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2/22/1819: United States renounces claims to Texas
On this day in 1819 the Adams-Onis Treaty was signed by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams for the United States and Luis de Onis for Spain. The treaty renounced the United States claim to Texas.
It fixed the western boundary of the Louisiana Purchase as beginning at the mouth of the Sabine River and running along its south and west bank to the thirty-second parallel and thence directly north to the R?o Roxo, or Red River, "then following the course of the Rio Roxo westward to the degree of longitude 100 west from London and 23 from Washington; then, crossing the said Red River, and running thence, by a line due north, to the river Arkansas; thence, following the course of the southern bank of the Arkansas to its source, in latitude 42 north; and thence by that parallel of latitude to the South Sea. The whole being as laid down in Melish's map of the United States." Spain delayed ratification of the Adams-Onis Treaty until 1821. By that time Mexico had declared her independence of Spain and refused to recognize the treaty boundary line.
2/22/1836: Mexican soldier changes sides, joins Texans
On this day in 1836, former Mexican soldier Nepomuceno Navarro cast his lot with the Texas revolutionaries by enlisting in Juan N. Seguin's company of Tejanos.
The company served as rear guard for General Houston's army, and Navarro served with Seguin at the battle of San Jacinto. For his participation in the Texas Revolution he received donation and bounty land grants and a pension. He was a member of the Texas Veterans Association until his death, in San Antonio in 1877.
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