Box-folder 2:22
Container
Contains 1 Result:
R.H. Weightman, Washington, to Alvarez, on possibilities of statehood; slavery issue; necessity to have a figure of NM population to prove 90,000 population, discusses using election figures including votes suppressed at last election., 1850 Oct 18
File — Box-Folder: 2:22, Reel-frame: 1:1023
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...
Dates:
1850 Oct 18