R.H. Weightman, Las Vegas, to Alvarez, acknowledges receipt of $1500 credit to buy printing press; reports Lt. Adams was ordered to put dow a revolution at Mora, calls it a trick to prove New Mexico unfit for statehood. ., 1850 July 19
File — Box-Folder: 2:22, Reel-frame: 1:989
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
- 1850 July 19
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