Músquiz, Ramón, Documents 1831, 1833, 1834, 1859

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Músquiz, Ramón, Documents 1831, 1833, 1834, 1859

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Composed of six letters, the Ramón Músquiz Documents, 1831, 1833, 1834, 1859, chronicle his actions as political chief of the Department of Texas, as well as land claims in the state following independence and annexation.

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Musquiz, Ramon, b. 1797.

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Musquiz was a Spanish-Mexican merchant and highest political leader in Bexar, responsible for the administration of the colonization laws there for early impresarios. A friend of Stephen F. Austin, he was sympathetic to the American colonists. For a short time in 1835 he served as governor of Texas. Musquiz helped develop the first department of public health west of the Mississippi River and led preventative health campaigns to curb smallpox outbreaks. From the description of Ramon ...

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