Manuscript/Mixed Material Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Report to the Secretary of State and of the Department of War

Title

• Hans Peter Kraus Collection: Report to the Secretary of State and of the Department of War

Names

• [Juan Ruiz de Apodaca] El Conde del Venadito

Created / Published

• Mexico, December 31, 1819

Headings

• -  Mexico--History
• -  Mexican-American Border Region
• -  Manuscripts

Genre

• Manuscripts

Notes

• -  No. 106 in Apodaca's series. Subjects treated: the departure of the whalers Hydra and Triton from San Blas (leaf 1); sighting of two suspicious frigates from the Ensenada de Maruata thought to be heading for Acalpica and Maquili (leaves 1–1v); arrival in San Blas of the Santa Ana from Lower California and the San Carlos and Nuestra Señora del Carmen from Upper California (leaves 1v–2v); landing of the Cosak at San Luis in Lower California and the overland march of the troops for Upper California (leaf 2v); financial assistance to California (leaves 2v–3v); decreasing sense of danger in New Mexico regarding the Anglo-American expedition at the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone but continued preparations for defense (leaves 3v–5); no report yet received from the expedition against the Anglo-Americans at Nacogdoches (leaves 5–5v); no report on the negotiations with Renovales (leaf 5v); shipments of silver and gold from Durango, Chihuahua, and El Rosario (leaves 5v–6); incursion into Zacatecas by the Ortizes (leaves 6–6v); surrender of and amnesty to Santiago González and his followers (leaf 6v); silver shipments from Zacatecas and San Luis Potosí (leaf 6v); actions of the Division of Guadalajara (leaves 6v–7); silver shipment from Guadalajara (leaf 7); actions in the highlands of Michoacán (leaf 7); revival of the economy in Michoacán (leaves 7–7v); nothing new to report regarding the southwest coast or the activities of Guerrero (leaves 7v–8); quiet along the highway to Valladolid (leaf 8); continued action in the district of Temascaltepec against the remnants from La Goleta (leaves 8–8v); actions in the Bajío of Guanajuato (leaf 8v); capture of Ignacio Ayala near Guanajuato (leaves 8v–9v); capture of Miguel Borja in Sierra Gorda (leaves 9v–10); actions in the Sierra de Guanajuato, especially against the Ortizes (leaf 10–10v); silver shipment from Guanajuato (leaf 10v); some action against bandits in Querétaro (leaf 10v); congregation of the small farmers into fortified points in Querétaro, Guanajuato, and Michoacán (leaf 10v); quiet along the highway to Querétaro, in the military district of Apan, and in the provinces of Puebla, Oaxaca, and Veracruz (leaves 10v–11v); income to the royal treasury and total amount of 12,030,515 pesos minted during the year (leaf 11v); and 443 letters of amnesty granted during the month (leaf 11v). Signed.

Source Collection

• Hans Peter Kraus collection of Spanish American documents, 1433-1877

Repository

• Manuscript Division

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss31013.mss31013-16206

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