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Level of description
Box
Title
Various Materials
Date(s)
- 1767-1963 (Creation)
Extent
36 Folders
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Scope and content
17/1
Deposit slips and notes paid the Bank of Zapata, 1953-1958.
17/2
Copy of Right-of-way Deed from Mercurio Martinez to State of Texas, 1933.
17/3
Deposit slips, Union National Bank, special account, 1952.
17/4
Copy of "Bensten Law" authorizing relocation of townsite in Zapata County inundated by Falcon Dam, 1944.
17/5
Copy of a partition of land by and between Felipe Francisca and David Martinez.
17/6
Social and Political life of Proceso Martinez, by Mercurio Martinez, 1951.
17/7
Autobiography of Mercurio Martinez, This is one of the most complete of the several autobiographies in these papers. 1952.
17/8
A trip taken by Mercurio Martinez down Rio Grande in a steam-boat from Dolores Ranch to San Juan Farm in 1902, written, 1951.
17/9
Creation and short history of Zapata County.
17/10
Contract between County Commissioners of Zapata County and Virgil Lott and Mercurio Martinez to write the history of the county, 1951.
17/11
Note saying "Jose Maria Pena Vidaurri to Cosme Martinez removed to be used in case of Enrique Martinez vs. Vidaurri, " 1956.
17/12
Tax receipts and records of Maria M. de Ponce property to 1948.
17/13
Back taxes of Maria Telles property (in care of Mercurio Martinez), 1949.
17/14
Newspaper article on Manuel J. Raymond as appeared in Laredo Times, March 22, 1951.
17/15
A poem by Mercurio Martinez about he and Mr. Lucas and the Falcon Dam and Reservoir, 1951.
17/16
Bill of sale from Experanza Penn et. al. to Mercurio Martinez for a house in Laredo, 1953.
17/17
Some verses of Antonio Plaza.
17/18
Registration certificate (for draft) of Mercurio Martinez, 1918.
17/19
Copy of Partition Deed by and between Jose Angel Uribe, Ignacia Uribe, and Jovita Uribe, 1896.
17/20
A poem about local political parties and elections, 1952.
17/21
Bills paid and expenses for rent house at 505-1/2 S. Meadow, 1953.
17/22
Map of and history of Falcon Dam and Power Plant, 1953.
17/23
Copy of Partition Deed by and between Jose Angel Uribe, Jovita Urbie, and Ignacia Uribe, 1915.
17/24
Proposed lease of a building in New Zapata from Mercurio Martinez to Southwestern Bell Telephone for 1 year from 1953.
17/25
Bills and expenses on the Tomas Trevino property, 1952, 1953, and 1954.
17/26
Bills and expenses on house at 505-1/2 S. Meadow, 1953
17/27
Poems and verses by Mercurio Martinez concerning he and G. W. Lucas, 1951.
17/28
Notification from International Boundary and Water Commission concerning Mercurio Martinez's job as an Interpreter, 1952.
17/29
Letters of recommendation to U. S. Civil Service for Mercurio Martinez, 1951.
17/30
Designation of Beneficiary by Mercurio Martinez as a U. S. employee, 1952.
17/31
Various personnel forms on Mercurio Martinez as interpreter for International Boundary and Water Commission, 1953.
17/32
Group Medical and Surgical Service - health insurance for Mercurio Martinez as a government employee, 1952.
17/33
Deed from Jose Maria Margil Vidaurri to Hipolito Pena, Used in a case in 1956. 1879.
17/34
School matters concerning Mercurio Martinez, Jr., and Rosa C. Martinez.
17/35
Right-of-way from Proceso Martinez to County of Zapata across San Andres Pasture, 1931.
17/36
Lease agreement from Mercurio Martinez to Ed Dillard, 1954.