Pntiiersrtg of <Arizxma:
ARIZONA STATE MUSEUM
TUCSON
January 7, 1971 .
r. '7:.:ialAyres, Gunter,
San tc nio , exas.
I ear Mr. A ...:
Sonic: /ears a -o a p. umnhlet was issued by Lr. .lilsi.w- • :r o ' i'ucso' i which he claimed t„ at a chart.r.	>r the esta' lishi.iant of
fcovn	son was gra rfc ed . tho king i d
c'\: . o.V Spain in 155: ,	.c.' /vt	.	rter,
or copy of it, was in the Congressional Library Lr.gton. However, no o : since been abl to locate such a charter ?v.	7	careful search	stituted at the Library. ..e
feel v r • : oil tful if sue7. a charter v,c.s ever issued at that early date. An Indian settlement oubtedly sxi :e ,where 7 .cson now stands, when the Spanish a venturers and padres fire name to this region but it is very questionable whether any Spanish settlement was established here until man; .veers later. Hou v/ill find in Dr. Bolton's translation of the account of Father Kino's visits to this region that there -ere fields of grain and fruits of several Linas growing in this vicinity, indicating cultivation and, also, that seeds ha" been brought 'i / earlier Spanish padres into this region and distributed ;o the Indians,* but when this was done an by whom still remains .eiv uncertain, /.ere is still plenty of agricultural land in the vicinity of Tucson and it is located where Indian trails north and south and east and west must have crossed. Those favorable conditions are present but do not demonstrate the presence of a Spanish town.
Any additional information that we may be able to give ..ill be gladly sent you.
Aineerel.? yours,
■uirector of	¥
Arizona State Museum.