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Show THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO and twenty-three Manuel Don years, and de Vargas, Alonzo of the age of twenty- de Vargas, their sister Dofia of the Maria age who is with her mother in the City of Mexico, of of nineteen years, who have been supported on ' count and to whom I assign two thousand dollars which are in a small cedar box, and more to make amount there will be found of Theresa, the age my acin cash, up said in the silk warehouse, forty- five dollars, it being understood that said amount of two thousand dollars shall be divided among the three, the two brothers and sister, in equal parts. In the same manner I leave to the said Don Juan and Don Alonzo de Vargas the two saddles which I have used; also two pairs of pistols, with the holsters; the banners of Anselm and Saint Michael, the Great, with the covers and cushions; two cloth suits which I have worn, one whitish and the other blue, with the gold buttons, covered with flesh color, and the whitish with its waist-coat and trou- sers of brown cloth, adorned with flounces of gold and silver; this I leave to my son, Don Juan Manuel, and the other to my said son, Don Alonzo, together with a jacket of blue brocade, and a pair of trousers of blue plush and enough cloth of silk grogram for another pair; and furthermore of the piece of camlet cloth which I have assigned, each one of my sons will make a new suit of cloth, a coat and two pairs of trousers, lined with the color of their selection of the listed cloth in the warehouse, with silk buttons, and the jackets lined with the same listed cloth; in the same manner I leave them six shirts, embroidered with the best of lace, three to each one; two Jerkins with eaten-moth laces, one to each; and of the neckties which I have commonly used, I leave two to each one of my said sons; further, four pairs of stockings of genoba, two pairs to each, and I leave to my said son, Don Alonzo, one pair of blue silk stockings, embroidered with cloak lined with serge; I also leave them three pairs of drawers, to each one, and one full piece of fine linen to be used by them for handkerchiefs; and I leave to them the selection, to be taken to their mother and sister, a dress pattern of fine camlet cloth, with the lining of the listed cloth which they may like the best, and a pattern of pet- ticoats of scarlet cloth from England, with the silk and trimmings; one silk mantle with fringe, for each one; fur- thermore, I leave them the two trunks which I have; and to my said son, Don Alonzo, I leave my fine sword hilt, and to my said son, Don Juan, I leave my small sword; and each one to have a leathern jacket, the one I have used and another from the warehouse; in the same man- ner to take to the General at Parral one leathern jacket of blue color and the stockings and gloves which I ordered to be made; I also leave to them my leather case, large elbow chair and eight ready mules, selected to the satisfaction of my slave, the negro Andrés, who, for having rendered me good service with his great love and good will ever since the year ninety-one, by this clause, I give him liberty, with the understanding that he shall take my said sons to the City of Mexico and remain with them such time as he may see fit, and to whom will be given and provided a saddle and two mules to his satisfaction, with a oun, cover, cushions, bridle, reins and saddle-bag, hat, jacket and a pair of trousers of cloth, and, in the same will be given to my said sons one hundred manner pounds of chocolate and sugar and twelve measures of wheat-made dried bread, stockings, shoes, soap and hats for the said journey, which they will make two months after my death, or with the messenger who may take this notice of my death and in their company will go Don Antonio Maldonado Zapata, to whom I give four mules for pack animals and two saddle mules, fifty pounds of chocolate and fifty of sugar, four measures of wheat, six pairs of shoes, six bundles of tobacco, six dollars’ worth hats in order that he may of soap and two accompany my two sons. 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