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Handwritten and signed letter in Spanish dated September 16, 1848 and written on war department stationary. Arista expresses thanks for information on abuses in the army.

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Handwritten letter in Spanish. The item begins on page 15 as follows: "Para la Soverancia de los ayunos ecclesiastica." The second section group begins with "El ano passado de 1772 se presento al excmo Sr Bucereli vizerey de esta Nueva Expan un memorial." The author of the manuscript is uncertain.

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Handwritten and signed letter in Spanish, dated September 15, 1845, and addressed to Manuel Ferreros. Gomez Padraza acknowledges a gift from Ferreros of a quantity of dairy products.

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Primary source materials relating to the New Southwest part of the United States including the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah. Also included are materials on Mexico. The materials are in English and Spanish, and many relate to the settlement of the area by people of European descent and to the Indians.

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Photocopies of a microfilm copy of handwritten documents. These materials are in Spanish and relate to the holdings of the Miranda family largely in Texas and Arizona. One item, dated 1848, relates to the war with the United States.

Scope and Contents Materials include original handwritten reminiscences and diaries of Samuel Hollister Rogers from 1841 to 1886. Rogers writes about his life as a Mormon in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. He also tells about his service with the Mormon Battalion, his migration to Utah from California in 1848, his missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his involvement in polygamy. He also talks about his experiences in Salt Lake City, Lehi, and Parowan, Utah, and his pioneering...