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Texas--Azlor y Virto de Vera, José de, Marques de Aguayo.
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Description
- Senor. El Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo, Don Joseph de Azlor... No place, printer or date [c.1720?]
Folio (310 x 215mm.), 4pp., unbound
Catalogue Note
A rare memorial addressed to the Spanish King in which the Marques de Aguayo, Governor and Captain General of Coahila and Texas from 1719 to 1722, describes his considerable services to the Spanish Crown in America. In 1714 he had helped to quash the rebellion in the missions in Nueva Extremadura, and in 1717 had provided the cattle and mules necessary for the settlement of Texas. Although undated, the memorial possibly predates Aguayo's famous expedition of 1721-22 in which he took Texas from the French and prevented them from ever challenging the Spanish claim to Texas again. We have been unable to trace this work in Palau, Alden, Medina BHA or Sabin.