Tejano History

Orobio Y Basterra, Prudencio De

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       ROBIO Y BASTERRA, PRUDENCIO DE (?–?). Making use of the faculty granted to him, Governor José Fernández de Jáuregui y Urrutiaqv of Nuevo León, the investigator of the botched administration of Governor Carlos B. Franquis de Lugoqv, appointed Prudencio de Orobio y Basterra governor of the Province of Texas.

 

Full article on the Texas State Historical Association's Handbook of Texas Online

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