urn:taro:utexas.cah.00629 A Guide to the Thorn Family Spanish Colonial Documents, 1741-1772 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Original EAD encoding by Amy E. Armstrong according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. January 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Thorn Family Thorn Family Spanish Colonial Documents, 1741-1772 Manuscript contains documents regarding the inspection of Presidios by Field Marshal Marqués de Rubí, Missions of Texas, entry of Captain Anza into Monte Rey and Regarding Militias. AR 89-082 1 volume (3 inches) Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Materials are in Spanish. Creator Sketch:

In the 1760's Marqués de Rubí was appointed by the King Carlos III of New Spain to complete a major inspection tour of the entire line of frontier presidios to determine their effectiveness and to suggest new policies. Rubí's inspection tour led to recommendations which realigned the development plans for Spanish Texas. One result was to make San Antonio de Béxar the new capital of Texas.

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Manuscript contains documents regarding the inspection of Presidios by Field Marshal , Missions of Texas, entry of Captain Anza into Monte Rey and Militias.

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Due to the fragility of these manuscripts the microfilm should be used rather than the original manuscript.

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Thorn Family Spanish Colonial Documents, 1741-1772, the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Microfilm #840.01 Miscellaneous Uncataloged Microfilm Microfilmed Copy of Original Manuscripts (as listed below) Inventory 4Zc173 Itinerary of Field Marshal Marqués de Rubí on the inspection of interior presidios which he made at the order of the kind in this New Spain from 1766 to 1768 4Zc173 Another, of the Engineer LaFora, who accompanied in the inspection by Marqués de Rubí 4Zc173 Opinion of the same Marqués regarding the most advantageous locations in which said presidios should be established 4Zc173 Opinion of the Assessor General Don Diego Cornide regarding the foregoing plan for presidios 4Zc173 Report given in Spain in May of 1772 by order of the king by said Marqués de Rubí regarding the same material 4Zc173 Copy of a letter written by the Marqués de Rubí to the viceroy, Marqués de Croix, responding to several charges regarding his inspection of presidios 4Zc173 Copy of two reports regarding the setting of prices for goods and merchandise at the presidios 4Zc173 Physical setting of Chihuahua 4Zc173 Same of the province of Coahuila 4Zc173 Itinerary of the inspection visit to the province of Texas and its missions in 1767 by Padre Fray Gaspar Solís, of the College of Propaganda Fide of Guadalupe de Zacatecas 4Zc173 Report on the Californias, and on the new missions of San Diego and Monte Rey 4Zc173 Log of the entry made by the captain of the presidio of Tubac, Don Juan Bautista de Ansa, in Sonora, into the port of Monte Rey in 1741 4Zc173 Notes and opinions of Inspector Marqués de la Torre regarding the uselessness of militias in New Spain and the necessity of creating veteran troops