Spanish-Language Archives
Documents from various archives for which an attempt has been made to transcribe and translate
Some key Spanish-language documents are displayed on the various sub-pages of this site; however, other documents of lesser importance or with peripheral content to the Forts Velasco are listed below. Readers with fluency in Spanish are asked to help improve the transcriptions or translations for both types, so we have provided links to a copy of the original document, as well as the current state of the transcription/translation.
Documents from various archives for which an attempt has been made to transcribe and translate
Some key Spanish-language documents are displayed on the various sub-pages of this site; however, other documents of lesser importance or with peripheral content to the Forts Velasco are listed below. Readers with fluency in Spanish are asked to help improve the transcriptions or translations for both types, so we have provided links to a copy of the original document, as well as the current state of the transcription/translation.
Bexar Archives (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, Austin TX)
Microfilm Roll 132:
Hosea H. League to Rámon Músquiz, 27-Jul-1830 & reply frame 880 frame 881a frame 881b Transcription/Translation
- reporting that George Fisher is appointed provisionally as Secretary of Ayuntamiento at San Felipe de Austin
Microfilm Roll 136:
Rámon Músquiz to Governor of Coahuila and Texas, 22-Nov-1830 frame 456+ Transcription/Translation
- forbidding Lorenzo de Zavala to utilize his land grant in east Texas
Microfilm Roll 145:
Rámon Músquiz to George Fisher, 6-Dec-1831 frame 141-top -bottom frame 142-top -bottom Transcription/Translation
- Músquiz acknowledges Fisher's broadsheet of 6-Oct-1831 re-establishing Galveston customs, but reminds Fisher to forget past occurrences
Antonio Elosúa to George Fisher, 11-Nov-1831 frame 917 Transcription/Translation
- Elosúa acknowledges Fisher's broadsheet of 6-Oct-1831 re-establishing Galveston customs house
Microfilm Roll 149:
Antonio Elosúa to Domingo de Ugartechea, 10-Apr-1832 frame 323 frame 324 Transcription/Translation
- Elosúa acknowledges Ugartechea's dispatch of 13-Mar-1832 indicating he'd arrived at Anahuac
Antonio Elosúa to Manuel de Mier y Terán, 24-Apr-1832 frame 591 frame 592 Transcription/Translation
- Cover letter for Elosúa in forwarding dispatch of Jose de las Piedras of 9-Apr-1832 (Roll 149, frames 302-304) to Téran
José de las Piedras to Antonio Elosúa, 7-May-1832 frame 873 frame 874 Transcription/Translation
- notifies Elosúa that he has sent gunpowder to Ugartechea, but cannot send officers or sergeants
Microfilm Roll 150:
Antonio Elosúa to Commander General, 5- & 9-Jul-1832 frames 573 574 575 576 577 Transcription/Translation
- Cover letters for forwarded copies, from Mariano Cosio and Domingo Ugartechea (Roll 150, frames 307 to 313 and 29 to 31)
Microfilm Roll 151:
Francisco Castañeda to Antonio Elosúa, 10-Jul-1832 frame 521 Transcription/Translation
- message about delivery by Ugartechea of prisoner from Company of Bexar, along with arms, munitions and horses
Samuel May Williams Collection (Rosenberg Library, Galveston TX)
George Fisher to Samuel May Williams, 6-Jul-1830 MS 23-0382 Transcription/Translation
- acknowledges welcome note from Williams, mentions suspension of customs, and plan to meet Stephen F. Austin
George B. McKinstry (21-Jul-1830) & W. B. Dunlap (21-, 24-Jul-1830) to George Fisher MS 23-0391 Transcription/Translation
- reports of ships arriving at Brazoria and Harrisburg
Samuel May Williams to George Fisher, 16-Sep-1830 MS 23-0414 Transcription/Translation
- receipt for tonnage duties collected by Fisher but turned over to Williams
Erasmo Seguin to Samuel May Williams, 14-Oct-1830 MS 23-0450 Transcription/Translation
- letter indicating that official documents should be in Spanish
Manuel Mier y Terán to Samuel May Williams, 22-Oct-1830 MS 23-0456 Transcription/Translation
- letter asking for collection of items of natural history
Samuel May Williams to Government, 30-Oct-1830 MS 23-0463 Transcription/Translation
- letter forwarding documents about schooner Transport and other from customs house
George Fisher to Manuel Mier y Terán, 1-Nov-1830 MS 23-0423 Transcription/Translation
- translation into Spanish of sailing notice for schooner True Blue
Erasmo Seguin to Samuel May Williams, 9-Dec-1830 MS 23-0489 Transcription/Translation
- letter describing that Teran wants documents about confiscation of schooner Canon
The Austin Papers
(since these are already transcripts, only transcription/translations are linked below)
Stephen F. Austin to Supreme Executive Power of the Mexican Republic, 1-Oct-1824, Vol. I, pp. 912-913 Transcription/Translation
Stephen F. Austin's Explanation to Supreme Executive Power, 1-Oct-1824, Vol. I, pp. 913-916 Transcription/Translation
Stephen F. Austin to Supreme Executive Power of the Mexican Republic, 6-Nov-1824, Vol. I, pp. 935-936 Transcription/Translation
Stephen F. Austin to State Congress, 6-Nov-1824, Vol. I, p. 936 Transcription/Translation
George Fisher to Lorenzo de Zavala, 10-Feb-1830, Vol. II, pp. 330-331 Transcription/Translation
Stephen F. Austin to Rámon Músquiz, 29-Mar-1830, Vol. II, pp. 354-355 Transcription/Translation
George Fisher to Stephen F. Austin, 18-May-1830, Vol. II, p. 391 Transcription/Translation
George Fisher to Civil Militia Commander at San Felipe de Austin, 18-May-1830, Vol. II, pp. 391-392 Transcription/Translation
Circular from Thomas Barnett to Stephen F. Austin, 18-May-1830, Vol. II, p. 392 Transcription/Translation
Stephen F. Austin to George Fisher, 18-May-1830, Vol. II, p. 408 Transcription/Translation
Stephen F. Austin to Manuel de Mier y Terán, about 1-Aug-1830, Vol. II, pp. 461-462 Transcription/Translation
George Fisher to Governor of Coahuila and Texas, 19-Feb-1831, Vol. II, pp. 598-599 Transcription/Translation
Manuel de Mier y Teran to Stephen F. Austin, 20-Nov-1831, Vol. II, pp. 708-709 Transcription/Translation
Stephen F. Austin to Domingo Ugartechea (at Velasco), 29-Jun-1832, Vol. II, pp. 804-805 Transcription/Translation
Terán (at Croix, Tamaulipas) to Domingo Ugartechea (at Fort Velasco), 29-Jun-1832, Vol. II, pp. 805-806 Transcription/Translation
Francisco M. Duclor to Ayuntamiento of San Felipe, 27-Sep-1832, Vol. II, pp.867-868 Transcription/Translation
A narrative report that discusses all of the research on
the several Forts Velasco is available at the link below:
the several Forts Velasco is available at the link below:
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Background wallpaper is from 1836 version of "Map of Texas - With Parts of the Adjoining States" by Stephen F. Austin, printed by H. S. Tanner of Philadelphia
Please communicate errors or issues with website using the CONTACT page. Thanks!

For those who have some fluency in Spanish, we can use some help in completing and improving the transcriptions and translations of some of the key primary documents
- so please have a look!
Please use CONTACT page to open communication.
In many cases, higher-resolution copies of originals can be provided.
Such documents can be found via links at the bottom of theses sub-pages:
Seizure of Schooner Cañon Suspension of "Aduana Maritima de Galvezton" Creation of First Fort Velasco The Battle of Velasco Barranco Colorado
- so please have a look!
Please use CONTACT page to open communication.
In many cases, higher-resolution copies of originals can be provided.
Such documents can be found via links at the bottom of theses sub-pages:
Seizure of Schooner Cañon Suspension of "Aduana Maritima de Galvezton" Creation of First Fort Velasco The Battle of Velasco Barranco Colorado