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[Lorenzo de Zavala’s empresario contract]

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Terms and conditions of Lorenzo de Zavala's impresario contract. This copy dated 5/22/1830.

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Zavala, Lorenzo de, 1788-1836 May 22, 1830.

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This letter is part of the collection entitled: Lorenzo de Zavala Online: Empresario, Statesman and Texas Revolutionary and was provided by the Texas General Land Office to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 7388 times, with 12 in the last month. More information about this letter can be viewed below.

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Terms and conditions of Lorenzo de Zavala's impresario contract. This copy dated 5/22/1830.

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Leona Vicario, copy, 3 pp.

For a copy of the complete expediente of this contract see Box 127:10, p. 63ff. (Leona Vicario, copy, 3 pp.)

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Zavala, Lorenzo de, 1788-1836. [Lorenzo de Zavala’s empresario contract], letter, May 22, 1830; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5854/: accessed May 21, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas General Land Office.

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