Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Administrative Information
Scope and Content
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Documents relating to Coahuila, Coahuila and Tejas, and Nuevo
León y Coahuila,
Date (inclusive): 1806-1860
Collection Number: BANC MSS 67/142 m
Extent:
Number of containers: 6 boxes
Repository: The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please
consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: A collection of letters and documents addressed to town officials of
Cuatro-Cienegas in Coahuila, transmitting orders and information from departmental and state officials
concerning elections; financial, judicial and military matters; municipal government, etc.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in Spanish
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not
intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Documents relating to Coahuila, Coahuila and Tejas, and Nuevo
León y Coahuila, BANC MSS 67/142 m, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The collection was purchased in August 1966 for The Bancroft Library, as a gift of Mr. Orrin W.
June.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of official letters and documents, 1806-1860, emanating from various offices in
the departmental capital of Monclova and the state capital at Saltillo, addressed to the mayor and other
officials of the town of Cuatrociénegas in the state of Coahuila, Mexico. Transmitting orders
and information concerning elections; financial, judicial and military matters; education; the church;
municipal government; etc., the papers reflect the turbulent revolutionary times, the changes of
government, and the alterations in the structure of the state system itself.
Prior to Mexican independence, the state of Coahuila formed a part of the Provincias Internas de Oriente.
The territory was expanded to form the state of Coahuila y Tejas in 1824. By a law of June 30, 1838, the
two were made separate departments, and Coahuila, along with Texas, came under strong American
influence. In 1856 Santiago Vidaurri annexed Coahuila to Nuevo León, and Benito
Juárez separated the two departments again in 1864.