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APPENDIX A
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Don Domingo del Rio: Chris total de Cordova, Ygnacio del
Razo , Lucas Flores, Juaquin del Rio, Mathias del Rio, Manuel
Flores, Marcos Hernandez, Miguel Ramos, Francisco Ramos,
Juan Joseph Q;uiros y Baldes, Joaquin Venites, Manuel Delgado,
Juan Antonio Flores, Joseph Joaquin de Estrada,
Christobal Perez, Simon de Aragon, Manuel de la Cruz, Domingo
Diego de Acosta, Manuel de Acosta, Joseph Ponziano
Trejo, Francisco Losoia, Francisco Antonio Guerrero, Joseph
Candido de San Miguel, Manuel de Alcala, Manuel de Villafranca,
Juan de Aranhula, J-uan Joseph de Cordova, all of
us officers and men of the detachment of this royal presidio,
with due respect, place ourselves at your feet hy
means of this memorial to state that His Majesty (May
God guard fhimj) has allotted to each memher of this company
for his needs six pounds of gunpowder per year. Inasmuch
as this garrison has earned the [gunpowder] due it
for the f year J just ended, which is one h-andred eightysix
pounds, we humhly "beg Your Excellency in view thereof
to order the necessary [amount] issued so that Don Manuel
de Cozuela, our representative, a resident and merchant of
that city, can receive it and hold it there for Don Angel
de Martos y Navarrete, our governor and captain general,
in order that the instructions that his lordship gave him
to the effect that the [gunpowder 3 should he transported
to this presidio, as soon as possible and at the most opportune
moment, may he carried out.
May Our Lord make the important life of Your Excellency
flourish to its utmost greatness for many years, as we implore
Him,
Royal Presidio of San Agustin, January 2, 1762.
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