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Other Legal Documents and Court Cases, See Notes, 1781-1913

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5

Scope and Content

From the Collection: The collection consists of legal documents pertaining to the Bouquet Ranch in Pojoaque NM, activities of the Bouquet family, relatives, (women), and associates in the area between the 1860s and the 1920s. The papers are predominantly land transactions and wills. Deeds include detailed descriptions of property lines, and the names of many neighboring Pojoaque landholders. All documents are in Spanish unless otherwise noted.

Dates

  • 1781-1913

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Spanish

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 box (.5 lin. ft.)

General

  1. To Hon. Sol. Spiegelberg, Presidente de la Comision del Condado de Santa Fe. Unsigned and undated. Petition for repair and re-routing of two acequias in Pojoaque in order to abate flooding on the road to Taos.
  2. Petition of Juan Lópes y Carlos Lópes, and August 23, 1871. Pertaining to land in the village of Santa Cruz.
  3. Affadavit of Louis Delangle regarding Jean Bouquet's niece, Virginia Breton, Paris, 1888. In English.
  4. Agreement between Petra Larragoite Bouquet and Tranquilino Roibal, November 7, 1902. Regarding goats.
  5. Agreement between Petra Larragoite Bouquet, and Trinidad Vigil y Petra Montoya de Vigil, November 2, 1903. Regarding livestock.
  6. Agreement between Petra Bouquet de Weidner y Cicero Weidner and Juan B. Larragoite y Quilina (?) Larragoite, March 26, 1904. Regarding cattle.
  7. Reglas y reglamentos...por los comisionados de diferentes asequias que toman agua del Rio de Nambe dentro de los limites del precinto no. 22, 1904.
  8. Testimony of Esquipula Lujan...por el pleito de Juan José Lujan..."no me han pagado nada", September 15, 1913.

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451