Juan Roland, Ranchos de Taos, to Alvarez, while at Bents Fort he met a Portuguese who had found a gold mine on one bank of the Napeste River and a silver mine on the other, about 25 miles north of the Fort., 1840 May 3
File — Box-Folder: 1:11, Reel-frame: 1:089
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Collection consists primarily of Alvarez's business, consular, and personal correspondence. Correspondents include numerous officials, customers, merchants, and suppliers in New Mexico, St. Louis, New Orleans, New York, and London. Subjects discussed include the Santa Fe Trail, trade relations between the United States and New Mexico, and New Mexico politics and statehood. Items of note are five Alvarez ledgers (1834-1855), a journal of campsites along the Santa Fe Trail, a partial English copy of New Mexican Governor Albino Perez's tax laws (ca. 1837), a letter from New Mexican Governor Charles Bent (1847), and John Munroe's claim to the governorship of New Mexico (1850).
Most materials in Spanish, some materials in English or French.
Most materials in Spanish, some materials in English or French.
Dates
- 1840 May 3
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English.
Access Restrictions
None
Extent
From the Collection: 2 Linear Feet
Repository Details
Part of the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives Repository