In 1815, in the Spanish settlement of San Antonio de Béxar, a dying widow named María Concepción de Estrada recorded her last will and testament. Estrada used her will to record her debts and credits, specify her property, leave her belongings to her children, make requests for her funeral arrangements and secure her religious salvation. Using last wills and testaments, like Estradas, as main sources, Dr. Amy M. Porter explores the ways in which these documents reveal details about religion, family, economics, and material culture.
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