Box 1

Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains the miscellaneous business and private papers of Felipe Peralta, Abram Contreras and Emiliano Contreras. These papers reflect the social, political, and economic circumstances of the era in Socorro County, county seat and trading center located 72 miles south of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Among these documents are commercial licenses and Felipe Peralta" oath of loyalty to the United States during the time in which New Mexico's political status was that of territory. This...