Documents relating to the missions of Texas, 1730-1762.

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Documents relating to the missions of Texas, 1730-1762.

Included are an expediente concerning transfer of three Texas missions, Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción, San Francisco de los Neches, and San José de los Nazonis, to more suitable sites; a report on the Amarillas Presidio and on the potentialities of the province and character of its natives; and a copy of the report on Texas missions prepared by Fray Simón del Hierro, Guardian of the Franciscan Colegio de Guadalupe de Zacatecas.

Originals : 58 p. ; 31-32 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (38 exposures) : negative (Rich. 486:17) and positive.

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Hierro, Simón del, 1700-1775

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Bolton, Herbert Eugene, 1870-1953

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Herbert Eugene Bolton was born on July 20, 1870 in Wilton, Wisconsin. He became Director of the Bancroft Library in 1916, and head of the History Department at Berkeley in 1919. His career in the classroom and in the field lasted until his death in January 1953. From the description of Pictorial material from the Herbert Eugene Bolton papers [graphic]. ca. 1910-ca. 1950. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 656612971 From the description of Herbert Eugen...