Records of the Presidio de San Felipe y Santiago de Janos, 1706-1858.

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Records of the Presidio de San Felipe y Santiago de Janos, 1706-1858.

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Correspondence, reports, financial documents, records of marriages and baptisms, decrees and other official documents, and assorted materials pertaining to the history of the presidio of Janos and the military and civilian persons within its jurisdiction, including the Apaches and other Indians, and to the administration of the presidio. Correspondence includes letters of military and other government officials such as Juan Gutiérrez de la Cueva, José Antonio Rengel, Pedro de Nava, Diego de Borica, Teodoro de Croix, Antonio Bonilla, Juan Bautista Perú, Narciso de Tapia, Hugo Oconor, Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola, Antonio Cordero y Bustamente, Pedro de Mata Biñolas, and Roque de Medina. Also included are official circular letters. Reports pertain to reviews of the troops, equipment, and supplies; issuance of rations; Indians living in the peace establishment; and military encounters and other events. Financial documents include both presidial and individual accounts of income and expenses. Among the assorted documents are instructions and orders, regulations, inventories, diaries, censuses, records of military service, and lists of school students.

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Perú, Juan Bautista.

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Ugarte y Loyola, Jacobo, -1798

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Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola was a Spanish soldier who served as military governor of Sonora from 1777-1779. From the description of Letter to José Joaquín de Arrillaga, 1789, December 18. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 761399508 Ugarte y Loyola was Commandant of the Interior Provinces of New Spain. The code was promulgated during the Viceroyalty of Bernardo, Conde de Galvez, and was issued under the Vi...

Bonilla, Antonio, 1954-

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Bonilla was adjutant-inspector of the Provincias Internas. The Conde de Revillagigedo was Viceroy of Mexico from 1789 to 1794. From the description of Confidential report : regarding the provinces of Louisiana and Texas, 1793 Apr 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702144840 Antonio Bonilla was a Spanish soldier. From the description of Bonilla, Antonio, narrative, 1772. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 298344380 ...

Presidio de San Felipe y Santiago de Janos.

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Circa 1580 the town of Janos, Chihuahua, was founded by Franciscan missionaries. In 1680 its mission was destroyed in raids by Apaches and other Indians. As a consequence, a presidio, or military outpost, was established at Janos in 1686; the mission was repopulated in 1717 with Janos and Jocomes Indians. A "peace establishment" was formed to integrate Apaches into the settlement. From Janos Presidio and other presidios in the area, the Spanish military continued intermittenly to make peace and ...

Nava, Pedro de.

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Medina, Roque de.

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Oconor, Hugo

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Tapia, Narciso de.

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Mata Biñolas, Pedro de.

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Borica, Diego de.

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Diego de Borica served as political and military governor of the Californias between 1794 and 1800. From the description of Diego de Borica certificate for Cayetano Pallas, 1798 September 1. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 754227948 ...

Gutiérrez de la Cueva, Juan.

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Croix, Teodoro ˜deœ 1730-1791

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Rengel, José Antonio.

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Cordero y Bustamente, Manuel Antonio, 1753-1823

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