Fray Gaspar José de Solís: Insights from His 1767-1768 Mission Inspection Diary (unknown–unknown)
Published: 1952
Updated: August 4, 2020
Fray Gaspar José de Solís, guardián of the College of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Zacatecas, is best known for his inspection of the missions of that college in Texas. His diary kept on the inspection tour in 1767 and 1768 presents a valuable contemporary account of the missions, country, and Indians of Texas.
Bibliography:
Carlos E. Castañeda, Our Catholic Heritage in Texas (7 vols., Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1936–58; rpt., New York: Arno, 1976). Charles W. Hackett, ed., Pichardo's Treatise on the Limits of Louisiana and Texas (4 vols., Austin: University of Texas Press, 1931–46). Gaspar José de Solís, "Diary," trans. Margaret Kenny Kress, Southwestern Historical Quarterly 35 (July 1931).
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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.
Anonymous, “Solís, Gaspar José de,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 09, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/solis-gaspar-jose-de.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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- 1952
- August 4, 2020
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