Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These are the Hispanic papers collected by G. R. G. Conway, an Englishman who lived in Mexico for many years. They include the records of Inquisition trials for heresy, for charges of Judaism and obeying the Law of Moses, investigations concerning Purity of Faith, relations with the Devil, cursing God, insulting the saints, and questioning the authority of the church. Many of these records are three or four hundred pages in...

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Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: This letter, written By Stephen F. Austin in Spanish, contains information relating to the sale of some animals.

Collection Overview The Zachary Taylor Papers are a collection of nine letters written by the military man and eventual President of the United States, Zachary Taylor. He was well known for his involvement in the Mexican-American War, though he died in the White House before his term of office could be completed. The letters deal chiefly with Native American affairs. For example, in one letter written from Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, July 19, 1836, he remarks about the deplorable condition of the Native...