by the Lord Commandant General of the Interior
Provinces of this Kingdom of New Spain; at this Royal Presidio
of S[a]n Antonio de Bexar, on the eleventh day of the month
of July, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-two; before the
attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a notary,
doing so on this plain paper, as there is none stamped. This
I certify. Cabello Jose Plazido de Monzon, a-ttendant
witness Pedro Dias del Castillo, attendant witness,
[C.C., 9-9v pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]
Notification On the said day, month, and year I, Jose
Plazido de Monzon, one of the attendant
witnesses with whom the lord governor of this province acts in
the absence of a notary, in order to put into effect that
which was ordered in the decree aforegoing, did go to the
residence of Reformado Captain Don Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca
and did make known to him in person the provision aforegoing.10
Informed // thereof, he said that he would tender and
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immediately did tender in ready cash the fifty-nine pesos,
five reales, and one grano that he had been charged. This
was all he stated on the matter. He signed [this] with me,.
^.^as evidence whereof I place it in the proceedings.
Jose Pl.azido de Monzon Luis Antonio Menchaca
[ C. C. , 9v-10 pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]
Auto At the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de
Bexar, and villa of S[a]n Fern[an]do, on the
eleventh day of the month of July, in the year seventeen
hundred eighty-two, I, Don Dom[ing]o Cabello, Colonel in the
Royal Armies, Governor and Commandant of Arms of the Province
of Los Texas, its Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain
of the Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o
de Bexar, and Inspector General of the Militia Corps and
Presidial Troops of the said Province by[Rubric ofDomingo Commission Conferred by the Lord CommandantCabello]
General of the Interior Provinces of this
Kingdom of New Spain [do state the following:] As a consequence
of completion of the proceedings of the appraisal of goods
delivered by Reformado Captain Don Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca
and the value of those he has replaced in ready cash, and since
I must proceed to the sale of [the goods], I must command and
do command that the above-mentioned goods be exhibited at
public announcements for a period of nine days, during which
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there shall be three announcements on every third day, untillOv
// the sale and auction is realised as advised in the royal
municipal laws of these kingdoms. Towards this end the first
three announcements shall be made tomorrow [and announcements{
shall continue] until the auction and sale to.the highest
bidder. When this is done, the other proceedings which the
lord commandant general has ordered conducted shall continue.
Thus I have provided, ordered, and affixed my signature, be-
fore the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence
of a notary, doing so on this plain paper, as there is none
stamped. This I certify. Domingo Cabello Jose
Plazido de Monzon, attendant witness Pedro Dias del
Castillo, attendant witness
[C.C., 10-10 v pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]
lst Notice At the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]
de Bexar and villa of S[a]n Fern[an]do, on
the twelfth day of the month of July, in the year seventeen
hundred eighty-two, before me, the above-named governor, and
the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a
notary, Cayetano de Soto, who acts as crier at this presidio
for the publication of bandos and other matters arising,
proc.eeded to the door of these Royal Houses in which I live,
at exactly eleven o'clock in the morning, to give the first
notice in the presence of many people who had gathered there.
11Speaking in a loud and clear voice, he said that // goods
and products worth seven hundred twenty-two pesos and four
r^.anos--from the balances belonging to Felis and Cristobal
de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los R^os, and Ant[oni]o Romero,
which they realised as soldiers at the [now] abandoned
presidio of [Nuestra Senora del Pilar de] Los Adaes--had been
appraised at two hundred twenty-two pesos and one grano
according to current prices. [This he said] so that whoever
wished to bid on them might appear before the lord governor
and commandant of arms of this province, who would accept
(bids] and sell to the highest bidder. He will cause [the
record of sale] to appear in the autos concerning the matter,
on the [same] terms [as those] leading to the said appraisal.
[Rubric ofDomingoCabello]
These announcements continued at half past
eleven, and the third [took place] at exactly
twelve o'clock; in witness whereof I have
signed [this] with the attendant witnesses with whom I act
in the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain paper, as
there is none stamped. This I certify. Dom[ing]o Cabello
Jose Plazido de Monzon, attendant witness Pedro
Dfas del Castillo, attendant witness
[C.C., lOv-11 pp., in.E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792)
2nd Notice At the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de
Bexar and villa of S[a]n Fern[an]do, on the
fifteenth day of the month of July, in the year seventeen
hundred eighty-two, before me, the above-named governor, and.
the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a
notary, Cayetano de Soto, who acts as crier at this.presidioliv
for the publication of bandos and other matters // arising,
proceeded to the door of these Royal Houses in which I live.,
at exactly eleven o'clock in the morning, to give the second
notice in the presence of many people who had gathered there.
Speaking in a loud and clear voice, he said that goods and
products worth seven hundred twenty-two pesos and four ra no s
--from the balances belonging to Felis and Cristobal de los
Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rios, and Antonio Romero, which.,.they
realised as soldiers at the [now] abandoned presidio of
[Nuestra Senora del Pilar de] los Adaes--had been appraised
at two hundred twenty-two pesos and one grano according to
current prices. [This he said] so that whoever wished to bid
on them might appear before the lord governor and commander of
arms of this province, who would accept [bids] and sell to the.
highest bidder. He will cause [the record of sale] to appear
in the autos concerning the matter, on the [same] terms [as
those] leading to the said appraisal. These notices continued
at half past eleven, and the third [took place] at exactly
twelve o'clock; in witness whereof I have signed [this] with
the attendant witnesses with whom I act•in the absence of a
notary, doing so on this plain paper as there is none stamped.
This I certify. Dom[ing]o Cabello Jose Plazido de
Monzon, attendant witness -Pedro Dias del Castillo,
attendant witness.
[ c. C. , ii-iiv pp.,in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792)
L,
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12//
3rd Notice At the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de
Bexar and villa of S[a]n Fern[an]do, on the
twentieth day of the month of July, in the year seventeen
hundred eighty-two, before me, the above-named governor, and
the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a
notary, Cayetano de Soto, who acts as crier at this presidio
for the publication of bandos and other matters arising,
appeared at the door of these Royal Houses in which I live,
at exactly eleven o'clock in the morning, to give the first
notice in the presence of many people who had gathered there.
Speaking in a loud and clear voice, he said that goods and
products worth seven hundred twenty-two pesos and four granos
--from the balances belonging to Felis and Cristobal de los
Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rios, and Ant[oni]o[ Rubr ic ofDomingo Romero, which they realised as soldiers atCabello]
the [now] abandoned presidio of [Nuestra
Senora del Pilar de] los Adaes--had been appraised at two
hundred twenty-two pesos and one grano according to current
prices. [This he said] so that whoever wished to bid on them
might appear before the lord governor and commandant of arms
of this province, who would accept [bids] and sell to the
highest bidder. He will cause [the record of sale] to appear
in the autos concerning the matter, on the [same] terms [as
those] leading to the said appraisal. These announcements
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continued at half past eleven, and the third [took place] at12v
twelve o'clock. At this point Manuel de Flores y Valdes
a resident of this presidio, appeared and stated that he would
offer the amount at which the goods were appraised. The said
bid was accepted, whereupon [de Soto] proceeded to give the
final notice. And when it appeared that there would be no
higher bidder, [the governor] proceeded to say to the [success-.
ful] bidder, "Going once, going twice, going thrice. May it
prosper you well." At this the afore-mentioned goods were sold
to the above-named Manuel de Flores y Valdes on the terms
mentioned above, by virtue whereof delivery of the said goods
will proceed tomorrow, the twenty-first of the present month,
and at the same time [the buyer] will.tender two hundred.
twenty-two pesos and one grano, the amount for which the sale
was concluded. [Flores y Valdes] signed the sale [agreement]
with me and with the attendant witnesses with whom I act in
the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain paper, as
there is none stamped. This I certify. Dom[ing]o Cabello
Man[ue]i Flores y Valdes Jose Plazido de Monzon,
attendant witness Pedro Dias del Castillo, attendant
witness
[C.C., 12-12v pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]
13//
Auto of At the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o dedelivery
Bexar and villa of S[a]n Fern[an]do, on the
twenty-second day of the month of July in the year seventeen
hundred eighty-two, I, Don Dom[ing]o Cabello, Colonel in the
Royal Armies, Governor and Commandant of arms of the Province
of Los Texas, its Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain
of the Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of S[ajn Ant[oni]o
de Bexar and Inspector General of the Militia Corps and
Presidial Troops of the said Province by Commission Conferred
by the Lord Commandant General of the Interior Provinces of
this Kingdom of New Spain, [do state the following:] When
Man[ue]1 Flores y Valde's, resident of this presidio, was
present, he was given the goods and products delivered by
Reformado Captain Don Luis Ant[ oni] o Menchaca,[Rubric ofDomingo (which goods ha.d) belonged to Felis andCabello]
Cr^stobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los
Rios, and Ant[oni]o Romero, as evidenced in the proceedings
on page 8 and the reverse thereof. [Flores y Valdes],
considering them delivered and received to his entire satis-
faction and pleasure, proffered at the same time the amount
of one hundred sixty-two pesos and three reales in credit
and hard cash,'which I, the afore-mentioned governor,
considered as given and received in satisfaction of the
above-cited amount. [I did so] in order to proceed--with
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that [sum] and with the fifty-nine pesos, five reales and one
grano tendered by the afore-mentioned Reformado Captain Don13v
Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca, comprising all together two
hundred twenty-two pesos and one r̂ ano--as ordered by the
lord commandant general. The [entire]eamount is the [prorated]
proceeds from the seven hundred twenty-two pesos and four
r^.anos' worth of goods and products to which the aforesaid
interested persons are entitled. As evidence thereof the
above-cited Man[ue]l Flores y Valdes has affixed his signature
with mine and those of the attendant witnesses with whom I
act in the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain paper,
as there is none stamped. This I certify. Dom[ing:]o
Cabello Manuel Flores y Valdes Jose Plazido.de
Monzon, attendant witness Pedro Dias del Castillo,
attendant witness
[C.C., 13-13v pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792)
Decree Man[ue]1 Flores y Valdes, a resident of this
presidio, has paid the one hundred sixty-two
pesos and three reales representing goods and products sold
at public auction and delivered by Reformado Captain Don Luis
Ant[oni]o Menchaca, [which goods] had belonged to Felis and
Cristobal de los Reyes, Joso Luis de los Rios, and Ant[oni]o
Romero, who were soldiers at the [now] abandoned presidio of
[Nuestra Senora del Pilar de] los Adaes. Added thereto are.
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the fifty-nine pesds, five reales, and one granoano paid in14
hard cash by the afore-mentioned captain for // those [goods]
which he failed to deliver in the same kind as those which
he himself had on deposit. [Together] they compxrise the
sum of two hundred twenty-two pesos and one grano, at which
[the goods] were appraised according to present-day prices of
the seven hundred twenty-two pesos and four granos' worth of
the afore-mentioned goods and products deposited with the
above-named captain at prices on the old schedule--as is more
clearly evidenced on page 5 verso and on [page] 8 and the
reverse thereof. In consequence thereof, let publication
and posting of the edicts proceed at this presidio and villa
of S[a]n Fern[an]do, and there let the.[Rubric ofDomingo afore-mentioned Felis and Cristobal deCabello]
los Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rfos, and
Ant[oni]o Romero be cited, called, and summoned, that they
themselves or--in their default--their heirs or agents may
appear and present themselves to make known in this my
tribunal the identity of their persons and rights, so that
they may be paid the amount due to each of them. It is to
be understood that beyond the time limit of one year as
designated for [their claim, the money] shall be considered
abandoned property, to be applied to the gratif icasion fund
of the present cavalry company of this presidio of S[a]n14v
Ant[ oni] o// de Bexar. To this end an official letter
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will be sent to the governor of the province of Cohahuila
enclosing that of the lord commandant general, which is at
the beginning of these proceedings, so that, informed of
its content, he may deign to do what is incumbent upon him
and to advise of his having done so. [This matter] is to be
added to the autos, wherein is to be placed one copy of the
said edict followed by a record of its publication and 'posting.
[This is to be done] for the complete formulation of these
proceedings. Thus it is provided, ordered, and signed by me,
Don Dom[ing]o Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor
and Commandant of Arms of the Province of Los Texas, its
Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry
Company of the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar,
and Inspector General of the Militia Corps and Presidial Troops
of the said Province by Commission Conferred by the Lord
Commandant General of the Interior Provinces of this Kingdom
of New Spain; at this Royal Presidio of [San Antonio de] Bexar,
on the twenty-third day of the month of July, in the year
seventeen hundred eighty-two; before the attendant witnesses
with whom I act in the absence of a notary, doing so on this
plain paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify..15
Cabello Jose Plazido de // Monzon, attendant witness
Pedro Dias del Castillo, attendant witness.
[C.C., 13v-15 pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]
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Edict Don Dom[ing]o Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies,
Governor and Commandant of Arms of the Province
of Los Texas, its Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain
of the Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o
de Bexar, and Inspector General of the Militia Corps.and
.Presidial Troops of the said Province by Commission Conferred
by the Lord Commandant General of the Interior Provinces of
this Kingdom of New Spain I make known to all by whom these
presents shall be seen and heard that I do cite, summon, and
call Felis and Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rios,
and Ant[oni]o Romero, who were soldiers at the [now] abandoned
presidio of [Nuestra Senora del Pilar de]los[Rubric ofDomingo Adaes. They were not present at this [presidio]Cabello]
of S[a]n Ant[oni)o de Bexar during the
distribution to the said company's troops of the goods and
products [representing] the twenty thousand pesos which was
the resulting balance against Lieutenant Colonel Don Angel de
Martos y Nabarrete from the time he was governor of this
province of Los Texas and captain of the aforesaid company.
Thus they did not receive the part equal to their share of
the balance. Consequently I do command them, by this my edict,
to appear within the space of one year reckoned from the datel5v
of publication hereof, // to present themselves or, in their
default, their heirs or agents, and to make known in this my
tribunal the identity of their persons and their rights, so
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that they may be paid the sum due each of them. It is to be
understood that beyond the time limit designated for [that
purpose, the goods] will be considered abandoned property and
will be applied to the gratificasion fund of the present
cavalry company of this presidio of [San Antonio de] Bexar,
in accordance with the autos formed on the matter, which I
[hereby] cite. Done at this Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de
Bexar, on the twenty-fourth day of the month of July, in the
.year seventeen hundred eighty-two; before the attendant
witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a notary, doing
so on this plain paper, as there is none stamped. This I
certify. Domingo Cabello Jose Plazido de Mon-zon,
attendant witness Pedro Dias del Castillo, attendant
witness
[C.C., 15-15v pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]
Record Royal Presidio of S[a]n Antonio de Bexar, July
25, 1782 On this date the edict aforegoing
was published by bando and was posted at the portals of the
guardhouse of the said pre16dio, as evidence whereof I place
this in the proceedings // ' and certify it. Cabello
[C.C., 15v-16 pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]
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Decree In view of evidence of publication by bando of
the edict for the purpose of summoning, citing,
and calling Felis and Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de
los Rios, and Ant[oni]o Romero for the ends stated therein;
and whereas an official letter is to be sent to the governor
of the province of Cohahuila so that he may proceed to ful-
fillment of the same requirement: let a certified copy of
the said official letter be placed below as evidence for all
time of the manner in which this was done. Thus it is provided,
ordered, and signed by me, Don Dom[ing]o Cabello, Colonel in
the Royal Armies, Governor and Commandant of Arms of the
Province of Los Texas, its Missions, Conquests,[Rubric ofDomingo and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry CompanyCabello]
of the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de
Bexar, and Inspector General of the Militia Corps and Presidial
Troops of the said Province by Commission Conferred by the Lord
Commandant General of the Interior Provinces of this Kingdom of
New Spain; at this Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar,
on the twentieth day of the month of August, in the year
seventeen hundred eighty-two; before the attendant witnesses
with whom I act in the absence of a notary, doing so.on this
plain paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify..16v
Cabello Jose Plazxdo de Monzon, attendant
witness Pedro.Dias del Castillo, attendant witness
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(C.C., 16-16v pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792)
Official letter written to My dear sir: One of thethe governor of Cohahuila,enclos in g that of the matters I had to complete inlord commandant general
the inspection review which
I passed on the cavalry company of this presidio was the
liquidat'ion of some accounts amounting to two thousand pesos
which Lieutenant Colonel Don Angel de Martos y Nabarrete,
who was governor of this province and captain of the [now]
abandoned presidio of [Nuestra Senora del Pilar de] los Adaes,
paid to the soldiers thereof as a result of the balances
formed against him in the inspection review passed on the
af ore-mentioned presidio by the Most Excellent Senor Marq,ues
de Rubi; and having sent these documents to the lord
commandant general, I have been ordered by him as follows
"Consequent to that which has been disclosed by the
assessor of this commandery in view cif' quaderno number 22,.
which Your Lordship remitted to me with the documents of the
inspection review of this company, to authorise distribution
of the twenty thousand pesos repaid by Lieutenant Colonel
Don Angel de Martos [y Navarrete] to the troops who served
at the [now] abandoned presidio of [Nuestra Senora del Pilar
de] los Adaes, I have resolved by today's decree to apprise.
Your Lordship--as I now do'-that the effects worth seven17
hundred twenty-two // pesos.and four ra no s deposited
03
►
with Don Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca as a debit in favor of
Felis and Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rios,
and Ant[ oni] o Romero, are to be sold immediately at public
auction at the highest prices they can bring. The liquid
amount which they bring shall be placed in the gratificasion
fund of the company, with the status of a deposit for the
time being. This done, Your Lordship shall post pro-
clamations in your vi_ 1la [San Fernando de Bexar] and shall
send an official letter to.the governor of Cohahuila, so
that he may also publish them in the province under his
jurisdiction, citing and calling forth the aforenamed credi-
tors or their heirs, so that when this authorisation is made
evident, they may proceed to receive their respective shares.
It shall be understood that with the pas-[ Rubric ofDomingo sage of one year, to be designated as theCabello]
time limit for [asserting a claim], the
goods will be considered abandoned property and will be applied
to the gratif icasion fund. Your Lordship shall remit to me
a certified copy of the proceedings in due time so that,
adding them to the afore-mentioned cuaderno, I may perform
theron what is acceptable [by law]. God keep Your Lord-
ship many years. Arispe, March 5, 1782 El Cav[alle]ro
de Croix Senor Don Domingo Cabello" Consequent
thereto, and in compliance with that of which I am advised,
I am enclosing for Your Lordship the official letter from
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17v.the afore-mentioned lord commandant general, that, //
being informed as to its content, you may deign to do that
part which is incumbent upon you, apprising'.me of your having
done so, that [your reply and evidence of compliance] may be
added to the autos which I have formed on the matter
May Our Lord protect Your Lordship's life many years. S[a]n
Ant[oni]o de Bexar, August 20, 1782 Your Lordship's
most devoted and faithful servant kisses your hand
Domingo Cabello [addressee:] SeTior Don Juan de Vgalde
[C.C., 16v-17v pp., in E. 3/5/1782'- 6/16/1792]
[The foregoing] agrees with the copy of the original,
which was remitted to Colonel Don Juan de Vgalde, governor
of the province of Cohahuila, which I [hereby] cite. I, Don
Dom[ing]o Cabello--Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor
and Commandant of Arms of the Province of Los Texas, its
Missions, Conquests, and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry
Company of the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar
and Inspector General of the Militia Corps and Presidial
Troops of.the said Province by Commission Conferred by the
Lord Commandant General of the Interior Provinces of this
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kingdom of New Spain--had ordered [the copy] made in order
to add it to these proceedings consequent to that which was
ordered in the decree aforegoing. It is accurate and true,
and has been compared [with the ori;ginal]. It fills two
sheets of plain paper. Present to see it written and to
compare it were Don Jose Ant[oni]o de Bustillo y Zeballos and18
Don Ant[oni]o de las Barzenas, both staying and residing
at this presidio of [San Antonio de] Bexar and villa of S[a]n
Fern[an]do, where [the present instrument] has been made on
the twentieth day of the month of August, in the year seven-
teen hundred eighty-two; before the attendant witnesses with
whom I act in the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain
paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify. Domingo
Cabello Jose Plazido de Monzon, attendant witness
Pedro Dias del Castillo, attendant witness
[C.C., 17v-18 pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]
Record [San Antonio de] Bexar, August 20, 1782
On this date the official letter of [which][Rubric ofDomingo the aforegoing [is a] certified copy wasCabello]
sent.by the monthly mail to the lord governor
of the province of Cohahuila; as evidence whereof I place
[this record] in the proceedings and certify it.
Cabello
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[C.C.3 18 p., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]
Decree Whereas all proceedings which were ordered
conducted by the lord commandant general for
the full security of goods belonging to Felis and Cristobal
de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rios, and Antonio Romero are
complete; and whereas the liquid remainder of the money
resulting in their favor must be entered in the gratificasion
fund: [now therefore] let an account be formed of the prices
and inevitable expenses paid from the two hundred twenty-two
pesos and one grano received at auction for the seven18v
hundred twenty-two pesos and // four r€ anos' worth of
goods which belonged to[the four men] and delivered to
Reformado Captain Don Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca, as is more
extensively evidenced in the aforegoing proceedings, so that
when the liquid amount is ascertained, the afore-mentioned
deposit may be made. It is to be remembered that three
percent is to be paid to Don Jose Ant[oni]o de Bustillo y
Zeballos for the labor which he undertook in the receipt,
appraisal, and delivery of the said goods and products to
Man[ue]l Flores y Valdes, who acquired them by purchase at
public auction. Thus it is provided, ordered, and signed
by me, Don Domingo Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies,
Governor and Commandant of Arms of the Province of Los Texas,
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its Missions, Conquests and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry
Company of the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar,
and Inspector General of the Militia Corps and Presidial
Troops of the said Province by Commission Conferred by the
Lord Commandant General of the Interior Provinces of this
Kingdom of New Spain; at this Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[onijo
de Bexar, on the twenty-second day of the month of August in
the year seventeen hundred eighty-two; before the attendant
witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a notary, doing
so on this plain paper, as.there is none stamped. This I19
certify. Cabello Jose Plazido de Monzon,
attendant witness Pedro Dias del Castillo, attendant
witness
[C.C., 18-19 pp., in E. 3/5 /1782 - 6/16/1792]
Record of inevitable expenditures incurred and due to
be absorbed from the two hundred twenty-two pesos and one
ra n o which is the liquid assets netted by the property
of Felis and Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rfos,
and Antonio Romero, in the form and manner shown hereunder:
Pesos Reales
For the 3 percent which is due.Don Jose Ant[oni]o de Bustilloy Zeballos for receipt anddelivery of the goods
It 006 it 5 ► t
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Pesos Reales
The amount paid to the crierCayetano de Soto for nine 002 it 2 itnotices at 2 reales each
Cost of publication of the 000 n 2 ofedict
For paper used in conductingthese proceedings and in.making a copy of them to be „ 01 0 tsent to the lord commandantgeneral as ordered
[Rubric of Total cost 010 It
DomingoCabellol
As it appears from the aforegoing account, the inevi-
.table expenditures incurred in conducting the aforegoing
proceedings amount to ten pesos and one real, in witness
whereof I have affixed my signature at this Royal Presidio
of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar, on the twenty-second day of
the month of August, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-
two; before the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the
absence of a notary, doing so on this plain paper, as there19v
is none stamped. This I certify. // Dom[ing]o
Cabello Jose Plazido de Monzon, attendant witness
Pedro Dfas del Castillo, attendant witness
[C.C., 19-19v pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]
log
Decree Having seen the preceding account, I consider
it correct and [declare it] approved. Since
the expenditures and costs assumed in pursuit of these
proceedings as conducted amounts to ten pesos and one real,
let [this amount] be deducted'from the two hundred twenty-two
pesos and one grano which is the property of the above-named
interested persons, since it is they who should assume it.
Let the two hundred eleven pesos, seven reales, and one grano
in liquid assets remaining after assuming and satisfying the
above-said costs be placed in the chest containing the
gratificasion fund which belong.s to the cavalry company of
this presidio. Hereunder is to be placed a receipt for
deposit thereof, in order to comply fully with all that the
lord commandant general has commanded relative to this matter.
And [when this is] done, [let] autos [be made]. Thus it is
provided, ordered, and signed by me, Don Dom[ing]o Cabello,
Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor and Commandant of Arms
of the Province of Texas, its Missions, Conquests, and
Frontiers, Captain of the.Cavalry Company of the Royal Presidio
of San Antonio de Bexar, and Inspector General of the Militia
Corps and Presidial Troops of the said Province by Commission
Conferred //20by the Lord Commandant General of the Interior
Provinces of this Kingdom of New Spain; at this Royal Presidio
of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar, on the twenty-second day of the
month of August, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-two;
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before the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence
of a notaVy, doing so on this plain paper, as there is none
stamped. This I certify. -.W..Jose Pla'zido de Monzon,
attendant witness Pedro Dias del Castillo, attendant
witness
[C.Cd, 19v-20 pp., in E.'3/5 /1782 - 6/16/1792]
Receipt I, Don Jose Ant[oni]o Bustiilo y Zeballos,
charged with the affairs of several branches
included in the abilitacion of the -cavalry company of this
presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni.]o de Bexar in the absence of Don
Bern[ar]do F[e]rn[ande]z, lieutenant.and paymaster of the
above-cited company, who has gone to the city of S[a]n Luis
[Potosi] to receive the money payable to[ Rubri c ofDomingo the individuals of [the company], do stateCa be].lo] .
[the following:] Informed of the provision
issued by the lord governor and commandant of arms of the
province of Los Texas, I have received from the said gentle-
man's own hand two hundred eleven pesos, seven reales., and
one grano representing the liquid assets of balances belonging
to Felis and Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rios,
and Antonio Romero from the time when they were soldiers at
the [now] abandoned presidio of [Nuestra Senora del Pilar de]20v
los Adaes. This amount has been placed with the money //
ill
belonging to the gratificasion fund of the said company and
has the status of a deposit on the same terms and for the
purposes designated in the superior order of the lord
commandant general, which is at the.beginning of these
proceedings; in witness whereof I have affixed my signature
at this Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar, on the
twenty-second day of the month of August, in the year seven-
teen hundred eighty-two. [The amount deposited] is
two hundred eleven pesos, seven reales, and one grano
Jose' Antonio de Bustillo y Zeballos
; C.C., 20-20v pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792)_
Decree In view of the full completion of all such
proceedings as were ordered conducted by the
lord commandant general relating to the gathering of goods
and products which were in the possession of Reformado
Captain Don Luis Ant[onijo Menchaca, corresponding to the
seven hundred twenty-two pesos and four granos belonging to
the balances of Felis and Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis
de los Rios and Ant[oni]o Romero from the time when they
were soldiers at the [now] abandoned presidio of [Nuestra
Senora del Pilar de] los Adaes; and [whereas], appraised
according to prices currently being brought, the said goods
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and products were [found to be ] worth two hundred twenty-two
pesos and one rg ano, of which, after deducting ten pesos and
one real for costs and expenditures assumed, there Is aliquid21
remainder // of two hundred eleven pesos, seven reales and
one grano, which is on deposit in the gra t if ica s ion fund of
the cavalry company of this presidio; [and whereas] for receipt
thereof [the four men] have been cited and called forth by
public bando and likewise by posted edicts, while for the same
purpose an official letter has been released to the governor
of the province of Cohahuila in order that the same measures
may be put into effect there, asis more extensively and
individually evidenced in the aforegoing proceedings; [and,
whereas] the only remaining necessity is the proration showing
how much is due each of the above-cited interested individuals
from the liquid amount remaining in[Rubric ofDomingo their favor; I[therefore] proceed.toCabello]
form [the proration] in the form and
manner following
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Belonging to
[each one] ingoods
His share
i n reales
rMv^ v^
W aD cn aU0 H
j
0 ^^ CO ^n cua^ aD ^u a^
^ P4 a
To Felis de los Reyes 0,109. 1. 0. 0,302. 0.
To Jose Luis de los R^os 05392. 7. 3. 0,115. 2.
To Antonio Romero 0,155. 2. 4. 0,045. 4
To Cristobal de los Reyes 0,064.:. 0,019.
Totals 0.722. 0. 4.# 0,211.
2.
5.
6.
0.
1.
Consequently the legality of procedures in the said pro-
ration is verified according to the above, by virtue of which
these proceedings are considered closed pending the appear-21v
ance of the afore-mentioned interested parties, so that
each of them may be paid the amount of his respective share.
Thus it is provided, ordered, and signed by me, Don Dom[ing]o
Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor and Commandant
of Arms of the Province of Texas, its Missions, Conquests,
and Frontiers, Captain of the Cavalry Company of the-Royal
Presidio.of San Antonio de Bexar, and Inspector General of
the Militia Corps and Presidial Troops of the said Province
by Commission Conferred by the Lord Commandant General of the.
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Interior Provinces of this Kingdom of New Spain; at this
Royal Presidio of S[a]nAnt[oni]o de Bexar, on the twenty,-
sixth day of the month of August, in the year seventeen
hundred eighty-two; before the attendant witnesses with whom
I act in the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain
paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify.
Cabello Jose Pla'zido de Monzon, attendant witness
Pedro Dias del Castillo, attendant witness
[C..C., 20v-21v pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]
Decree Notwithstanding the passage of nine months
since an official letter--a copy of which
is found on pages 16 verso to 17 and its reverse--was sent
. to Senor Colonel Don Juan de Vgalde, governor of the province
of Cohahuila, he has not acknowledged receipt of it. Thus
these proceedings remain in total incompletion for lack of22
the afore-mentioned requisite. // I have received word
that Senor Lieutenant Colonel Don Pedro de Tueros has taken
possession of the aforenamed governorship. Therefore let.
another identical official letter be sent to [Pedro de Tueros],
so that his reply may be added to these proceedings, which
then may be thereby placed in their proper order. Thus it
is provided, ordered, and signed by me, Don Dom[ing]o Cabello,
Governor and Commandant of Arms of the Province of Los Texas,
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&-c.; at this Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de Bexar
and villa of S[ajn Fern[an]do, on the thirty-first day of
the month of May, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-
three; before the attendant witnesses with whom I act in
the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain paper, as
[Rubric ofthere is none stamped. This I certify. .
Domingo Cabello Jose Plazido de Monzon,Cabello]
attendant witness Pedro Dias.del
Castillo, attendant witness
[C.C., 21v-22 pp., in E. 3/5 /1782 -6/16/1792]
Record Royal Presidio of S[ajn Ant[oni]o de Bexar,
June 20, 1783 On this date the official
letter ordered in the aforegoing decree was sent by the
monthly mail to the senor governor of the province of
Cohahuila. A copy thereof is found on pages 16 verso to
17 and its reverse. As evidence thereof I place [this] in
the proceedings and certify it. Cabello
[C.C., 22 p., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]
Official letter from My dear sir: So as not tothe governor of theprovince of Cohahuila, delay Your Lordship in [re-se^ to the [governor]// v of the [province] ceiving information on] whatof Los Texas
has been done for the purpose
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of summoning the individuals who are creditors of the balances22v
resulting from the review passed by the Most Excellent
Senor Marques de Rubf, I am enclosing for Your Lordship the
original replies given me by the justicias of the district
of this province in view of the latest information I gave
them. Still posted in the most public place in this capital
is an identical copy of the edict which I sent to all juris-
dictions. Yet no one has asserted a claim, nor [does anyone)
have knowledge of such individuals [as might do so]., I
wish Your Lordship all felicity and [desire] that Our Lord
may prosper you therein--as is my prayer--many years. Villa
of La Monclova, October 27, 1783 Your Lordship's most
devoted and faithful servant kisses your hand. Pedro
Tueros Senor Colonel Don Dom[ing]o Cabello
[C.C., 22-22v pp., in E. 3/5 /1782 - 6/16/1792]
Official letter from My dear sir: In compliancethe captain of thepresidio of [San Juan with that of which Your GraceBautista d] el RioGrande to the gover- has deigned to advise me innor of Cohahuila
your official letter of the
9th of the current month, I
am bound to say that as of the present time there has appeared
not one of the interested persons, or heirs, cited in the
circular letter dated the 5th of July of this year, which Your
Grace has deigned to send me, concerning the balances resulting
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in favor of Felix and Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los
Rios, and An[toni] o Romero, who were soldiers at the [now]
abandoned presidio of [Nuestra Senora del Pilar dea los Adaes.
I have been able to learn only that Jose Luis de los Rios
is a native of El Nuebo Reyno de Leon, a bachelor, and a23
deserter. This news was given to me by Lieutenant Don
Jose Menchaca, who knew the said Rios when he was a soldier
at the afore-mentioned presidio. But [Menchaca] does.not
know his whereabouts or whether he has legitimate heirs who
might go to receive his share. This is all I am able to
state at the present time. God keep Your Grace many
years. Presidio of [San Juan Bautista del] Rio Grande,
October 18, 1783 Your Grace's most devoted and faithful
servant kisses your hand. Man[ue]l de Cerecedo y Velasco
Senor Governor Don Pedro Tueros
[C.C., 22v-23 pp., in E. 3/5 /1782 - 6/16/1792]
Official letter fromthe lieutenant gover-nor at the Valleyof S[an] ta Rosa tothe governor of theprovince ofCohahuila
My dear sir: In compliance
with [the letter] I received
from Your Lordship [dated]
the 9th of the present month,
I state that I have diligently
sought the persons mentioned in the edict dated the past July
5, which Your Lordship deigned to send me, and which I caused
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to be published. During all this time not one of the above-
[Rubric ofnamed has appeared, nor has any word
Domingo been received. I thus took steps toCabelJ;o]
determine whether any of them were
known or had been seen, yet no one
has brought word. Of this.I advise Your Lordship in compliance
with the order which you deigned to send me, so that in view
thereof you may decide on what is most to your superior liking.
May God protect Your Lordship's valuable life many
years. S[an]ta Rosa, October 20, 1783 The least of
Your Lordship's servants kisses your hand. Juan de
Rabago Senor Governor Don Pedro Tueros
[C.C., 23 p., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]
Official lett^5 from thelieutenant // v governorat the villa of S[a)nFern[an do, [Coahuila],to the governor of theprovince of Cohahuila
My dear sir: In an official
letter of the. 9th of this
month Your Lordship has ordered23v
me // to inform you of
whether.there has appeared
any of the interested parties or heirs [mentioned] in the
bando which I published in this villa, so that they might go
to the province of Texas to receive the balances deposited
with Don Luis Ant[oni]o Menchaca, which belonged to soldiers
who were licenciados and were absent. Since I published
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[the summons] by the said bando I have not received the
slightest news from either the interested parties or their
heirs, nor is there anyone here who can give account for
any one of them as of the presentday. Thus Your Lordship's
superior order has been obeyed and complied with, and this
constitutes my scrupulous fulfillment thereof. May Our
Lord God keep Your Lordship many years. Villa of S.[a.]n
Fernando, [Coahuila], October 20, 1783 Your Lordship's
most devoted and mean servant kisses your hand. Blas
Martfn Nieto Senor Governor Don Pedro Tueros
[C.C., 23-23v pp., in E . 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]
Official letter from the Senor Governor: With regardlieutenant governor atthe villa of Candela to to the bando issued by Yourthe governor of theprovince of Cohahuila Lordship on July 5 of the
present year, by which the
so.ldiers concerned therein or their relatives are summoned
by order of the lord governor of Texas, Don Dom[ing]o
Cabello, I have had [the bando] promulgated in the most
frequented place in this villa. Yet there has been no one
who knew [the four men summoned] or knew anything of them
from that time forth, nor has any relative or sibling24
appeared. // Of this I inform Your Lordship for your
disposal. May God protect Your Lordship's important
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life many years. Candela, October 23, 1783 ` The least
of Your Lordship's subjects kisses your hand. Juan
Jose Flores Valdes Senor Colonel Don Pedro Tueros
[C.C., 23v-24 pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]
Auto At the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o
de Bexar and villa of S[a]n Fern[an]do,
on the tenth day of the month of November, in the year
seventeen hundred eighty-three, I, Don Dom[ing]o Cabello,
Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor and Commandant of
Arms of the Province of Los Texas, &c. [do.state the follow-
ing:] I have received the official letter from the governor
of [the province] of Cohahuila in reply to the one sent to
him consequent to the provisions found on pages 21 verso to
22 [herein]. It is evident in [his[Rubric ofDomingo letter] and the four following itCabello]
that the justicias in the district
of that province have published the edicts citing and summon-
ing Felis de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rfos, Ant[oni]o
Romero, and Cristobal de los Reyes, so that they, being
creditors to the balances they earned at the [now] abandoned
presidio of [Nuestra Senora del Pilar de] los Adaes may
appear--either they themselves or their agents--to receive
their share, as is evidenced more extensively in the afore-
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going proceedings conducted for that purpose, I therefore
must command and do command--in view of all the requisites
aforegoing and [the fact that] the above-named interested^?4U
parties have not appeared in spite // of steps taken to
that end--that their rights and actions be considered un-
settled and that the two hundred eleven pesos, seven reales,
and one grano in liquid assets remaining to them as shown
on the proration formed on page 21 be applied to the
gratificasion fund of the cavalry company of this presidio
consequent to that which was commanded by the lord comman-
dant general of these Interior Provinces and verified in
his superior order issued for that purpose, which [order]
is found at the beginning of these proceedings. And since
the afore-mentioned two hundred eleven pesos, seven reales,
and one grano is on deposit in the cash box of the above-
named gratificasion fund with the status of a deposit [only],
as evidenced on page 20 and its reverse, let Don Bern[ar]do
Fernandes, lieutenant and paymaster of the above-mentioned
company, be informed that he is to consider [the money] to
be the property of that branch and to credit it to the assets
thereof, placing an entry to that effect on the account to be
formed and given pertaining to the present year as money
existing in favor of the said fund, thereby complying totally
with that which was commanded by the lord oo mmandant general
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relative to this matter. Thus I have provided, ordered,
and affixed my signature, before the attendant witnesses
with whom I act In the absence of a notary, doing so on this
plain paper, as there is none stamped. This I certify.
Domingo Cabello Jose Pla'zido de Monzon, attendant
witness Pedro Dfas del Castillo, attendant witness
[C.C., 24-24v pp., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]
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25
Auto At the Royal Presidio of S[a]n Ant[oni]o de
Bexar and ,vil].a of S[a]n Fernando, on the
eleventh day of the month of November, in the year seventeen
hundred eighty-three, I. the above-named governor, in order
to put into effect that which was ordered in the preceding
auto, did cause to appear before me Don Bernardo F[e]rn[ande]z,
lieutenant and paymaster of the cavalry company of the said
presidio. When he was in my presence I made known to him in
person the content of the aforegoing proceedings; he said
that he had heard and would obey. Consequently he will take
the afore-mentioned two hundred eleven pesos, seven reales,
and one rEano' the proceeds from theunclaimed balances of.
Felix and Cristobal de los Reyes, Jose Luis de los Rios, and
Ant[oni]o Romero, and apply them to the gratificasion fund.
[The same] amount is considered received and delivered. And
he will enter [that amount] in the[Rubric ofDomingo account to be formed for assets inCabello]
the said fund for the present year;
in witness whereof he has signed [this] with me, before the
attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a no-
tary, doing so on this plain paper, as there,is none stamped.
This I certify. Dom[ing]o Cabello Bernardo Fernandes
Jose Plazido de Monzon, attendant witness. Pedro
Dfas del Castillo, attendant witness
124
[C.C., 25 p., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]
Decree As a consequence of completion of all
such proceedings as have been ordered by,
the lord commandant general in the superior order located
at the beginning hereof, let a transcript of [the proceed-
ings] be made, which is to remain in this governor's office25v
for such purposes // as shall arise and may arise; and
let the originals be sent to the lord commandant general,
that he may be informed of what has been done in this matter
and [may know] that its speedy conclusion was delayed
through the failure of Colonel Don Juan de Vgalde, during
the time in which he was governor of the province of
Cohahuila, to forward the official letter sent to him and
found on pages 16 verso to 17 verso, which fact is verified
by those documents and the others preceding it. Thus it is
provided, ordered, and signed by me, the aforesaid governor,
at this Presidio of [San Antonio de ] Bexar and villa of
S[a]n Fern[an]do, on the thirteenth day of the month of
November, in the year seventeen hundred eighty-three, before
the attendant witnesses with whom I act in the absence of a
notary, doing so on this plain paper, as there is none
stamped.. This I certify. - Cabello Jose Plazido de
Monz6n, attendant witness Pedro Dias del Castillo,
attendant witness On page 23 verso [the word] "bando",
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crossed out, is void.
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[The transcript] agrees with the original, which has
been sent to the lord commandant general of these Interior
Provinces, which [original] I cite, and of which I, Don
Dom[ing]o Cabello, Colonel in the Royal Armies, Governor
and Commandant of Arms of the Province of Los Texas, &c.,
ordered [the copy] made and did make it for the purposes
advised in the decree aforegoing. It is accurate and true
and [has been] compared [with the original]. It consists26
of twenty-five filled sheets--including this one--// on
plain paper. Present to see it written and compared were
Don Jose Ant[oni]o de Bustillo y Zeballos and Don Joaquin
Flores, both inhabitants and residents of this presidio of
[San Antonio de] Bexar and villa of S[a]n Fernando, where
[the present document] has been made on the twenty-ninth
day of the month of November, in the year seventeen hundred
eighty-three, before the attendant witnesses with whom I
act in the absence of a notary, doing so on this plain paper
as there is none stamped. This I certify.
Dom[ ing] o Cabello[Rubric]
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Jose Plazido de Monzon Pedro Dias del Castillo[Rubric] [Rubric]
attendant witness attendant witness
[D.S., 25v-26 pp., in E. 3/5 /1782 - 6/16/1792]
On the 16th of June, 1792,a transcript hereof was made,
be sent to the Most Excellent Lord Viceroy.26v
// [Blank] [D., 26 p., in E. 3/5/1782 - 6/16/1792]