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Cassiano-Pérez Family Papers, 1741-1976

Descriptive Summary Creator: Cassiano and Pérez Families Title: Cassiano-Pérez Family Papers Dates: 1741-1976 Creator José Cassiano (1791-1862), born Giuseppe Cassini, was born in San Abstract: Reno, Italy and came to America as a young merchant in New Orleans. Cassiano moved to San Antonio where he operated a store providing supplies to Texan forces during the and was active in local government and business. Content Business and personal papers generated and acquired by members of Abstract: the Cassiano and Pérez families provide a record of activity in San Antonio that stretches over several generations. Identification: Col 880 Extent: 15 document boxes, 9 oversize boxes, 2 oversize items Language: Materials are in English. Repository: DRT Collection at Texas A&M University-San Antonio

Biographical Note Weaving together several of the strands of San Antonio society, members of the Cassiano and Pérez families included descendants of the founding families of the community and immigrants to Texas from a variety of backgrounds. The progenitor of the Cassiano name was born Giuseppe Cassini in San Remo, Italy about 1791. Reputedly a trained seaman, he came to America as a young man, establishing himself as a merchant in New Orleans. He relocated to San Antonio in the 1820s, where he operated a store and traded extensively in land. In the move, his name was Hispanicized to José Cassiano, though he and his family occasionally used the Cassini name, particularly in business dealings outside of Texas. The Cassiano store provided supplies to Texan forces during the Texas Revolution, and Cassiano was active in San Antonio government after independence, serving as a city alderman in the 1830s and 1840s. Cassiano married four times after moving to Texas, each time to a member of an established local family. After the death of his first wife, Josefa Menchaca, he married the widow of the governor of Texas, Gertrudis Pérez de Cordero, with whom he had one son, José Ygnacio Cassiano. After his second wife’s death in 1832, Cassiano married Margarita Valdez, and had two more children, José Fermin Cassiano and Isabel Cassiano. Widowed again in 1841, Cassiano married Trinidad Soto, from whom he separated shortly after their union. José Cassiano’s business success and his ties to local families helped him amass a sizeable estate at the time of his death in 1862, and he left a considerable amount of land and personal property to his children. One of his largest holdings was the San Bartolo Ranch, between the San Antonio River and Cibolo Creek, originally granted to the Hernández and Menchaca families. Family connections probably aided in his control of this large tract, as Cassiano’s second wife, Gertrudis Pérez de Cordero was a Hernández descendant, while his daughter-in-law, Tomasa Flores de Cassiano, was also related to the original property owners. Cassiano’s sons, in particular José Fermin Cassiano, were involved in their father’s business, and continued to buy and sell real estate in the San Antonio area. Married to Tomasa Flores in 1857, José Fermin was likewise active in civic life. They had three daughters and a son; the youngest daughter, Teresa Cassiano, married Antonio R. Péres, a veteran of Confederate service. They became the parents of ten children, most of them remaining part of a tight-knit family circle in San Antonio. Among the children were Esther Pérez Carvajal, an educator and clubwoman, and Marguerite Pérez, also a teacher in San Antonio schools.

Scope and Content Note Business and personal papers generated and acquired by members of the Cassiano and Pérez families provide a record of activity in San Antonio that stretches over several generations. The papers are organized into five subgroups, based on the family or individual associated with their creation. These are: Cassiano family papers, which gathers the earliest papers, and is primarily associated with José Cassiano, José Fermin Cassiano and other members of the immediate family; Paschal Leo Buquor papers, a small amount of business, military and personal items of the San Antonio and Floresville resident, probably a business associate of the Cassiano family; Pérez family papers, material related to Antonio R. and Teresa Cassiano Pérez, their children and grandchildren; General family papers, primarily later genealogical material, literary works, and printed material that are not identifiable as related to a specific individual, along with all family photographs; Palfrey family papers, a small group of financial records associated with an unrelated San Antonio family. Some of the series/subseries organization and content within these subgroups is detailed in the following outline:

Restrictions Access Restrictions No restrictions. The collection is open for research. Usage Restrictions Please be advised that the library does not hold the copyright to most of the material in its archival collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to secure those rights when needed. Permission to reproduce does not constitute permission to publish. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of copyright, literary property rights, and libel.

Administrative Information Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Cassiano-Pérez Family Papers, 1741-1976, Col 880, DRT Collection at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. Acquisition Information Gift of Roberta A. Pérez and the Pérez family Processing Information Processed by Bernice Strong, 1981-1982. Revised by Warren Stricker, 2002. Edited by Rebeka Delgado, 2020 June.

Detailed Description of the Collection

Cassiano-Pérez Family Papers, 1741-1976

Series I: Cassiano family papers

CORRESPONDENCE

Organized into subseries by recipient/sender, items are arranged chronologically. “Other correspondence” consists of letters dating from the time period represented but not sent or received by family members. Primarily business related, found here are letters from notables like Stephen F. Austin, on military matters, and Samuel A. Maverick.

Box Folder José Cassiano correspondence, 1832-1861 1 1 Stephen F. Austin, San Felipe de Austin, to José Cassiano, 1832 March 5. Alfred Kelso, Gonzales, to José Cassiano, San Antonio, 1842 September 2. ______, Castroville, to José Cassiano, San Antonio , 1846 May 7. L. Dobbin, New Orleans, to José Cassiano, San Antonio, 1846 August 5. Juan José Rodríguez, San Fernando, to José Cassiano, San Antonio, 1846 October 18. José Cassiano, San Antonio, to Robert Gria, 1855 February 8. James Saliba, New Orleans, to José Cassiano, 1857 February 21. Joseph Saliba, New Orleans, to José Cassiano, San Antonio, 1858 August 7. José Cassiano, San Antonio, to Rafael ______, 1861 May 24. Oliver Jones to José Cassiano, undated, fragment. Box Folder José Fermin Cassiano-Tomasa Flores de Cassiano correspondence, 1857-1911 1 2 José Fermin Cassiano, San Antonio, to Tomasa Flores, 1857 January 10. José M. Flores, El Paso, to José Fermin Cassiano, San Antonio, 1857 August 4. F. Guilbeau, San Antonio, to José Fermin Cassiano, El Paso, 1858 June 18. José Cassiano, San Antonio, to José Fermin Cassiano, El Paso, 1858 September 9. José Cassiano, San Antonio, to [José Fermin Cassiano?], 1858 September 23. José Cassiano, San Antonio, to José Fermin Cassiano, 1858 November 23. Samuel A. Maverick, San Antonio, to José Fermin Cassiano, 1859 January 20. Samuel A. Maverick, San Antonio, to [José Fermin Cassiano?], 1859 April 22. José Cassiano and José Ygnacio Cassiano, San Antonio , to José Fermin Cassiano, 1859 May 20. G. Valdez, Rio Seco, to José Fermin Cassiano, 1859 May 25. Luisa F. Mateu, San Antonio, to Tomasa Cassiano, 1860? July. J.M. Flores, El Paso, to José Fermin Cassiano, 1861 March 6. José Cassiano to José Fermin Cassiano, 1861 July 8. José Cassiano to José Fermin Cassiano, 1861 July. Box Folder 1 3 Antonio Mateu, Monterey, to José Fermin Cassiano, 1865 August 29. N. Cavazos García, San Antonio, to Cassiano and García, 1866 March 27. Langley, Satterlee, Blackwell and Co., New York, to J.F. Cassiano and Co., 1868 May 22 (attached receipt and copies of replies, 1868 June 16). José Fermin Cassiano, San Antonio, to Julius Saliba, 1869 June 6. Carmen Menchaca and Luz Calderon, Villa Ojinga, to José Fermin and Tomasa Cassiano, 1870 March 8. W.J. Locke, Austin, to José Fermin Cassiano, 1870 June 4. José Ygnacio Cassiano, San Antonio, to José Fermin Cassiano, 1871 February 18. H.B. Amity, Austin, to José Fermin Cassiano, San Antonio, 1874 August 30. J.A. Ferier, Coarraze, to José Fermin Cassiano, 1879 June 14. Santiago Martin, Eagle Pass, to José Fermin Cassiano, San Antonio, 1880 September 5. Will Lambert, Austin, to José Fermin Cassiano, San Antonio , 1882 November 23. José Cassiano, San Antonio, to H. Hamilton, Bandera, Texas, 1885 January 15. ______to José Fermin Cassiano, undated. Box Folder 1 4 José E. García, San Antonio, to Tomasa Flores de Cassiano, San Antonio, 1887 January 30. Societa Italiana di Mutuo Soccorso, San Antonio , to José Fermin Cassiano family, 1887 February 6. Mrs. O. Petitpain, Nogales, Arizona, to Tomasita Cassiano, San Antonio, 1903 March 9. Germán Stephenson, Galveston, to Tomasa Cassiano, San Antonio, 1903 June 1. Susana [Stephenson?], Galveston, to Tomasa Cassiano, San Antonio, 1903 June 4. Geronimo Fermin Cassiano, El Paso, to Tomasa F. de Cassiano, 1910 June 10. Swearingen and Tayloe, and Don A. Bliss, to Mrs. José Fermin Cassiano, San Antonio, 1911 March 27. Fannie and Margarieta ______to Tomasa F. Cassiano, 1923. Esther Pérez to Tomasa Cassiano, undated. Gertie [Campbell?] to [Tomasa Cassiano?], undated. 1 5 Catalina Cassiano correspondence, 1889-1927 Box Folder Other correspondence, 1794-1883 1 6 Pedro Fuentes to Silvestra Flores, 1794 May 14. Bernardo Rincon, San Pablo, to María Gertrudis Pérez de Cordero, 1828 May 15 (appended note of José Andres de Villarreal, receipt of Alejandro Treviño; attached manuscript and typescript copies). H.W. Karnes, Bexar, to Secretary of War, 1839 October 18. Sam Houston, Houston, to Luis Sanchez, Nacogdoches , 1842 July 6. William G. Cooke, San Antonio, to Ryan and McNeil, 1842 November 19. Sam Houston, Crockett, to Luis Sanchez, Nacogdoches , 1843 August 1. Edward Miles, Austin, to Juan N. Seguín, 1874 October 6. E.M. Pease, Austin, to J.T. Brackenridge, 1875 February 8. F.R. Lubbock, Austin, to A.W. Houston, San Antonio, 1881 June 2. James W. Riddle, Eagle Pass, to José Flores, San Antonio, 1882 February 28. Elizabeth Borel, Jeanneretts, to ______, 1883 November 29.

LAND AND PROPERTY DOCUMENTS

Organized into subseries by type of document and subject matter. An extensive body of material, found here are items that were generated by family involvement in land matters and documents probably acquired in connection with land-related activities. These include land grant documents from the Spanish, Mexican, , and state of Texas periods, deeds and other transactions. There is some overlap in this series with the third subgroup, the Pérez family papers, in transactions involving both the Cassiano family and Antonio R. Pérez. Grouped together are a number of documents related to a particular tract of land, the San Bartolo ranch originally granted to the Hernández and Menchaca families. Records of the acquisition, management and sale of this large tract date from the 1740s through the 1850s and include some of the original title documents along with documents intended to prove ownership of the property.

Box Folder Petitions and grants, Spanish and Mexican 1 7 Joachin and Martin de la Garza, San Antonio de Bexar, 1773 September 19. Box Folder 1 8 María Feliciana Duran, Bexar, 1807 April 14 (copy, with appended notes). 1 9 Diego Pérez, Bejar, 1818 January 31 (translation, with attached notes). Headright grant certificates 1 10 Elijah Allen, Paschal County, 1841 November 21. Thomas Anderson, heirs, Matagorda County, 1838 January 6. Alexander Batten, Harrisburg County, 1839 June 6. William T. Barnes, San Augustine County, 1839 July 7 (attached deed to Willis W. Jones). Daniel Burns?, Harrisburg County, 1838. John L. Bannell, Jasper County, 1839 July 4 (attached deed to George Van Ness). James R. Blanton, 1848 January 11. Brooks heirs, Harrisburg County, 1838 February 5. Charles S. Burbank, County, 1838 August 15. William Burke, Matagorda County, 1838 April 16. Jacob Burleson, Bastrop County, 1838 February 16. 1 11 Isaac Campbell, assignee of William Masingale, San Augustine County, 1838 January 21 (attached deeds to W.C. Bukham, and to Robert H. Chism). K.A. Clark, San Augustine County, 1838 November 1 (attached deed to William Taylor). Samuel F. Clark, assignee of Joseph L. Spencer, Sabine County, 1838 March 15. Samuel F. Clark, assignee of David Spencer, Sabine County, 1838 March 15. Samuel F. Clark, assignee of Benjamin S. Forbes, Sabine County, 1838 March 15. Theodore C. Clark heirs, Harrisburg County, 1840 January 9. John W. Cloud, Brazoria County, 1838 March 1. Lemuel M. Cochran, Red River County, 1839 Decmeber 30. John B. Craig, Harrisburg County, 1839 January 30. Box Folder 1 12 John C. Dedmore, Matagorda County, 1838 April 14. John Adam Diez, Colorado County, 1845 September 1. Charles Donoho, Washington County, 1838 March 22. Thomas M. Duke, Matagorda County, 1838 January 6. Samuel Evetts, Washington County, 1838 February 1. Wilson Ewing, assignee of Willis B. Harris, Shelby County, 1838 March 31 (attached deed to Willis W. Jones). James Johnston Eweart heirs, Matagorda County, 1838 April 14. William L. Fleming heirs, 1860 February 9. 1 13 Thomas A. Hankins heirs, Brazoria County, 1838 May 17. Henry Humboldt, Matagorda County, 1839 April 30. John Hendricks, Fayette County, 1838 June 15. James Huling, assignee of B.L. Reed, Jasper County, 1838 September 22. Peter Huizar, Bexar County, 1839 June 8. Benaniah Jones, Montgomery County, 1838 July 5. Robert Kell, Matagorda County, 1838 September 6. James King, Fayette County, 1838 June 7. Box Folder 1 14 Samuel S. Lanier, Liberty County, 1838 February 1. Edwin Legrand, assignee of Silvester Dunkirk, Shelby County, 1838 March (attached deed to Thomas M. Boggess). Jane H. Long, administrator of Ann Mary S. Hoppe estate, Brazoria County, 1838 March 1. Blas Lopez, Bexar County, 1840 January 2. John H. Lowell, Matagorda County, 1839 March 27. Richard Malvin, San Augustine County, 1838 October 22 (attached deed to W.H. Bowers). Thomas McCoy, Matagorda County, 1838 January 5. James McFarlan, Matagorda County, 1838 March 18. John Monroe, San Augustine County, 1838 October 22 (attached deed to J. Lawrence Generes). James H. Morris, assignee of Malena Pérez, Bexar County, 1838 March 9. James H. Morris, assignee of Alejandro Gortari, Bexar County, 1838 April 13. Young Nelson, Jasper County, 1839 July 4 (attached deed to George Van Ness). Box Folder 1 15 Charles Osburn, Matagorda County, 1838 February 1. Samuel E. Powers, assignee of Thomas Sayre, San Augustine County, 1838 July 3 (attached deed to Matthew Hopkins). Samuel E. Powers, assignee of Aaron Sparks, San Augustine County, 1838 June 30 (attached deed to Matthew Hopkins). Samuel E. Powers, assignee of Elias Stevens, San Augustine County, 1838 June 30 (attached deed to Matthew Hopkins). Samuel E. Powers, assignee of Noel Waller, San Augustine County, 1838 July 3 (attached deed to Mathew Hopkins). William B. Price, 1838 June 7. William Riddle, San Augustine County, 1838 October 26 (attached deed to A. Harris). Thompson Robinson, Bexar County, 1847 January 25. Matthew Ross, San Augustine County, 1838 October 22 (attached deed to William Taylor, Jr.). Samuel Rowland, Bexar County, 1839 June 7. R.R. Royall, assignee of Jesús Ortiz, Bexar County, 1838 October 10. R.R. Royall, assignee of Estifana de la Garza, Bexar County, 1838 October 10. Eleanor H. Russell, 1838 March 31. 1 16 Tomas Salazar, Bexar County, Bexar County, 183? (incomplete). John Schanck, Harrisburg County, 1838 March 16. Philip P. Schuyler, Harrisburg County, 1839 December 26. Harrison Simpson, Matagorda County, 1838 August 2. Charles H. Smith, assignee of D. Newton, Sabine County, 1838 March 15 (attached deed to Hanson W. Caufield). Robert Smith, Sabine County, 1841 November 20. Stephen Stanley, 1860 March 3. Epps W. Stanton, Sabine County, 1838 December 6 (attached deed to George Van Ness). John Tom, 1851 December 17. Box Folder 1 17 Bela Vickory, Fort Bend County, 1838 March 29. R.H. Walker, Bastrop County, 1838 March 29 (attached deed to H.K. Carson). Nelson D. Walling, administrator of Edwin Jennings, Shelby County, 1848 November 20. Dickson White, Jasper County, 1839 July 4. Reuben L. Wilder, Shelby County, 1839 September 5 (attached deed to George Van Ness). Jane Wilson, administrator of Jess Wilson estate, Victoria County, 1838 July 26. William C. Wilson, Washington County, 1838 June 7. Gilbert Wright, Matagorda County, 1838 January. Bounty Warrants 1 18 Vincent Banks, 1838 January 31. Benjamin R. Brigham, 188 May 5. John H. Burnham, 1846 February 16. Jacob Elliott, 1837 November 10. Peter S. Elliott, Jeramiah Coles, assignee, 1838 May 17. Benjamin Green, 1838 February 1. James Hickey, 1852 April 21. P. McAnelly, 1838 June 7. Hugh Malloy, 1837 December 26. John Myers, 1859 October 8. William E. Probert, 1838 February 9. James C. Robertson, 1838 January 31. Benjamin D. Smith, 1838 February 9. John Sowell, 1838 May 1. William Strickland, 1838 January 29. James P. Trezivant, 1860 November 13. Merriwether H. Ussery heirs, 1861 March 7. Donation certificates Box Folder 1 19 Daniel Benton, 1841 July 15. George A. Davis, 1839 February 7. Enoch Grigsby, 1838 May 22. Thomas Hanson, 1839 March 19. Peter Harper, 1838 May 15. Wilson Simpson, 1840 August 3. Merrewether H. Ussery heirs, 1861 March 7. Other Grants 1 20 Heinrich Egers heirs, German Emigration Company grant, 1854 November 1. Oversize Michael Fix heirs, German Emigration Company grant, 1851 box 20 October 29 (oversize). 1 20 Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company, land scrip, 1857 March 5 (8 certificates). Sabine County, school land certificate, 1852 November 16 (4 certificates). San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad Company, land scrip, 1866 October 23. Friederich Gottlob Schmidt, German Emigration Company grant, 1848 June 19. Randolph Schmidt, German Emigration Company grant, 1848 June 19. Patents Oversize Juan Francisco Lombraño, 1855 July 12 (attached plat; box 20 oversize). José Cassiano, assignee of Francisco Antonio Ruíz, 1860 July 17 (certified copy; oversize). Land transactions 1 21 Santiago Péres to Xertrudis Fuente, San Fernando de Bexar, 1780 March 21. 1 22 Ygnacio de Armas and Josefa de Niz to Francisco Flores, San Fernando de Bexar, 1784 October 30. 1 23 Josefa Guerra to Silvestra Flores, San Fernando, 1804 June 2. Box Folder 1 24 Ygnacia Quiñones to José Ramon Arocha, 1807 May 20 (appended record of sale to Rafael Cortes and legal action over title, 1808-1809). 1 25 Refugio de la Garza to José Cassiano, cancellation of sale, San Fernando de Bejar, 1833 January 24 (Original and certified copy). 1 26 Refugio de la Garza to José Cassiano and Esteban Gonzales, 1833 January 25. 1 27 José La Baume to José Cassiano, San Fernando de Bejar, 1833 January 26. 1 28 Mariano Rodríguez to María Josefa Estrada, dowry agreement, 1833 September 13. 1 29 Charles S. Taylor to Juan José Ibarvo, offer for land title, 1833 November 23. 1 30 Joaquin de la Garza to José María Salinas, Bejar, 1834 October 5. 1 31 Aniceto Martinez to José Cassiano, Bejar, 1834 November 3. 1 32 Vicente Micheli to José Cassiano, 1835 February 2 (2 copies). 1 33 Vicente Gortari property records Alejandro Gortari, Concepcion Charle and Albina Charle to José Cassiano, 1836 August 7. José Cassiano to Paul Joseph Gleises, 1838 September 25. Paul Joseph Gleises to José Cassiano, 1838 September 29. Alejandro Gortari, affidavit confirming sale, 1838 November 23. Vicente Gortari, extract from his will, 1834 June 23. Alejandro Gortari, Concepcion Charle, Albina Charle to José Cassiano, 1836 August 17 (corrected version). 1 34 Charles Auguste Rousselin to José Cassiano, mortgage, New Orleans, 1836 October 14. 1 35 José Padilla to José Antonio de la Garza, 1837 April 29. 1 36 Marie Antoinette Bourguignon to José Cassiano, mortgage, New Orleans, 1837 December 2. 1 37 Francisco Flores to Phillip Dimitt and José Cassiano, 1838 October 23 (2 copies). Box Folder 1 38 Zéphirin Latour, for Christian Roselins, to José Cassiano, mortgage, New Orleans, 1840 April 17. 2 39 Louise Petronie Goldsmith to José Cassiano, mortgage, 1843 July 6. 2 40 María Ufemia de Villalpando, María de Jesusa Villalpando, María Josefa Villalpando and Juan José Flores to William B. Jaques and William Elliot, 1844 April 17. 2 41 Rafael C. Garza and María Antonia Veramendi y Garza to N. C. Parker, San Antonio, 1846 March 5. 2 42 Concepción Charle to Jesús Cantú, 1852 June 10. 2 43 José Cassiano to José Ygnacio Cassiano, for José Fermin Cassiano, 1853 February 14. Oversize Josefa Nandin, Francisca García and María Agapita García to box 20 Lecompte de Watine, 1853 June 1 (oversize). Tomasa Flores to William D. Mays, 1855 March 23 (oversize). José Cassiano to José Ygnacio Cassiano, 1855 April 14 (oversize). Sam S. Smith to José Fermin Cassiano, 1855 June 16 (oversize). 2 44 Felis Floris and José Floris to ______, 1856 (blank deed and attached power of attorney). 2 45 Silvester Gonzales to ______, 1856 (blank deed and attached power of attorney). 2 46 Nepomuceno Goterus to ______, 1856 (blank deed and attached power of attorney). 2 47 Tomasa Flores y Cassiano to Teresa Valdez y Rivas, San Antonio, 1857 March 10 (includes typescript copy). 2 48 William R. Henry, Sheriff, to Ignacio Cassiano, Bexar County, 1858 April 6. 2 49 Ignacio Cassiano to José Cassiano, San Antonio, 1859 February 23. 2 50 Isabel Cassiano García to José Fermin Cassiano, bill of sale, 1862 May 29. 2 51 Isabel Cassiano y García and José E. García to José Fermin Cassiano, 1863 September 5. Box Folder 2 52 José Fermin Cassiano to Franz Muz, bill of sale, 1866 July 11 (attached receipt). 2 53 José Fermin Cassiano to John Lissy, 1867 March 18 (attached receipt). Oversize Gabriel Ruiz and Guadalupe Vasquez Ruiz to T.T. Teel and John box 20 A. Cocke, 1867 March 28 (oversize). 2 54 José Fermin Cassiano to John Lissy, Lawrence Winn, F. Music, John Gortari, Ant. Coregha, John Symmer and Lucas Moy, granting of temporary title, San Antonio, 1867 April 1. 2 55 J.H. Kampmann to José Fermin and Tomasita Flores de Cassiano, release of lien, 1867 April 1. Oversize T.T. Teel and John A. Cocke to José Fermin Cassiano, 1867 box 20 April 2 (oversize). 2 56 Fritz Schreiner to José Fermin Cassiano, release of lien, San Antonio, 1870 March 31. 2 57 Isabel Cassiano de García and José E. García to William H. Young, San Antonio, 1873 March 3 (attached promissory note, José E. García and Isabel C. García to John Sharer, 1873 March 1). 2 58 Isabel C. de García and José E. García to Tomasa Flores de Cassiano, San Antonio, 1880 February 24. 2 59 Melchora Yndo de Flores to Antonio R. Pérez, San Antonio, 1880 April 19. 2 60 Antonio R. Pérez to Tomasa V. y Flores de Cassiano, 1880 April 29. 2 61 Melchora Yndo de Flores to Cornelio Gonzales, San Antonio, 1880 May 7. 2 62 Melchora Yndo de Flores to Isabel Cassiano de García, San Antonio, 1880 May 26. 2 63 Antonio Rivas to Tomasa V. y Flores de Cassiano, San Antonio 1880 July 6 (attached plat and field notes). 2 64 Isabel C. de García and José E. García to Tomasa Flores de Cassiano, San Antonio, 1880 October 1. 2 65 Cornelio Gonzalez to Oscar Bergstrom, San Antonio, 1881 August 13. Box Folder 2 66 George H. Kalteyer to Tomasa Flores de Cassiano and José Fermin Cassiano, San Antonio , 1882 January 30. 2 67 José Flores to Juana Francisca Montes, ca. 1886 (incomplete, 2 copies). 2 68 A.P. Rivas, Adelaide Rivas Chapa and F.A. Chapa to Edward Rivas, San Antonio, 1899 May 17. 2 69 Juan E. Casanova and Jesusa M. Casanova to J.L. Garza, 1909 January 25. 2 70 José Montez to Adelina Montez, 190? January 25 (incomplete). 2 71 Eloi Montes to Nicasio Montes, San Antonio, 1911 January 28. 2 72 Juanita Hernández to Tom Hernández, 19?? (incomplete). Hernández-Menchaca San Bartolo ranch land records 2 73 Petition: Francisco Hernández, San Antonio, 1741 May 6. 2 74 Petition and ruling: Andres Hernández, La Bahia, 1757 December 30. 2 75 Affidavit: Luis and Andres Hernández, San Fernando de Bejar, 1758 February 25. 2 76 Lease: Juana de Ollos to José Macario Sambrano, for Rancho San Bartolo, 1777 August 4. 2 77 Will: Andres Hernández, 1779 May 27 (translation). 2 78 Tomas Travieso, title records, 1784-1808. 2 79 Antonia Carbajal to Josefa Granados, San Fernando de Bexar, 1786 June 30. 2 80 Estate records: María Josefa Granado, 1787 (extracts). 2 81 Will: Luis Mariano Menchaca (1803), extract, 1849 February 2. 2 82 Power of attorney: María Luisa Coy to Antonio Hernández, for sale of land to Juan Soye, 1833 January 17 (appended affidavits). 2 83 Deed: Juana García Hernández to José Cassiano, San Fernando de Bejar, 1833 August 21 (2 copies). Box Folder 2 84 Deed: Ygnacio Pérez, Antonia Arocha, Antonia Hernández, Josefa Yden and Fernando Ruiz to José Cassiano, San Fernando de Bexar, 1834 February 4 (2 copies). 2 85 Notice: José Cassiano, on claims to property, 1834 March 22 (attached affidavits). 2 86 Deed: María Josefa de la Garza to José Cassiano, 1836 August 15. 2 87 Agreement: Marcos A. Veramendi, José Cassiano, José Flores, Juan McMullen and J. Luis Carbajal, 1838 October 1. 2 88 Receipt: Marcos A. Veramendi, for R.L. Trimble, to José Flores, 1838 November 12 (copy). 2 89 Survey records: Land at Cibolo Creek and San Antonio River, for M.A. Veramendi, Carbajal, Cassiano and others, undated (incomplete). 2 90 Deed: John McMullen to Diego A. Taylor, Bexar County, 1840 December 4. 2 91 Deed: José Flores to José Cassiano, San Antonio, 1844 September 12. 2 92 Indenture: José Cassiano and Alexander Henry Bourgeois d’Orvanne, 1844 September 30 (attached plat). 2 93 Deed: John Twohig to José Cassiano, 1844 October 11 (attached receipt, Marcos A. Veramendi to José Flores, 1838 November 12). 2 94 Articles of agreement: Juan José Rodríguez, guardian of Elena Taylor, and José Cassiano, sale of land, 1845 July 30. 2 95 Affidavits: José Cassiano, Peter Gallagher, William Twomey and Clemente García, on compliance with contract, 1846 January 10. 2 96 Petition: José Cassiano, for agents to report on compliance with contract, 1846 January 10 (appended order). 2 97 Legal notice: sale of land of the estate of D.A. Taylor, 1847 August 9. Box Folder 2 98 Judgement: John H. Herndon vs. José Cassiano, land ownership of Spanish grant to Luis Menchaca, 1852 January 13. 2 99 Notice: José Cassiano, to Robert Grias and heirs of William Twomey or Leonor Menchaca, to vacate land, 1852 September 28. 2 100 Notes. 2 101 Leases José Cassiano to H. Clay Davis, for pool hall, San Antonio de Bejar, 1842 February 10. P. Ornelas to A.F. Oakley and N.C. Reed, ca. 1883. Blank lease form. 2 102 Abstracts of title. 2 103 Survey records, 1848-1877. Property inventories/assessments 2 104 José Cassiano. Oversize José Cassiano (oversize). box 20 2 105 José Fermin Cassiano. 2 106 José Ignacio Cassiano. 2 107 Isabel Cassiano de García property, undated. 2 108 Marcos A. Veramendi, 1877. 2 109 Certificates of clear title, 1866-1867. 2 110 Lists/receipts: land records, 1839. 2 111 Maps and plats. Oversize Maps and plats (3 items, oversize). box 20 2 112 Notes. GENERAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS

Organized by document type. Included are estate records of family members and of other individuals in which the family had some interest. Some items, such as contracts and powers of attorney are closely related to the land records of the previous series.

Box Folder Wills and estate records José Cassiano estate Oversize Will, 1858 May 15 (oversize). box 20 3 113 Will: José Cassiano, 1859 September 5 (transcript). 3 114 Affidavit: José Cassiano and Gertrudis Pérez, on distribution of property, Bexar, 1828 April 12. Inventory: José Cassiano, 1842 October 6. Affidavit: José Cassiano, inheritance of children of Margarita Valdez, 185? Notice: application for probate, 1862 January 17. Release: María Trinidad Soto, 1862 January 20. Receipt: José Ygnacio Cassiano, Isabel Cassiano de García, J.E. García. Inventory. Nicolás Flores estate 3 115 Inventories, notes, undated. María Luisa de Luna estate 3 116 Will: 1828 September 29 (translation). Celine Caroline Monchy Phaneuf estate 3 117 Will and family baptismal and burial records, 1852, 1877. Nicolas de los Santos estate 3 118 Will: 1875 June 30. José María Zambrano estate 3 119 Notes. Box Folder Contracts and agreements 3 120 Ramón Músquiz, Ygnacio Herrera, José María Salinas, Miguel Arciniega, Bejar, 1836 March 28 (incomplete). Bryan Callaghan and Volney E. Howard and José Cassiano, construction of fence, 1848 January 14. Erasmo Seguín, José Cassiano, Juan Nepomuceno Arocha, land ownership, San Antonio, 1838 September 27 (attached receipt, Russell Howard to José Casianio, 1848). José Cassiano and Gustavus Schleicher, 1857 May 5. P. Walsh and José Fermin Cassiano, Ignacio Cassiano and Isabel García, construction of a tomb, San Antonio, 1862 February 6. José Fermin Cassiano and Cruz Landin, use of livestock, 1866 August 7. Unidentified. Affidavits and depositions 3 121 José Cassiano, Eugenio Musquiz, Antonio Salinas, Placido Olivarri, 1836 April 16. José Cassiano, David Morgan, B.C. Sanchez, Eusebio Farias, and Felipe Hymes, 1842 August-September. José Fermin Cassiano, 1857 February 4. M. Duffy, Deputy Inspector of Hides and Animals, Starr County, 1872 September 27. Box Folder Powers of attorney 3 122 Marina Rodríguez to Juan Rodríguez, 1841 June 12. José Ignacio Cassiano to José Cassiano, 1848 June 26. Ignacio Cassiano to José Cassiano, 1848 July 1. José E. García to José Fermin Cassiano, San Antonio, 1863 August 7. Leonides Seguín de Flores to José Fermin Cassiano, for lease of house and lot, San Antonio , 1866 March 30. José Fermin Cassiano and Ysabel Cassiano de García to Robert D. Burns, for sale of land, San Antonio, 1867 March 26. Ysabel C. García to José Fermin Cassiano, 1873 March 15. Luisa Flores, Antonio Mateu, Tomasa Flores, José Fermin Cassiano to Moore, Dey and Co. and John M. Cayce and Bro., for sale of land of Flores heirs, 1874 August 17. J.M.R. García to Moore, Day and Co. and J.M. Cayce and Bro., for sale of land of García heirs, 1874 August 27. Silveria Casanoba, Francisco Casanoba, Juan Casanoba to José Fermin Cassiano, for sale of land of Garza-Casanoba heirs, San Antonio, 1875 September 15. Antonio Calderon to José Fermin Cassiano, for sale of land, Brownsville, 1878 May 6. Melchora Indo de Flores to José Fermin Cassiano, for sale of land, 1880 February 19. Santiago Martin to José Fermin Cassiano, for sale of land, 1880 July 23. Slave documents 3 123 Antonio Alconcelle to José Cassiano, New Orleans, 1837 January 27. John Gabaroche to José Cassiano, New Orleans, 1838 July 20. José Cassiano et al., depositions on transport of slaves to Texas, Port La Vaca, 1844 June 29. Eulalie Ortis to José Cassiano, New Orleans, 1847 May 24. J.W. Gray and Simona Gray to J.S. Hewitt, 1857 May 25. William A. Carswell to José Cassiano, 1859 September 15. Box Folder Bonds 3 124 Juan A. Zambrano, Edward Dwyer, John N. Seguín, I.L. Hood, Manuel Yturri Castillo, W.H. Patton, A.M. Berry, J.D. Morris to the Republic of Texas, San Antonio, 1838 June 27 (attached oath of Juan A. Zambrano as President of the Bexar County Board of Land Commissioners). Legal actions 3 125 Felix Treviño, et al. vs. I.B. Henyan, ca. 1909. Legal authorities 3 126 Committee of vigilance, 1842. 3 127 Insurance records, 1870, 1878. Oversize Insurance records, 1843 (oversize). box 20 3 128 Bills of lading, 1848. 3 192 Patent application, 1874.

FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS

Organized by type of document. Consisting of a miscellany of items related to several family members, notable are the bound volumes that contain account records for family businesses as well as a variety of other notations, and a book of vouchers issued to presidial soldiers’ wives, used for merchandise at the Cassiano store.

Box Folder Bound volumes Oversize General financial and legal records, miscellaneous notes, 1845- box 16 1849. Oversize General financial and legal records, 1853-1870. box 17 Oversize Account ledger, 1857-1871. box 17 Account documents 3 130 Isabel Cassiano de García, 1865. Miguel Garza, account with Madero y Compania, 1873. Melchora Yndo de Flores, 1880. Box Folder Bills and receipts 3 131 General, 1838-1915. 3 132 Membership receipts, Casino, 1859-1861. 3 133 Tax receipts, 1862-1886. 3 134 Promissory notes, 1847-1885. Bills of sale 3 135 María Guadalupe de las Fuentes y Fernández to Gertrudis Flores, water rights, 1798 April 12. Manuel Tijerina to José Fermin Cassiano, 1857 May 26. Claims 3 136 Vicente Guerrero, 1834. 3 137 José Cassiano, 1839. 3 138 Adeleida C. Hernández, pension claim, 19?? Agapita G. Navarro, pension claim, 19?? Blank pension claim form. 3 139 Drafts. Vouchers 3 140 Presidial soldiers' wives 1832. 3 141 Currency and coupons. 3 142 Notes.

PERSONAL RECORDS

Organized by type/function. Most documents are associated with personal milestones, such as baptism, marriage, school, and military service, and involvement in social organizations.

Box Folder Birth and baptismal records 3 143 María Arcadia, child of Francisco García and María Ygnacia Rosa, Los Adaes, certificate of baptism (1794), 1823 August 1. José Fermin Cassiano, affidavit on birth (1839), 1853 July 11. Juana, child of slave Rosalia, certificate of baptism, 1850 January 8. María Rosario, child of slave Rosalia, certificate of baptism, 1853 October 20. Catarina, child of José Fermin Cassiano and Tomasa Flores, certificate of baptism, 1857 November 19. María Catalina, child of José Fermin Cassiano and Tomasa Flores, certificate of baptism, 1859 May 29. Joséfina Andrea, child of Alexandre Daguerre and Refugia Samaniego, certificate of baptism (1859), 1900 December 19. Adelaida, child of José Fermin Cassiano and Tomasa Flores, certificate of baptism, 1860 December 18. José Geronimo, child of José Fermin Cassiano and Tomas Flores de Cassiano, certificate of baptism (1863), 1865 February 9. Confirmation records 3 144 José Fermin Cassiano, 1871 May 22 Marriage records 3 145 José Cassiano and María Josefa Menchaca, certificate of marriage, 1826 December 18. José Cassiano and Margarita Valdes, certificate of marriage, 1833 March 27 (2 copies). 3 146 José Cassiano-María Trinidad Soto marriage and separation, 1842-1855 Death and funeral records 3 147 Catalina Cassiano, 1948 Box Folder Inventories 3 148 Papers Passports and passes 3 149 Guiseppe Cassini, Marseille, 1816 November 20 (incomplete). José Cassiano, Houston, 1837 July 11. Peter Hansbrough Bell, issuer, 1849 March 26. José Fermin Cassiano, 1863 December 16. Catalina Cassiano, 1928. School records 3 150 José Fermin Cassiano, 1851 Military records 3 151 Rosters, 1835-1836. Disability records: José Fermin Cassiano, 1862-1865. Discharge: Christobal Arellano, 1864 January 28 (copy). Discharge: Francisco Salasar, 1865 October 31. 3 152 Amnesty documents, 1865, 1869 Organizations 3 153 Sociedad de los Indisolubles Oversize Sociedad de los Indisolubles (oversize) box 20 3 154 Gran Sociedad Mejico Tejana 3 155 Sociedad Mutualista Mexicana 3 156 Hijas de María Printed material 3 157 Cards 3 158 Funeral notices Handbill 3 159 Bryan Callaghan 3 160 Invitations 3 161 Notes and fragments Box Folder 3 162 Envelopes See also IV. General family papers

II. Paschal Leo Buquor papers

Organized into series by type of material, this small body of papers includes correspondence, land records, legal and financial documents, and personal papers. Noteworthy items include a letter from John S. Ford concerning Civil War defenses, a roster of a San Antonio home guard from the same period, certificates of election or appointment to various political and civil offices, and bond coupons for an 1852 San Antonio railroad proposal.

CORRESPONDENCE

Box Folder 4 163 John S. Ford, San Antonio, to P.L. Buquor, 1861 December 11. _____ McCook, Ringgold Barracks, to Military Commandant, Camargo, , 1870 June 10. C. Dart, to P.L. Buquor, Rio Grande City, 187? J.B. Lewis, Bellville, to P.L. Buquor, Floresville, 1884 October 9. P.L. Buquor, El Paso, to P.L. Buquor, Floresville, 1896 May 29. George Pfeuffer to P.L. Buquor, 1883. Thomas F. Taylor, Austin, to P.L. Buquor, Floresville, 1896 October 5. ______to Editor of Western Chronicle, undated.

LAND RECORDS

Box Folder Land transactions Oversize James L. Trueheart, Assessor and Collector, to P.L. Buquor, 1848 box 20 July 31 (oversize). A.D. Lytle, Assessor and Collector, to P.L. Buquor, 1850 September 3 (oversize). John R. Bradley estate to P.L. Buquor, 1852 March 13 (oversize). Box Folder 4 164 George T. Howard to P.L. Buquor, 1859 April 8. George W. Johnson to P.L. Buquor, 1880 October 20. George W. Johnson to P.L. Buquor, release, 1881 November 3. G.H. Jennings to P.L.Buquor, 1884 May 3. George W. Johnson to Mary J. Buquor, 1884 June 9. Concepción F. Delgado and M.M. Zaragoza to P.L. Buquor, 1884 October 10. P.L. Buquor to Maggie Mitchell, 1887 December 7. P.L. Buquor and Mary J. Buquor to M.J. Ximenes, 1896 March 10. P.L. Buquor and Mary J. Buquor to M.J. Ximenes, 1896 November 11. Patents 4 165 State of Texas to P.L. Buquor, assignee of James H. Morris, 1847 April 2. Survey records 4 166 Subdivision of estate, field notes, 1855 December 11. Maps and plats Map Floresville (oversize) case

LEGAL DOCUMENTS

Box Folder Deed 4 167 Juana Montes to P.L. Buquor, 1874 August 7. Powers of attorney 4 168 Petra Villareal to P.L. Buquor, 1844 December 16. Hilaria Ramirez to P.L. Buquor, 1871 January 18. Gregorio Soto and Teresa Seguín de Soto to Santiago M. Seguín, 1872 September 25. Box Folder Affidavit 4 169 P.L. Buquor, pension claim of B.F. Lowe, 1895 April 19. 4 170 Interrogatories Certificates 4 171 Appointment, 1844 (incomplete). Election, County Commissioner, 1852. Oversize Commission: County Commissioner, 1852 (oversize). box 20 Appointment: notary public, 1856 (oversize). Appointment: notary public, 1860 (oversize). Commission: Justice of the Peace, 1860 (oversize). Appointment: notary public, 1866 (oversize). Appointment: Election Supervisor, 1872 (oversize). Commission: Justice of the Peace, 1872 (oversize). Appointment: honorary commissioner to the World’s Industrial Centennial and Cotton Exposition, 1884 (oversize). Commission: notary public, 1889 (oversize).

FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS

Box Folder 4 172 Promissory notes, 1880. 4 173 Account statements, 1867. 4 174 Reciepts, 1860 Bonds Oversize City of San Antonio to San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad, box 20 1852 March 1 (oversize).

PERSONAL DOCUMENTS

Box Folder 4 175 Military records, 1864 Organizations 4 176 Texas Veterans Association, 1875-1891. Box Folder 4 177 Invitations, 1863. Printed material 4 178 Handbill, 185? 4 179 Notes and envelopes.

III. Pérez family papers

Organized into series by family member, beginning with Antonio R. Pérez and Teresa Cassiano de Pérez and including most of their children and some grandchildren. Much of this material consists of a miscellany of letters, land records, financial documents, and printed items. The greatest amount of material is associated with Esther Pérez Carvajal, and gathers some correspondence, land and legal documents, estate records, organization records and some writings. Also fairly extensive are the papers of Marguerite T. C. Pérez. The papers of Robert A. Pérez are limited but for a collection of 121 notebooks containing technical notes from his work with engineers/surveyors Alexander Walton and Edwin P. Arneson. The notebooks cover a range of projects, from land subdivisions to road and irrigation projects. This series also includes some land records for properties associated with several family members.

ANTONIO R. PÉREZ-TERESA CASSIANO DE PÉREZ PAPERS

Box Folder 4 180 General Papers.

ESTHER PÉREZ CARVAJAL

Box Folder 4 181 Correspondence. 4 182 Land records. 4 183 Land records. 4 184 Financial documents. 4 185 Insurance records. 4 186 Professional papers. 4 187 Estate. 4 188 Memorial book. Organizations 4 189 Daughters of the Republic of Texas, notes and minutes. Box Folder Writings 4 190 An Incident of My Childhood, manuscript, 1916. 4 191 A Thanksgiving Ceremonial, pageant, typescript, 1931. Oversize Certificates and diplomas (oversize). box 20 Notes 4 192 Notebooks. 4 193 Assorted notes.

FEDERICO PÉREZ

Box Folder Oversize Communion certificate (oversize). box 20

GILBERT PÉREZ

Box Folder 4 194 General papers.

GUDELIA B. PÉREZ

Box Folder 4 195 General papers. Oversize Communion certificate (oversize). box 20

JOHN A. PÉREZ

Box Folder 4 196 Correspondence. 4 197 Financial documents. 4 198 Military records. 4 199 Printed material. Box Folder Oversize Communion certificate (oversize). box 20

JOSEFINA M.C. PÉREZ

Box Folder 5 200 General papers. 5 201 Memorial book.

MARGUERITE T.C. PÉREZ

Box Folder 5 202 Correspondence. 5 203 Land records. 5 204 Tax receipts. 5 205 General financial documents. 5 206 Professional papers. 5 207 Organizations. 5 208 Passport and travel documents. 5 209 Printed materials. Oversize Certificates (oversize) box 20 5 210 Birth, baptismal and death certificates. 5 211 Will. 5 212 Funeral cards and related items. 5 213 Memorial book.

ROBERT A. PÉREZ

Box Folder 5 214 General papers. Box Folder Engineer's notebooks, Alexander Walton, E.P. Arneson, ca. 1909-1948 Stored Numbered volumes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, books (3 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 38, 39, 40, 43, 47, 58, 59, 60, 61, boxes) 62, 63, 63A, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 92, 93, 94, 100, 101, 105, 110, 111, 115, 116, 119, 120, 121, 122, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 133, 134, 136, 140, 141: 78 items. Unnumbered volumes: 43 items.

ROBERT A. PÉREZ, JR. FAMILY

Box Folder Printed material 5 215 General. Oversize Communion certificate (oversize). box 20 5 216 Roberta A. Pérez, diploma. 5 217 Leyendecker family documents.

WILLIAM C. PÉREZ

Box Folder 5 218 General papers.

FAMILY PROPERTY RECORDS

Box Folder 6 219 Gudelia Pérez-Josephine Pérez-Marguerite Pérez property records. 6 220 Abstract of title: City Block 863, 1901 January 29. 6 221 Abstract of title: City Blocks 861, 863, 1907 April 25. 6 222 Abstract of title: Lots 29-30, City Block 863, 1913 August 11. 6 223 Abstract of title: Lot 30, New City Block 863, 1924 July 13. 6 224 Abstract of title: Lot 15, Block 13, City Block 1915, 1911 December 9. See also IV. General family papers IV. General family papers

Organized by type of material, this subgroup gathers family items that could not be identified with a particular individual, as well as all items in some formats, such as books and pamphlets and photographs. Genealogical material consists of notes and transcripts and copies of family related-documents. Manuscripts are generally brief works on historical subjects. A notable item in this series is a manuscript version of the Los Pastores Christmas play, probably dating from the early 1900s. Books are mostly religious works from a wide range of dates (some Texas- related books have been separated to the main library collection). All photographs are described in this subgroup, and include images of the Cassiano, Pérez, and related families, as well as unrelated individuals and some views of places and objects. A number of items are unidentified, and some identification of individuals is tentative, based on comparison with known images.

GENEALOGICAL MATERIAL

Box Folder 6 225 Correspondence. 6 226 Baptismal records. 6 227 Marriage records. 6 228 Burial records. 6 229 Collected documents. 6 230- Motes: general family information. 231 6 232 Notes: . Map Family tree (oversize). Case

MANUSCRIPTS

Box Folder 6 233 Canary Islanders, _____ Ellis? Typescript. 6 234 Early San Antonio Architecture, Rene Pérez, manuscript and typescript. 6 235 Interesting Historical Documents Concerning the Presidio of San Antonio de Bexar, translation by Mattie Austin Hatcher, typescript. 6 236 Mission architecture, typescript. 6 237 Novena, manuscript. 6 238 On seeing Mission Espada, Mary E. Portwood, manuscript, 1936. 6 239 [Pan American Highway], typescript. Box Folder 6 240 Pastorela, Eciquio Luna, bound manuscript. 6 241 Los Pastores, typescript. 6 242 Los Pastores, typescript (incomplete). 6 243 Romeria: A Mission Pageant, scenario and notes, 1931. 7 244 The San Antonio River, typescript, excerpt from Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, 1877. 7 245 Siege of San Antonio: An Epic of Gallantry, pageant scenario, typescript. 7 246 Los , typescript. 7 247 Texas, the Great, the Brave, the Beautiful!, scenario, typescript. 7 248 Notes and fragments.

PRINTED MATERIAL

Box Folder Oversize Broadside: The First Lady of Santa Fe (oversize). box 20 Coat of arms (oversize) 7 249 Death announcements and funderal cards. 7 250 Greeting cards. 7 251 Invitations. Oversize Lottery tickets (oversize) box 20 7 252 Prints, engravings, etc. 7 253 Programs. 7 254 Religious cards and leaflets. 7 255 Assorted printed material. Books and pamphlets 7 256 Album de la Coronacion de Ntra, Sra. De Zapopan. Box 8 El Apostolado del Sagrado Corazon de Jesús. 7 257 Benítez Toledo, José M. Enciclopedia Gráfica: Las Islas Canarias. 1930. 7 258 Carvajal, Esther Pérez. Noche Buena: Yesterday and Today in San Antonio, Texas. 1936 (7 copies). Box Folder Box 9 The Child's Prayer Book. 1925. 7 259 Christmas Pageant of the Pan American Roung Table. Box 8 Faunce, Linus, Mechanical Drawing. 1897. Box 8 Fuentes, Ventura, and Alfredo Elías, Manual de Correspondencia. 1921. Box 8 Gore, J. Howard, A German Science Reader. 1905. Box 8 Hamilton, Samuel, Hamilton’s Essentials of Arithmetic. 1920. Box 8 Henck, John B. Field-Book for Railroad Engineers. 1874. 7 260 A los Interesados en las Reclamaciones Referentes a Tierras en Texas Presentadas ante la Comision General de Reclamaciones. 1934. Box 9 Introduccion a La Vida Devota (incomplete). Box 9 Lasance, Francis X. The Catholic Girl’s Guide. 1906. Box 9 Lasance, F.X. The Little Manual of St. Anthony of Padua. 1902. Box 9 Lasance, F.X. With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections. 1911. 7 261 Lozano, Rubén Rendón. Viva Tejas: the Story of the Mexican- born Patriots of the Republic of Texas. 1936. 7 262 McGarraugh, Mary Maverick. The Spanish Governor’s Wife: A Legend. 7 263 McGroarty, John Stephen. The Mission Play. 1929. Box 8 Manual de Oraciones (incomplete). Box 9 The Mass on the Day of Burial. 1941, 1955, 1962, 1963 (4 copies). 7 264 Maverick, Jane Maury. Mission San José, San Antonio, Texas. Box 9 My Shield of Prayer. Box 8 My Sunday Missal. 1938. Box 8 My Sunday Missal. 1943. 7 265 Novena en Culto y Reverencia de la Santisima Cruz. 1848. 7 266 Pallares, Alfonso. Escríba la Música en su Máquina de Escribir. 1937. Box 8 Parnaso Español de los Siglos XVIII y XIX. 1917. Box Folder Box 9 Prayer book (incomplete). Box 9 Prayer book (incomplete). 7 267 The Restoration of La Villita. 1939. 7 268 Ricardo, René, Roberto, ésta es vuestro librito de Navidad. 1936. Box 9 Samartin, Tomas de. Devoto Novenario de San Antonio de Padua. 1883. Box 8 Sayol y Echeverría, José, Eucologio Romano. 1883. Box 8 300 Secretos Industriales. 7 269 University of Chicago Alumni Foundation. Honor Roll of Contributors to the Anniversary Gift. 1941. 7 270 Valdes, José Franciso. Novena a Maria Santisima bajo el Titulo Glorioso de Nuestra Senora del Carmen. 1834. 7 271 Welsh, Agatha Maverick. The First Explorers of Texas, 1527- 1537. Box 8 Wentworth, G. A. Elements of Algebra. 1881. Box 8 Wentworth, George, and David Eugene Smith, Wentworth’s Plane Geometry. 1911. 7 272 When We Were in our Teens. Box 9 Woods, J. M. The Irishman in Early Texas. 1938. Box 9 Wright, Mrs. S. J. Story of the Spanish Governors’ Palace, Plaza de Armas, in San Antonio, Texas. 1932. Box 9 Incomplete religious pamphlets. Box Folder Newspapers Oversize Ulster County Gazette, 1800 January 4 (facsimile). box 21 [Austin] Southwestern American, 1852 January 21. [Austin] Southwestern American, 1852 February 24. [Austin] Tri-Weekly Gazette, 1852 January 27. San Antonio Texan, 1856 April 24. [San Antonio ] La Prensa, 1933 July 2. San Antonio Evening News, 1935 October 21. [Austin] Texas Legion News, 1935 November. San Antonio Express, 1936 March 1. [San Antonio ] La Prensa, 1949 December 16. [San Antonio ] La Prensa, 1949 December 18. Assorted newspaper sections and clippings. 7 273 Music

DRAWINGS AND SKETCHES

Box Folder 7 273 General Oversize Tomasa Flores de Cassiano (oversize) box 18 7 275 NOTES AND FRAGMENTS

ARTIFACTS

Box Folder 7 276 Ribbon: Ladies Altar Society, San Fernando Cathedral

PHOTOGRAPHS

Box Folder Cassiano Family 12 304 José Cassiano, cased daguerreotype, ca. 1850s. Box Folder 12 305 José Ygnacio Cassiano?, cased ambrotype, ca. 1850s. 13 313 José Fermin Cassiano, tintype, ca. 1857 (separated from letter to Tomasa Flores, 1857 January 10). 12 306 José Fermin Cassiano and Tomasa Flores de Cassiano, ca. 1857, cased ambrotypes (2 items). Box 14 Tomasa Flores de Cassiano, carte-de-visite (framed; two other cartes-de-visites show an unidentified woman and three unidentified children), ca. 1860s. 13 314 Tomasa Flores de Cassiano and children, possibly Catalina and José Geronimo, cabinet card, ca. 1864. 13 315 José Fermin Cassiano, carte-de-visite, ca. 1866. 13 316 José Geronimo Cassiano? carte-de-visite, ca. 1866. 13 317 Adelaida Cassiano? carte-de-visite, ca. 1866. 13 318 Tomasa Flores de Cassiano and children, probably José Geronimo and Adelaida, carte-de-visite, ca. 1866. 13 319 José Fermin Cassiano, Tomasa Flores de Cassiano and children, carte-de-visite, ca. 1868. 13 320 José Fermin Cassiano and daughters, carte-de-visite, ca. 1875. 13 321 Catalina Cassiano, carte-de-visite, ca. 1880. 13 322 Catalina Cassiano and José Geronimo Cassiano, carte-de-visite, ca. 1881 (2 copies). 13 323 Catalina Cassiano, carte-de-visite, 1881. 13 324 Catalina Cassiano, probably Adelaida and Teresa Cassiano, cabinet card, 1884. 13 325 Tomasa Flores de Cassiano, cabinet card, 1885. 13 326 Catalina Cassiano, probably Adelaida and Teresa Cassiano, tintype, 1880s? 13 327 Catalina Cassiano, tintype, ca. 1880s. 13 328 Catalina Cassiano, possibly Fannie Trueheart, tintype, ca. 1880s. 13 329 José Fermin Cassiano, carte-de-visite, 1880s? 13 330 Catalina Cassiano and Ornelas sisters, 1889. 13 331 Catalina Cassiano and unidentified, 1900. Box Folder 10 277 Catalina Cassiano, 1902 (2 copies). Catalina Cassiano, 1902. Box 14 Catalina Cassiano, copy of above, mounted on circular metal plate, 1902 (2 copies). 13 332 Catalina Cassiano and D. E. de Witherbee?, 1902? 10 278 Tomasa Flores de Cassiano, portrait, ca. 1910s-1920s (3 copies). 13 333 Tomasa Flores de Cassiano, ca. 1910s-1920s (2 items). 13 334 Catalina Cassiano, ca. 1920s. 13 335 José Cassiano tomb, snapshots, 1979 (5 items). Flores Family 13 336 José Maria Flores, Jr.? tintype, 18?? 10 279 José Maria Flores, Jr. and Josefa Samaniego Flores?, 1880s? (identified on reverse as José Maria Flores, b. 1832, but probably is his son). 10 279 José Maria Flores family, 1896. 13 337 Antonio D. Flores, cabinet card, 1893. 13 338 Maria Luisa Flores, 1900. 10 279 José Maria Flores, Jr. family ca. 1920s. Pérez family 12 307 Antonio R. Péres? and unidentified male, tintype, 1860s. 12 308 Antonio R. Péres? and unidentified male, cased tintype, 18?? 12 309 Antonio R. and Ignacio Péres? ambrotype, 18?? 13 339 Antonio R. Péres? and unidentified female, tintype, 18?? 13 340 Antonio R. Péres? and unidentified male, tintype, 18?? 13 341 Antonio R. and Ignacio Péres? carte-de-visite, ca. 1860s (2 copies). 13 342 Antonio R. Péres, carte-de-visite, ca. 1876-1880. 10 280 Annie Way Pérez, Robert A. Pérez, Jr, Rene Way Pérez, ca. 1920s (5 items). 13 343 Esther Pérez, carte-de-visite, 1882. 13 344 Esther Pérez, cabinet card, 1898. Box Folder Oversize Esther Pérez and San Antonio High School class, 1898 box 18 (oversize). 13 345 Esther Pérez and unidentified female, cabinet card, ca. 1890s. 13 346 Esther Pérez? cabinet card, ca. 1890s. Oversize Esther Pérez, ca. 1901 (oversize, 3 copies). box 18 13 347 Esther Pérez, cabinet card, ca. 1900s. 13 348 Esther Pérez, ca. 1900s. Oversize Esther Pérez, ca. 1900s (oversize copy of above). box 18 Box 14 Esther Pérez, copy of item in folder 10/281, mounted on circular metal plate, ca. 1900s (2 copies, one copy in frame). 10 281 Esther Pérez Carvajal, assorted photographs, 1900s-1940s (12 items). 13 349 Esther Pérez Carvajal, snapshots, 1900s-1940s (13 items). 13 350 Federico Fermin (Fred C.) and Juan Arturo (John Arthur) Pérez, cabinet card, 1895. 10 282 Fred C. Pérez (12 items). 13 351 Gilbert A. Pérez, ca. 1900s (3 copies). 10 283 Gilbert A. Pérez and family (4 items). 13 352 Gilbert A. Pérez family, snapshots. Pictured: Gilbert Anthony Pérez Mary Elizabeth Pérez 10 284 Gudelia Pérez, 1900s-1970s (16 items). Also pictured: Consuelo Marmion 10 285 John A. Pérez (7 items). 10 286 Josephine M.C. Pérez, ca. 1890s. 13 353 Josephine M.C. Pérez? ca. 1900s. 13 354 Larry Pérez (son of Richard H. Pérez), snapshots. Box Folder 10 287 Marguerite T. C. Pérez (4 items). Oversize Polly Meredith Pérez, 1939 (oversize). box 18 10 288 Joaquin Prat[t?] and [Robert?] Antonio Pérez, 1900. 13 355 Robert A. Pérez, Jr. and Rene W. Pérez, snapshots. 10 289 Robert A. Pérez, Jr., Polly Meredith Pérez (9 items). 13 356 William C. Pérez, cabinet card, ca. 1900s. 10 290 William C. Pérez (2 items). 10 291 Family group photographs (4 items). 13 357- Assorted family snapshots. 358 13 359 Pérez residence, snapshots (8 items). Other family 11 292 Nora Campbell, 190? Pauline, Nora, Gertrude and Evelyn Campbell (daughters of Martin and Adelaide Cassiano Campbell), 190? Alice Cassiano? ca. 1900s. Alice Cassiano (daughter of José and Pauline Hafner Cassiano?) ca. 1900s. Box 14 Alice Cassiano, copy of above, mounted on circular metal plate and framed, ca. 1900s. 11 292 Irene Cassiano (daughter of Gerome F. and Cecelia Pigott Cassiano) 1907 (2 items). Alberto Miguel Cassiano García, 18?? Alberto Miguel Cassiano García, 18?? Oversize Alberto Miguel Cassiano García, 18?? (oversize). box 18 11 292 Albert Miguel Cassiano García and two unidentified males, 19?? Adelaide Campbell Garza, John Garza, John Garza, Jr., 1905. 13 360 F.F. Pérez, cabinet card, 1889. 13 361 Antonio P. Rivas (half-brother of Tomasa Flores de Cassiano), cabinet card, 1889. Box Folder Oversize Antonio P. Rivas gravesite, 19?? (oversize). box 18 13 362 Gertrudes Mateu Smith? cabinet card, ca. 1890s. 11 293 Thad W. and Gertrudes Mateu Smith family? 1890s. Thad W. and Gertudes Mateu Smith family? (includes Catalina Cassiano), 1896. Antonio and Micaela R. Falcon de Valdes, 18?? Family group? (identifiable are members of the Thad W. Smith family), 1897. 13 363 Way family, copy prints (3 items) 149. Non-family 13 364 W. Pérez? carte-de-visite, ca. 1860s 23. 13 365 Fannie Trueheart? cabinet card, 18?? 13 366 Fannie Trueheart and unidentified, carte-de-visite, 1879. 13 367 Fannie Trueheart Canales, 1903. 13 368 Margarita Canales? (child of Antonio and Fannie Trueheart Canales), 1891. 11 294 Nat Lewis office, Bexar County Courthouse, 1900. 13 369 Plutarco Ornelas? and two unidentified men, cabinet card, 18?? Oversize Plutarco Ornelas, brother, and sisters, 18?? (oversize). box 19 11 294 [Joaquin Pratt?] and unidentified woman, 1900. Oversize San Fernando Cathedral choir, ca. 1898-1899 (oversize, 3 box 19 copies). Unidentified people 12 310 Adult female, cased ambrotype, 18?? 12 311 Adult female, cased tintype, 18?? 12 312 Adult couple, cased ambrotype, 18?? 13 370 Adult female, carte-de-visite, 1866. 13 371 Adult female, tintype, 18?? 13 372 Three female children, 18?? Box Folder 13 373 Three adult females, tintype, 18?? 13 374 Three female children, tintype, 18?? 13 375 Two young adult females and one young adult male, tintype, 18?? 13 376 Five children, cabinet card, 18?? 11 295 Male group, 18?? School group, 18?? Wedding portrait, 18?? Adult female and child, 18?? 13 377 Adult male, cabinet card, ca. 1889. 13 378 One male and two female children, cabinet card, ca. 1880s. 13 379 One male and three female children, 18?? 13 380 Child, cabinet card, 18?? Box 14 Child, copy of above, mounted on circular metal plate, 18?? 13 381 Two adult females, cabinet card, ca. 1890s. 13 382 Three adult females, one child, 1898. 13 383 Adult female, 1899. Oversize Wedding portrait, 18?? (oversize). box 19 11 295 Wedding portrait, ca. 1900s. 13 384 Scout troop? lantern slide, ca. 1900s. 13 385 Adult male, ca. 1900s. 13 386 Adult female, ca. 1900s. Oversize Adult couple (possibly Fannie and Antonio Canales?), ca. 1900s box 19 (oversize). Oversize Football team, ca. 1900s (oversize). box 19 Oversize Football team, 1902 (oversize). box 19 13 387 Adult female, 1904. Box Folder Oversize Adult male, ca. 1930s (oversize). box 19 11 296 Assorted unidentified (7 items). Events 11 297 Our Lady of the Lake College , group photograph, panoramic photo, ca. 1940s (item broken into two parts). San Antonio Bicentennial pageant, 1931. Parade float, 19?? Costumed group, 19?? (2 items). Fiesta de las Flores, 1958. Places 11 298 Texas (15 items). Includes: San José Mission Espada Mission Hostyn, Texas Rosenberg, Texas? San Pedro Park, San Antonio? Oversize San Fernando Cathedral, 1914 (oversize). box 19 Mexico 11 299 Durango, Mexico, 1890s (14 items). 11 300 Various locations (3 items). 11 301 . 11 302 Postcards, various locations. 13 388 Unidentified snapshots. 11 303 Objects Simulated wood structures (5 items). V. Palfrey family papers

This subgroup gathers financial statements of the Farmers National Bank of Gonzales, Texas and miscellaneous financial records of Frank U. Palfrey. The association of these items with the remainder of the family papers is unknown.

FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS

Box Folder 15 389- Farmers National Bank, Gonzales, Texas: statements of condition, 1906- 390 1912. 15 391 Frank U. Palfrey: notebook containing assorted bills, bank records, 1945- 1946 (removed from ring binder labeled “Bills Payable”). 15 392- Frank U. Palfrey: notebook containing assorted bills, bank records, tax 393 records, 1947 (removed from ring binder labeled “Bills Payable”). 15 394 Frank U. Palfrey: notebook containing assorted bills, bank records, 1949 (removed from ring binder labeled “Miscellaneous” and “Orchid Account”).

Separation Sheet

Collection number: Col 880 Collection: Cassiano-Pérez family papers

Items New Location Bobbit, J.F. The San Antonio Public School System: A Survey. 371 San Antonio: San Antonio School Board, 1915. B663s c.1 Caldwell, E.M., trans. Spanish Archives Translations (January 1- March 31, 1805) from the Spanish Archives Collected at San Antonio de Bexar and San Fernando de Bexar, 1730- 1836. University of Texas, 1935.

Central Catholic High School. The Central Pep. San Antonio: The Central Catholic High School, 1936.

Foik, Paul J. Early Catholic Explorers of the Southwest. Texas 978.01 Knights of Columbus Historical Commission, 1930. F658e

Forrestal, Peter P. The Solis Diary of 1767. Texas Knights of 920 Columbus Historical Commission, 1931. S687s

Green, Thomas Jefferson. A Compilation of the Names of Texians who Engaged in the Meir [sic] Expedition. Richmond, Texas: David Nation and Sons, 1882.

Historical San Antonio. Nic Tengg, 192? 917.64351 H673hist

Jules A. Appler’s Street Guide & Traffic Laws of San Antonio, 050.9764351 Texas. San Antonio: Appler and Klappenbach, 1931. A648 1931 Main Avenue High School. Huisache. 1917

Maverick, Mary A. The Fall of the Alamo. n.d. 976.403 M461f c. 2

Morey, Elizabeth May. Attitude of the Citizens of San Fernando 976.4351 toward Independence Movements in , 1811-1813. San M845a Antonio: Morey, 1930 (Thesis).

The Restoration of La Villita. 1939. 363.69 R463r c. 1

El Sombrero. Main Avenue High School, 1926 373.764351 M224s 1926

El Sombrero. Main Avenue High School, 1931 373.764351 M224s 1931

Sul Ross State Teachers College. Bulletin 53: Summer Session. 378.764932 March 1, 1935. S949b

Town of St. Mary’s, Refugio Co., Texas. Vault Map 912.764119 185? T743

Jules A. Appler’s map of Bexar County, showing present property Oversize Map 912.76435 owners, acreages, public roads, railroads, rural mail routes, etc. A648j 1912 1912

Fiesta San Jacinto invitations DRT 3 Fiesta San Antonio 1937 collection 1938 (see inventory) 1939 1940