Power and Hewetson Collection 1824-1835

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Power and Hewetson Collection 1824-1835

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/01561/01561-P.html

This collection concerns thecolonization of Texas, particularly James Power's and James Hewetson's request totheir Mexican government for small islands across from their original grant. Thedocuments reflect the concern of the Mexicans over the advance and encroachment ofthe Anglo-Americans.

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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Viesca, José María

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Musquiz, Ramon, 1789-1852

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Archives of the Comandancia General de la Inspeccion de los Estados Internos de Oriente

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After the 1825 Mexican colonization law opened Coahuila and Texas to Anglo-American settlers, James Power (1788?-1852) and James Hewetson (1796-1879) organized Power and Hewetson Colony, petitioned to become empresarios, and received a large tract of land between the Lavaca and Guadalupe Rivers, which they later expanded to also encompass the area from the Guadalupe to the Nueces River. James Hewetson had met Stephen F. Austin in St. Louis, Missouri and then accompanied him to Texas...

Power, James, 1789-1852

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Hewetson, James, 1796-1879

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Leon, Martin de, 1765-1833

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