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Article published in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly. This paper is partly a summary of and partly a series of selections from a longer study on the subject of the inspection of military posts in New Spain by Pedro de Rivera in the third decade of the eighteenth century. The facts selected from the longer study, for the main parts of this paper, relate to his travels in Texas and in three other provinces of New Spain which were nearest to Texas: namely, New Mexico, Coahuila, and Nuevo Leon. Preceding these facts in an introductory explanation of the origin and the general nature of his entire journey of inspection. The explanation is derived from official papers written in Madrid and the City of Mexico. The description of the selected portions of his journey is based upon, and quoted from, his own diary of that event. This paper was read at the meeting of the Texas State Historical Association in Austin, Texas, on April 24, 1937.

Cover story on "Great World's Fight," Bobby Thomas and Johnny Hernandez.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Jules Abramson, Bob Azar, Marcia Ball, Bubba Brown, Buddy Calk, Choo Choo, Patsy Coleman, Rusty Cox, Bwana Dik, Jay Dominguez, Mary Franks, Steve Fromholz, Bobby Gomez, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Guich Koock, Billy Mata, Augie Meyers, Gene Miertschin, Maggie Montgomery, George Morin, David Morris, Willie Nelson, Olly Otten, Suzie Prentiss, Jerry Retzloff, Frank Rodarte, Doc Roper, Jack Roth, Jerry Jeff Walker, Rusty Wier.

Cover story on Ray Charles, Nick Lowe, Bruce Springsteen, Ann Wilson, Patti Smith

Meeting minutes from the Texas State University System Board of Regents.