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New Mexico -- History -- To 1848

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Bernardo de Arratia letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311257]
Identifier: MSS SC 1342
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter written in Spanish. The letter is an appeal recorded by the Secretary of the Province of the Holy Gospel for missionaries to serve in New Mex1co.

Dates: 1746
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Dudley H. Cooper letter to Benjamin Cooper

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287744]
Identifier: Vault MSS 234
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated November 18, 1846, and addressed to Benjamin Cooper of Saline County, Missouri. Cooper writes about the activities of the United States Army under the command of A. W. Doniphan.

Dates: 1846 November 18
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John Taylor Hughes diaries

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287728]
Identifier: Vault MSS 235
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diaries in pencil and ink kept from 17 Aug. 1846 to 1 May 1847. Hughes writes about the "Doniphan Expedition" into New Mexico. The item was published in Willima E. Connelley's "Doniphan's Expedition" in 1907.

Dates: 1846-1847
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

M. Bent Alvarez journals

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233291746]
Identifier: Vault MSS 650
Scope and Contents

Diary of an overland journey from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1845. Also included is a letter from J. X. Aubry to Alvarez acknowledging receipt of his power of attorney and a list of the distances between camp sites on the route from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe.

Dates: 1845-1852
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Proclamation of D. Bernardo de Galvez

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311596]
Identifier: MSS SC 1377
Scope and Contents

Printed and handwritten proclamation. The item announces the opening and closing of the registers of funds for the San Felipe, a ship of the "Royal Armada," sailing for Spain.

Dates: 1786
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Joseph Ximeno letter of appeal

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311414]
Identifier: MSS SC 1369
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed appeal for missionaries to serve in the province of New Mexico.

Dates: 1749
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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