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History of Texas, 1673-1779. Translated, with biographical introd. and annotations, by Carlos Eduardo Castañeda.

Title: History of Texas, 1673-1779. Translated, with biographical introd. and annotations, by Carlos Eduardo Castañeda.
Author: Morfi, Juan Agustín, -1783.
Publication: Albuquerque, Quivira Society, 1935.

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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	v.2 (1935)	Text	Request in advance	L.SOC.120.Cf.6.4 (6) v.2 (1935)	Off-site
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	v.1 (1935)	Text	Request in advance	L.SOC.120.Cf.6.4 (6) v.1 (1935)	Off-site

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2 v. (496 p.) illus., facsims., map.; 24 cm.

Summary

First part in a two volume work about the history of Texas.

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Quivira Society publications ; v. 6

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Historia de la Provincia de Texas, 1673-1779.

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History

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"List of Morfi's writings and letters": v. 1. p. 43-47. Bibliography: v. 2, p. 448-460.

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Contents

List of plates -- Preface -- Biographical introduction -- List of Morfi's writing and letters -- General description of Texas -- Spanish settlments and native tribes -- French incursions and the Spanish exploration of Texas -- First occupancy of Texas, and French activities to 1715 -- Formal occupancy of Texas, 1716-1722 -- The undoing of Aguayo's work, 1722-1731 -- Indian hostilities and French incursions, 1731-1744 -- Activities in central Texas and the establishment of the San Xavier missions, 1746-1756 -- Last attempt to congregate the Apaches: the San Sabá mission, 1756-1766 -- The inspection of Rubí and the attempted reoganization of the province, 1765-1779 -- Bibliography -- Index -- Maps ; Outline map of early Texas (drawn by Charles E. Hutchinson).
List of plates. "The Alamo," church of San Antonio de Valero (courtesy of the San Antonio chamber of commerce) -- The first page of Morfi's Historia de Texas (original in the National Library of Mexico) -- The first page of Morfi's Memorias para la historia de Texas (copy in the Library of Congress) -- A pen picture of Apache and Comanche Indians drawn from life by Fray Vincente de Santa María (from the National Library of Mexico).

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