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Matamoros Archives. Photostats of manuscripts and periodicals from the Archives of Matamoros concerning the early movements in Texas and New Mexico, the Texas revolution and the relations with the Republic to 1845, the Mexican war period and border relations until about 1880. Among the periodicals are incomplete files ofMercurio del Puerto de Matamoros;Atalaya;El Argos de Matamoros;El Telégrafo de México;El Democrata;El Restaurador de Tamaulipas., 1720-1880.

 Item — Guide_No.: 2059

Scope and Contents

A detailed list of the exact holdings of each periodical, covering some 30 pages, is available in the University of Texas library, and the Newberry Library possesses an identical collection of the material. For other information, consult H. E. Bolton, Guide to materials for the history of the United States in the principal archives of Mexico (Washington, D. C., 1913), 447-448.

Dates

  • Creation: 1720-1880.

Physical Description

12,781 p. Various sizes. [Housed at the Briscoe Center for American History]

Repository Details

Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository

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