Vicente Álvarez Travieso

Who was Vicente Álvarez Travieso?

Vicente Álvarez Travieso was a Spanish judge or politician that exercised as first alguacil mayor of San Antonio, Texas, whose office was held by him until his death. He was one of the people who contributed most to the community of the isleños of San Antonio because, through of their demands to the leaders of New Spain was able to improve the lives of the Canarians in the city, seeking, inter alia, a medical care, without the which many Isleños would not have survived. He was mayor of San Antonio in 1776.