New Mexico Land Documents and Marriage Authorization
Collection
Identifier: MSS-106-SC
Scope and Content
This collection consists of English and Spanish language documents conveying information regarding the sales of land in New Mexico during the Mexican and Territorial periods. Documents include letters, contracts, and papers dealing with Albuquerque North Valley plazas and land grants (Los Candelarias, Los Griegos, Los Ranchos, El Rancho, and the Antonio Sandoval land grant). Among the landholders listed in the sales is Juan Cristobal Armijo, a prominent New Mexican in political circles in the mid-1880s. Additional documents in this collection reflect land sales in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. The collection also contains one letter from the Bishop of Durango, 1791, granting permission for a friar to marry a couple related to one another in the fourth degree on consanguinity.
This collection was previously known as Spanish and English Manuscripts, 1791-1887. In June 2000, the single letter comprising MSS 212 (Pedro Silva collection) was transferred into this collection (Folder 3)
This collection was previously known as Spanish and English Manuscripts, 1791-1887. In June 2000, the single letter comprising MSS 212 (Pedro Silva collection) was transferred into this collection (Folder 3)
Dates
- 1791-1887 (bulk 1826-1887)
Creator
- University of New Mexico. Center for Southwest Research (Organization)
Language of Materials
English Spanish
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws.
Extent
3 folders (18 items)
Abstract
This collection is comprised of documentation of land sales or transfers from 1811-1887 and one letter from a Bishop authorizing a particular marriage. All documents pertain to the Mexican and Territorial periods in New Mexico.
Separated Material
Certificaciones de las Misiones, 1794, was transferred into MSS 22 SC, Catholic Church Report regarding New Mexico Missions. Center for Southwest Research, University Libraries, University of New Mexico.
Relevant Secondary Sources
- Espinosa, J. Manuel, "Memoir of a Kentuckian in New Mexico, 1848-1884," New Mexico Historical Review XIII (1): 1-13. 1937.
Creator
- University of New Mexico. Center for Southwest Research (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the New Mexico Land Documents and Marriage Authorization, 1791-1887 (bulk 1826-1887)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Karen Stocker
- Date
- ©2000
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- June 28, 2004: PUBLIC "-//University of New Mexico::Center for Southwest Research//TEXT (US::NmU::MSS 106 SC:: New Mexico Land Documents and Marriage Authorization)//EN" "nmu1mss106sc.sgml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
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
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