Múzquiz (Coahuila, Mexico) Collection 1553-1889 19

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Múzquiz (Coahuila, Mexico) Collection 1553-1889 19

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.musquiz

Original municipal records from the town of Múzqiz in Coahuila, Mexico. The collection, assembled by Luis Alberto Guajardo, also contains records of citizens such as wills.

Total Boxes: 17; Linear Feet: 7

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6349556

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Chambers, Thomas, 1808-1869

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Guajardo, Luis Alberto, collector.

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Guajardo, Luis Alberto, collector.

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Chambers, Thomas Jefferson, 1802-1865

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In 1834 Thomas Jefferson Chambers became the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas. In payment for this office, Chambers was granted thirteen leagues of land which he selected from the site of present day Austin. The state of Texas failed to reimburse Chambers or his estate for large tracts of Austin land condemned in 1839 to establish the capital. This led to a long series of legal contests by Chambers' heirs who eventually won monetary compnesation by an act of the Texas legislature in 1...