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Box 1

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Contains 1 Result:

James H. Carleton, Brigadier General, General Orders #1, establishing military post on the Gila River to protect miners at Pinos Altos and ordering a punitive expedition against Mangas Colorados,, January 6, 1863.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 56
Scope and Content From the Collection: Collection consists primarily of official government documents from New Mexico's various historical governments: its Spanish colonial government (1684-1821), its Mexican government (1821-1846), and its American government (1846-1863). Subjects included are the reconquest of New Mexico, the collection of taxes, official appointments, Indian affairs, and religious matters. Items of note are Diego de Vargas' journal of the Reconquest (1694-1790), Commandante General Pedro de Nava's refusal of...
Dates: January 6, 1863.