Title:
Book, Laws and Decrees of the State of Coahuila and Texas
Description:
Book, leather-bound, in a wooden box and cover. Cover of the book has an embossed seal: Treasurer's Office, State of Texas. The book is kept open to the following page: Laws and Decrees of the State of Coahuila and Texas, in Spanish and English, to which is added the constitution of said State. Also, the Colonization law of the state of Tamaulipas and Naturalization Law of the Central Congress. By order of the Secretary of State. Translated by J.P. Kumball, MD, Houston, Telegraph Power Press, 1839. The page is stamped: Texas State Library, Austin, TX.
Description:
Historical Note: Between 1689 and 1690, Alonso De Le�n, governor of the Spanish province of Coahuila, extended his authority to include Texas. In 1693, however, Spain withdrew the Catholic missions from East Texas, and it was not until 1716 that Mart�n de Alarc�n, who had been appointed governor of Coahuila in 1702, reextended his control over Texas. Alarc�n was succeeded by the Marqu�s de Aguayo, whose activities resulted in the separation of the two provinces around 1726. The provinces were governed separately, with the capital of Texas at Los Adaes and that of Coahuila at Monclova. By the Constitution of 1824, the Mexican provinces of Nuevo Le�n, Coahuila, and Texas were united as one state. Nuevo Le�n was detached on May 7, 1824. A constituent congress was elected and assembled at Saltillo in August 1824, and a provisional governor was named for the state. A provisional chief was appointed for Texas in August 1824, and in December the Department of Texas was legally established as a subdivision of the state of Coahuila and Texas. The Constitution of Coahuila and Texas was adopted on March 11, 1827.
Identifier:
ATF0466
Item identifier:
ATF0466
Collection:
Artifacts collection
Date of creation:
1839
Geographic coverage:
Coahuila and Texas (Mexico)
Geographic coverage:
Tamaulipas (Mexico : State)
Type:
Image
Type:
Other Documents
Type:
Book
Medium:
Organic material
Medium:
Wood (plant material)
Citation information:
ATF0466, Artifacts collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Copyright information:
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Size or duration:
13.5 in x 10.53 in x 3 in
Language:
English
Language:
Spanish