Account Book, February to March 1939 at Presidio Los Adaes, examples for some of the officers and soldiers, who were often paid in goods in lieu of salaries (stated at the top of each individual account).
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The significance of this account book and subsequent ones, according to historian Francis X. Galˆn, is that it reveals the kinds of goods that were often purchased nearby at the French Natchitoches post if not supplied from New Spain, and, whenever the Adaesaos did not receive their salaries or necessary goods in a timely manner, contributed to the motivation for contraband trade with French traders and the Caddos.
Source: Archivo General de Nacion Provincias Internas, Vol. 182, Mexico City, microfilm photocopy, Box 7, in Mission Dolores Historical Materials Collection, Mission Dolores Visitors Center, San Augustine, Texas.
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The significance of this account book and subsequent ones, according to historian Francis X. Galˆn, is that it reveals the kinds of goods that were often purchased nearby at the French Natchitoches post if not supplied from New Spain, and, whenever the Adaesa
Source: Archivo General de Nacion