Folder 1

Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection consists of one typewritten copy and a photoprint of part of Joseph King Fenno Mansfield's report of the Department of New Mexico from 1853 which includes descriptions, maps, and drawings of Forts Union, Marcy, Massachusetts, Defiance, Conrad, Fillmore, and of the Cantonment Burgwin and El Paso. His report also includes a photoprint and typed copy of Governor William C. Lane's letter to Colonel D. S. Miles, Commanding Officer of Fort Fillmore, regarding the disputed territory of...