Juan Jose de Cardenas at Saltillo to D. Jose Melchor Sanchez Navarro. Remarks about the small size of a house where he is to make sales in the door instead of through window. Feels uneasy if people should crowd him, especially if customers go in the house, they might rob him. Tells currency troubles. Encloses license to slaughter sheep. Encloses unsigned slip telling of people's preparation to fight Elizondo if he should come. They have taken out two cannons and are prepared to die if necessary, 1822, April 20:

Juan Jose de Cardenas at Saltillo to D. Jose Melchor Sanchez Navarro. Remarks about the small size of a house where he is to make sales in the door instead of through window. Feels uneasy if people should crowd him, especially if customers go in the house, they might rob him. Tells currency troubles. Encloses license to slaughter sheep. Encloses unsigned slip telling of people's preparation to fight Elizondo if he should come. They have taken out two cannons and are prepared to die if necessary, 1822, April 20:, Box: 1, Item: 865. Sánchez Navarro Collection of Documents for a History of Texas and Coahuila, 30605850. Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin. https://archives.lib.utexas.edu/repositories/4/archival_objects/301773 Accessed September 27, 2026.