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Francisco Ruiz Autograph Letter Signed. ...
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Signer of the Texas Declaration, Ruiz Writes a Letter From Tenochtitlan, Mexico's Failed Effort to Establish a Capital in Texas
Francisco Ruiz Autograph Letter Signed. Two pages of a
bifolium, 6" x 8", Tenoxtitlán [Texas]; June 6, 1831.Addressed to Jesús García informing him that Pedro Salinas has been charged with bringing him a shipment of bear skins for which he will pay cash and adding that he is writing now because he was aware that García had been away at Galveston. Signed, "Fran.co Ruiz."
Ruiz (1783 - 1840) was a multi-talented military officer and public official, born and raised in San Antonio. He was involved in many pivotal events in the Borderlands in the first decades of the nineteenth century, including military service and diplomatic work with the Comanche and Apache. Ruiz wrote this letter shortly before his retirement from his service in the Mexican army. A friend of Stephen F. Austin, Ruiz joined the struggle for Texas Independence in 1835. In February 1836, he traveled to Washington-on-the-Brazos to participate as a delegate to the Convention; and on March 2, along with his nephew José Antonio Navarro, would become the only two native Texans to sign the Texas Declaration of Independence.
Ruiz wrote this letter from Fort Tenochtitlán, a location that played an important role in the transition of Texas from a Mexican state to an independent republic. There, Ruiz was tasked with establishing the garrison to promote the Mexicanization of Texas by halting immigration from the United States to Texas. Ruiz was sent from Bexar with a hundred cavalrymen with orders to construct a fort about halfway down the Old San Antonio road beside the Brazos River along the route to Nacogdoches. Ruiz established a temporary post on July 13, 1830. He moved the post to a permanent structure on October 17, 1830, about twelve miles above the San Antonio crossing on a high bluff near the west bank of the Brazos River. Fort Tenochtitlán was envisioned as the future Mexican capital of Texas. This vision was never realized.
Condition: Toned, with light areas of dampstaining. Creased along folds with a separation and bit of paper loss at the top of the integral fold, not affecting text.
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2023 December 2 The Ted Lusher Texas History Collection, Part One Signature® Auction #6281 (go to Auction Home page)
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