Governor Francisco Cuerbo y Valdes Colonial Affairs documents
Collection
Identifier: MSS977sc
Scope and Content
Official Spanish Colonial documents from Francisco Cuerbo y Valdes and others sent to the Viceroy of New Spain between April 17, 1706 and August 11, 1706. Contain letters, testimonies, notifications and petitions related to affairs of La Provincia de la Nueva Mexico mostly pertaining to Albuquerque. Front and end pages missing.
Dates
- 1706
Language of Materials
Spanish
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. Duplication of recordings permitted only with written permission from artist, performer, interviewer and interviewee, tribal authority, or current holder of intellectual property rights. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws.
Biography / History
Francisco Cuerbo y Valdes served as Governor of Nuevo Leon and Coahuila and was appointed acting Governor of New Mexico in 1705 by the Viceroy of New Spain, Don Francisco Fernandez de la Cueva. Cuerbo y Valdes ordered a Spanish garrison be established, founding Albuquerque.
Extent
1 Folder
Abstract
Partial hand written contemporaneous copy originals (10 leaves) of communications by Francisco Cuerbo y Valdes, Governor of New Mexico to Viceroy of New Spain in Mexico City related to affairs in New Mexico and particularly in Albuquerque.
General
- Title
- Governor Francisco Cuerbo y Valdes Colonial Affairs documents, 1706
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Samuel Sisneros
- Date
- © 2017
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- 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
cswrref@unm.edu
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
cswrref@unm.edu