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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR
No. 2372. NOTES UPON VILLA ALDAMA. LAMAR [Laredo? Texas about 1840.l · State of Nuevo Neon. [Leon] Camp of San Pedro de Boca de Leones (formerly) (to day village of Aldama). . Aldama bore the name above-after the death of Aldama, the name was changed in honor 9f Lie. Dn Juan de Aldama, who was behea,ded, in the Revolution- The name was given to the town at the suggestion of- Jose Manuel Perez, who was a delegate from the State of N. N. [sic] in 1825-. Jose M. Perez born in the Aldama and was residing there at the time he was chosen delegate to Congress-he was also a member of the Congress that formed the Constitution of N. N. [sic] in 1825 He now lives now [sic] in Candala- Aldama came from Sn Migel el Grande. . Urrea resisted twice or thrice the execution of Santa Anna sent one of his A ides Col Portilla to carry the order into effect a few days after sent his Aide Col Mignon but before the arrival of Mignon the order had been carried into effect by Portilla- Jose Luis Mora has wrote a History of Mexico & Miscillanies & in it is the Public life of Don Lorenso Zavala-the work was written in Spanish published in Paris- In the house of one . rblank] of Candela is a copy of a work written by one Villa Senora the Commissioner of the Spanish Govt to allot lands to the Spanish Emigrants- Augustine de la Garza father in Law of Jesus Martines- Fras Adams of San Fernando has a copy of the Corillario [ ?] de los Pre- sidios Life of Padre Marjill is in the house of Jose Maria Ramos ( dead) Santa Rosa Chronico of the Priests of Queretaro- (1847 ?l On the Night of the 22 Sept. after Dark I received Orders from Gen Taylor to proceed to the l\fontclova toad and take such position there as would enable me, should the enemy attempt to retreat by that pass to in form him of such movemt as quick as possible and (to use his own words) do them all the harm I could- on my return to camp Genl Taylor Ordered me to remain in camp during the day- for the purpose of resting my Company at the time I received the Order the regmt was forming for the purpose of storming the Lower portion of the Citty I remarked to my Company that bj G-d that would never do we were bound to have a Fight-and while the company were mak- ing hasty preperation To Join the regime[n]t I returned to head quarters and obtained leave to join the ballance you now I went as far in on the 23rd as he who went farther in- [Endorsed:] Memorandum No. 2373. ANONYMOUS
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