Box 6

Scope and Contents Entries reveal the many sources of income and expenses received and paid in the general mercantile operation

Scope and Contents Though the standing file is denoted an invoice file, this one was employed to file correspondence for the last quarter of 1912. The approx. 350 letters represent incoming mail of 3 to 4 articles/day during the final quarter of 1912. One of the items of particular interest to the Huning enterprise resulting from New Mexico's achieving statehood and enacting the first body of New Mexico statutes is a printed copy of the "Brand Law as Passed by First State Legislature." The Act established the...

Scope and Contents Among the varied letters dealing with appointment of Fred Huning as Postmaster of Los Lunas, outgoing letter to George D. Adams, Laguna, N.Mex. covers final settlement on 20 Coyote Skins which, after deduction of Combing & Packing, Express Charges, and a 5% commission, netted $27.84 to Mr. Adams.

Scope and Contents Includes catalogs, booklets, pamphlets, broadsides, etc. The Hoosier Fence Co. of Frankton, Indiana presents their woven fences, fence posts, gate posts to include cemetery arches, etc.; McCray Refrigerator Co., Kendallville, Ind. meanwhile presents refrigerated cases for display of cut meats, produce requiring refrigeration, etc. while "Old Hickory" Motor Truck Co. will provide a delivery truck—1250 pound load capacity—to deliver to customers of the business. Also items from Charles Ilfied Co.

Scope and Contents Business correspondence including many letters regarding Huning sheep ranching interests, 1918-1919. Sheep raising was anything but peaceful from an Oct. 28, 1918 Bond-Sargent Company t.l.s. of Oct. 18, 1918 in which L.A. Bond reports "…Mr. Yriart…states that you can not prohibit him from grazing on this land unless you mark all the sections we have leased…he seems to be very independent about it, and as much as stated, that he would do as he pleased." A 1919 letter from "The Cattle Sanitary...