[Message from Antonio Canales to the Federalist Forces of Northern Mexico] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Message from Antonio Canales to the Federalist Forces of Northern Mexico]

Date

  • Creation: 1839-11~

Language

  • Spanish

Description

  • Content Description: Letter from Antonio Canales, comandante of Federalist forces in northern Mexico, to troops in Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas. Canales calls on all confederates to defend the frontier against centralist forces of Mexico.
  • Physical Description: [1] p. ; 60 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Correspondence
  • Keyword: requests
  • Named Person: Canales, Brig. Gen. Antonio
  • Keyword: Republic of the Rio Grande
  • Keyword: confederates
  • Keyword: comandantes
  • Keyword: conventions
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Webb County - Laredo
  • Place Name: Mexico - Tamaulipas
  • Time Period: rep-tex
  • Coverage Date: 1839-11-15

Collection

  • Name: Spanish Archives of Laredo
    Code: SAL

Institution

  • Name: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library
    Code: SMLBL

Resource Type

  • Letter

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: SMLBL_04-141-01
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth872395

Note

  • Display Note: Additional information: "Canales and his officers organized the provisional government of the Republic of the Rio Grande at a convention in Laredo on January 17, 1840. He capitulated to the Mexican forces on November 6, 1840."
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