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No. 1654
[183-?, X. DE BRAY, HOUSTON? TEXAS]. "SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR-THE ALAMomu San Antonio de Bexar-The Alamo The "Presidio", or military Station of San Antonio de Bexar was erected in 1716 80 for the protection of the 1Iissions established on the San Antonio River-The name of Bexar was that of one of Vice Roys of JI.Iexico. 81 -The Presidio was surrounded by a wall for the protection of the garrison, and defended, at its four corners, by small outworks.- In 1732, 82 the Town of San Fernandez 83 de Bexar was built, adjoin- ing the Presidio of San Antonio, and .on the western bank of the River; in 1811, it was erected into a Oity 84 - It was styled San Antonio by the Americans, owing to a confusion with the Presidio. "The name is written "Sands" in the list referred to in note•• above. "'A. D. 80 1718. See The Quarterly of the Temas Sta,te Historical Association, V, 143, and Wooten, D. G., A Comprehensive History of Temas, I, . 51. "De Bray was evidently in error here. There was no Viceroy of Mexico by the name of Bexar. The pr:esidio was named Bexar in honor of the Duke of Bexar, who later ascended the throne of Spain as Ferdinand VI. The attempt of the Duke's stepmother to have her own children preferred to the throne caused :much indignation. The settlement of San Antonio taking place at this time (1718), and the sympathy of the people being with the heir, the place was n:amed for the Duke. See also no. 2568. 82 According to \Vright, S. J"., San Antonio de Bexar, p. 13 et seq. "The first officially recognized civil settlement in Texas was the Villa de San Fernando de Bex!!,r, founded in 1731 by a group of Canary Islanders. . . . But it was not until October 24th, 1731, foat a completely organized municipal government was established, the only civil community in the province." See also The Quar- terly of the Texas St;,ate Historkal Association, VIII, 288. "Fernando. "'The original act changing San Antonio from a villa to a city, and creating the same to be the capitol of the Province of Texas is in the Texas archivesA Nacogdoches Papers, under date of May 25, ·1811-Apr. I, 1812.
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