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San Xavier del Bac.
August 20, 1775
I, Hugo Oconor, knight of the order of
Calatrava, colonel of infantry in His Majesty's armies and
commandant inspector of the frontier posts of New Spain
Certify that having conducted the exploration prescribed in Article three of the New Royal Regulation of
Presidios issued by His Majesty on the tenth of September of
1772 for the moving of the company of San Ignacio de Tubac in
the Province of Sonora, I selected and marked out in the
presence of Father Francisco Garces and Lieutenant Juan de
Carmona a place known as San Agustin del Tucson as the new site
of the Presidio. It is situated at a distance of eighteen
leagues from Tubac, fulfills the requirements of water, pasture,
and wood and effectively closes the Apache frontier. The
designation of the New Presidio becomes official with the
signatures of myself, Father Francisco Garces, and Lieutenant
Juan de Carmona, at this mission of San Xavier del Bac, on this
twentieth day of August of the year 1775.
Hugo Oconor
Fray Francisco Garces
Juan Fernandez Carmona |
