Castro’s Colony, Texas. Manuscript map with field notes. Prepared by F.K. Toschinsky, Deputy Surveyor, Bexar County, Texas.

Estimate: $700–$1,000
Hammer price: $1,400

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(AMERICAN-JUDAICA).

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15th August

Place

(Bexar County, Texas)

Publication

1855

Description

Field notes of a survey of 640 acres of land designated for part of Castro’s Colony; notes the redesignation of “Castro Colony” to “Castroville.”

summary

Born in Bayonne, France, and of Portuguese-Jewish descent, Henri Castro (1786-1865) was a Jewish empresario of the Republic of Texas. The recipient of two land grants in 1842, Castro had planned to create a settlement of 600 families. The project, which was renamed Castroville in this document, did not fully come to fruition, but it was established and is still known for its Alsatian-Texan architecture. See B.D. Weaver, Castro's Colony: Empresario Development in Texas, 1842-1865. (2006).

Two pages. 4to.

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