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Deavenport, James J.

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James J. Deavenport, "Fires of Montezuma" manuscript

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Identifier: MSS-845-BC
Abstract "The Fires of Montezuma or Legends of the Aztecs" is the manuscript of a romance novel written by J. J. Deavenport, former Chief Justice of the U.S. Territorial Supreme Court in New Mexico. The novel is set in New Mexico; Zuni is central to the theme.
Dates: ca. 1860, 1911