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Archivo Historico Militar, Secretaria de La Defensa Nacional, Mexico, 1770-1857

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Scope and Contents

This collection deals with military operations and Mexican border defense. Interactions were with North Americas and various Indian groups in New Mexico, Texas, California, and northern Mexico states.

New Mexico - plans for missions, conversions, 1700s. Vacant lands, land grants. Apache and Comanche attacks, defense 1820s. Revolt of 1837. Texas Santa Fe Expedition 1841 and handling Texas prisoners, small pox.. Mexican War, United States invasion and occupation, occupation of El Paso. Filibusters in El Paso, Mesilla Valley. Gadsden Purchase.

Texas – Louisiana - Indian attacks, Texas. Woll’s 1842 march on Bexar. Laredo. Texas Revolt, battle of the Alamo.Iindependence of Texas. Battle of Lipantitlan (Battle of Nueces Crossing), uprising in Laredo. Republic of Texas. Texas annexation by the United States. Evacuation and occupation of El Paso. Filibusters in Texas.

New Orleans, American filibusters. Frontier defense, Comanches, Apaches, Yaquis. French in Veracruz. Spanish expedition from Cuba. Newspaper articles by Henry Clay. Mexican-U.S. treaty. Mexican independence from Spain.

California - uprisings in California; practice invasion 1842, separatist movement in Alta California. Rebellion in Baja California. North Americans living California; US occupation of California; possible invasion of California by the United States; discovery of gold in California; Russians in California.

General (multiple locations): plans of missions, conversion, particularly California; French in Veracruz; Indian relations, Spanish frontier defense; military operations; hostilities with Apaches, Comanches, Lipanes, Yaquis, and other groups; insurrections in California, 1836; insurrections in Mexico, Texas, filibusters in Mexico, California, New Orleans; Gadsden Purchase; vacant lands, land grants; missions; invasion of North Americans to Mexico; prisoners of war; small pox; Spanish expedition from Cuba; newspaper articles by Henry Clay; Mexican-US treaty; Mexican independence from Spain.

People - Manuel Armijo, general and governor of New Mexico; Mariano Chavez y Castilla, interim Governor of New Mexico; Albino Pérez, governor of New Mexico, Stephen Austin; James Davis; Francisco Garcia Conde; Sam Houston; Joseph Lane, general and governor of Oregon; John C. Fremont; Manuel Micheltorena; Feliciano Montenegro; Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana; Manuel Mier y Terán; Nemesio Salcedo; Boris Tarasof, Russian in California; Adrian Woll, Mexican general; Jose María Yánez

Places - Alta California, Baja California, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Durango, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Mesilla, El Paso, Ensenada de San Pedro (California), Guanajuato, Hermosillo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Lipantitlan, Matamoros, Luisiana, New Orleans, Nuevo León, Nuevo Vizcaya, Puebla, Puerto de Bodega (California), San Antonio de Bexar, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Tampico, Texas, Zacatecas.

Dates

  • 1770-1857

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English, Spanish, French, Mayan, Latin

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 23 boxes (16.5 cu. ft.), 267 volumes, 322 microfilm reels (masters in cabinets), 322 CDs

General

Detailed Finding Aid (pdf) Reels noted in this detailed finding aid have been transferred to DVDs using same item numbers as reels.

Creator

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