| Summary: | The only 19th-century edition of this fundamental document in the history of Texas and the Spanish Southwest, establishing the fifteen presidios in what became northern Mexico, Texas, New Mexico, and the Californias. In addition to the details on the presidios and their boundaries, this Reglamento also lays out their staffing, administration, pay structures, how soldiers should be outfitted, guidelines for dealing with hostile native peoples, and more. "This Reglamento grew out of the tour of inspection of the Marques de Rubi and contains the substance of the Instruccion which was prepared in Mexico and printed [in Madrid in 1772]. It was in effect for a long time...the line of presidios marked out by Rubi formed a cordon of fifteen...extend[ing] from Altar in Sonora to La Bahia in Texas, and was maintained with a few exceptions until the Revolution....The republican government in Mexico made a few changes in location, but generally speaking the system lasted until nearly 1850." (Wagner, cited below). --From vendor's website.
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