[Report on the provinces of Nuevo Santander and Nuevo Reino de León].

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Calleja del Rey, Félix María, conde de Calderón, 1755?-1828.

Contributor:

Herrera, Simon de, 1754-1813.

Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison), 1837-1899, former owner.

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Indians of Mexico--History--Sources.

Indians of Mexico.

History.

Indians of Mexico--Government relations.

Texas.

Indians of Mexico--Government relations--History.

Nuevo Santander (New Spain)--History.

Nuevo Santander (New Spain).

Tamaulipas (Mexico : State)--History--Sources.

Tamaulipas (Mexico : State).

Nuevo León (Mexico : State)--History--Sources.

Nuevo León (Mexico : State).

Texas--History--To 1846--Sources.

Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810--Sources.

Mexico.

Genre:

Sources.

reports

Manuscripts, Spanish.

Manuscripts, Mexican.

Manuscripts, Latin American.

Penn Provenance:

From the collection of Daniel Garrison Brinton (University of Pennsylvania Library bookplate for the Daniel Garrison Brinton Library; inside upper cover).

Physical Description:

74 leaves : paper ; 287-292 x 199-202 (275-280 x 140-150) mm bound to 294 x 208 mm

Contained In:

Berendt-Brinton Linguistic Collection. Item 222

Other Title:

Texas--ynforme

Informe sobre la colonia del Nuevo Santander y Nuevo Reino de León

Place of Publication:

[Santander Jiménez, Mexico] ; [Monterrey, Mexico], 1795.

Language Note:

Spanish.

Biography/History:

At this time Spanish military officer who had been appointed commander of the militia brigade at San Luis Potosí in May 1794, and was subsequently detached for temporary duty as inspector of Nuevo Santander and Nuevo León, arriving in Nuevo Santander in December 1794.

Summary:

Report, under the heading No. 28, written by the Spanish military officer Félix Calleja, dated from Santander, 25 July 1795, and addressed to the governing Spanish Viceroy, containing Calleja's observations and recommendations following a tour of inspection of the provinces of Nuevo Santander and Nuevo Reino de León, of New Spain. (Nuevo Santander included the present-day Mexican state of Tamaulipas, and a portion of southern Texas; Calleja specifies the northern border as north latitude 28 degrees 15 minutes, f. 4r. Nuevo Reino de León corresponds to the present-day Mexican state of Nuevo León.) The report is divided into two parts. The first part (f. 2r-30v) gives a detailed description of the geography, population, property, and industry of Nuevo Santander, as well as strategic recommendations for development and an account of the military conditions in both provinces. (Calleja was relieved of responsibility to provide general background about Nuevo Reino de León, in view of the appointment of a new governor there; f. 2v). The second part of the report (f. 30v-64r) gives a history of the political and military aspects of both provinces, including the history of the Spanish government's relations with the Indians, and then offers recommendations for managing relations with the Indians and improving defense against Indian attacks. The report is attested and co-signed by Simón de Herrera (f. 64r), who was the new governor of Nuevo León. Appended at back are statistical summaries (numbered 5 to 9), on the following topics: settlements and population (no. 4; f. 66r-v), and property such as mules, horses (no. 6; f. 68r-v) in Nuevo Santander; hostile Indian groups within the provinces (no. 7; f. 70r-v); hostile Indian groups on the frontier (no. 8; f. 72r-73r); and a résumé of the foregoing statistics (no. 9; f. 74r). Calleja explains that other statistical summaries, no. 1 to 3, referred to in the report, had been sent separately (f. 1); presumably the same was true for statistical summary no. 4, also referred to in the report (f. 41v). In addition, he makes reference to two maps accompanying the report, a general one of the two provinces and a particular one of the port of Santander (f. 3v); however, no maps are included in the manuscript.

Contents:

[Abstract of contents], f. 1r

[Introduction], f. 2r-4r

1.1. Descripcion ystorica, geografica, f. 4r-12v

1.2. Poblacion, bienes, é industria, f. 12v-15v

1.3. Productos de la provincia al año, f. 16r-17v

1.4. Algunos medios de fomentar las provincias, f. 18r-29r

1.5. Tropas que tiene para su defensa y servicio de las veteranas, f. 29r-30v

2.1 Ystorico politico militar, f. 30v-38v

2.2. Estado actual de guerra, f. 39r-42v

2.3 Modo de tratar los indios, f. 42v-45r

2.4 Modo en que nos hacen la guerra, f. 45r-46r

2.5. Modo en que devemos hacersela, f. 46r-64r

[Attestation and signature of Simón de Herrera], 64r

Colonia del Nuevo Santander [estado] no. 5, f. 66r-v

Colonia del Nuevo Santander [estado] no. 6, f. 68r-v

Colonia del Nuevo Santander [estado] no. 7, f. 70r-v

Colonia del Nuevo Santander [estado] no. 8, f. 72r-73r

Colonia del Nuevo Santander [estado] no. 9, f. 74r.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Paper, 74; ii (paper endleaves) + 74 + ii (paper endleaves); 1-74; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto; f. 64v-65v, 67r-v, 69r-v, 71r-v, 73v, and 74v are blank. Blue paper is used for f. 62-65. F. 74 is a fold-out table tipped in on a paper guard;it has a small tear on the inner margin.

Layout: Written in 20 long lines; appended documents contain ruled tables and accompanying notes in various formats.

Script: Written in the hand of Fëlix Maria Calleja del Ray, with an attestation written in the hand of Simón de Herrera (f. 64r).

Binding: 19th-century [?] vellum.

Origin: Written by Fëlix Maria Calleja del Ray in Santander (i.e. Santander Jiménez, Mexico) on 25 July 1795 (f. 63v, 66v, 68v, 70v, 73r, 74r); attested and co-signed by Simón de Herrera in Monte Rey (i.e. Monterrey, Mexico) on 8 August 1795 (f. 64r).

Cited in:

Described in Weeks, John M. The Library of Daniel Garrison Brinton (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2002), p. 105 (no. 843).

Publications about:

Calleja, Felix. Informe sobre la colonia del Nuevo Santander y Nuevo Reino de León, 1795 (México: Purrúa, 1949; Bibliotheca Novohispana, 5). Republished under the same title at Monterrey, by Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Dirección General de Investigaciones Humanísticas, 1978 (Actas, no. 3, Serie Documentos, 3). Transcription of the manuscript.

Vigness, David M. "Nuevo Santander in 1795: a provincial inspection by Félix Calleja," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, vol. 75, no. 4 (April 1972): 461-506. Introduction and annotated English translation of the report contained in the manuscript (excluding the appended documents), based on what the author describes as a photostatic copy of the report found in the Archives, University of Texas Library, Austin (p. 466, n. 10).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 700, Item 222

OCLC:

742018675