Box

Various Materials

• 1767-1963 (Vervaardig)

35 Folders

14/1
Agreement signed by some owners of Porcion 36, Zapata County, concerning partition of said porcion, report of Commissioners on Partition of Porcion 36, and papers related to the case of Espiridion Flores et. al. vs. C. A. McLane et. al., 1917.

14/2
Certificate of deputation of Mercurio Martinez as County and District Clerk of Zapata County, 1902.

14/3
Copy of certificate of title to the Guacalito Pasture, part of La Trinidad Ranch.

14/4
Field notes of land owned by Blas Uribe, 1921.

14/5
Rental agreements from A. M. Bruni to J. M. Sanchez; and Roman Benavides to Luis Bruni. A statement by Trinidad Martinez concerning death of Adolfo Martinez, a notebook with Spanish poetry copies in it and a map of proposed state highways in Texas, 1918; 1918.

14/6
Records removed from file. They were tax records and maps used in trial of Mercurio Martinez vs. Alfredo Vidaurri.

14/7
Newspaper article on "The Two Modes of Life: Democratic vs. Communist."

14/8
File removed to Gavinete Azul (Blue Cabinet), stubs of tenants receipts, 1955-1957.

14/9
Contract between Florencio Flores and Mercurio Martinez concerning the building of a brick house, 1922.

14/10
Case of Baldomero Chacon vs. Consolacion H. Bruni, action in trespass to try title to undivided interest in 250,000 acres lying along Rio Grande, 1939.

14/11
Grazing lease from Mercurio Martinez to Eudoxio Martinez, 950 acres for 5 years from 1937.

14/12
State of Texas vs. A. M. Bruni et. al. (including Proceso Martinez and family) concerning title to 25,000 acres, 1902.

14/13
Teachers certificate issued to Mercurio Martinez by the office of the Zapata County Superintendent, 1900.

14/14
Receipts related to the settlement of the estate of Proceso Martinez, 1937.

14/15
Letters testamentary for Mercurio Martinez concerning the estate of Proceso Martinez, 1937.

14/16
Field notes on 213 acres of Labores de Palo Blanco tract, made for Elvira Gutierrez. Partition deed of Mrs. Refugio Gutierrez et. al. for the Palo Blanco tract, 1927.

14/17
Field notes of two tracts of San Andres Pasture transferred to Raymond Snow file, 1952.

14/18
Case of Proceso Martinez vs. Juan Antonio Trevino, 1930.

14/19
Newspaper articles concerning Golden Jubliee of St. Peters Church in Laredo and Mercurio Martinez's early years, 1947.

14/20
Correspondence between Mercurio Martinez and Edward H. Lange concerning a filing cabinet, 1947.

14/21
Copy of Vendors Lien from Josefa T. Vidaurri to Arnulfo Martinez, 1947.

14/22
Newspaper articles on old home of Raymond Martin, Mercurio Martinez's memories of the friendship between his father, Proceso, and Raymond Martin, 1947.

14/23
Combination to safe of Robert Bobbitt in the office of Horace C. Hall.

14/24
Release of oil and gas lease from Magnolia Petroleum Company to Proceso Martinez. Abstract of title of 651 acres allotted to Proceso Martinez, 1941.

14/25
Old map of Zapata County showing surveys of Jose Vasquez Borrego tracts, 1885.

14/26
Newspaper article about fasting.

14/27
Rental agreement between Mercurio Martinez and George J. Gay, 1948.

14/28
Rental contract between Mercurio Martinez and Enrique Martinez, for 3 years from 1948.

14/29
Bill of sale of house and lot from Mercurio Martinez to Juvencio Ramos, 1944.

14/30
Booklet containing a series of calendars for 200 years from 1828 to 2028.

14/31
A play, probably written by Mercurio Martinez, titled Decima.

14/32
Handwritten tables of weights and measures.

14/33
Texaco road map of Mexico, 1946.

14/34
Bank stubs of Union National Bank, Laredo, removed and placed in Blue Cabinet.

14/35
Pamphlets on the U.S. Army.