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Jennie M. Avery Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: 1959-013
Scope and Content Collection consists of records of the Avery-Bowman Co. of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the personal papers of Jennie M. Avery and Grace Bowman. Avery-Bowman Co. records include records of its predecessors the Santa Fe Abstract, Realty and Insurance Agency and the Joseph B. Hayward Agency. These records include land conveyances, deeds, titles, surveys, appraisals, abstracts, and various legal documents, most of which involve property in the vicinity of Santa Fe. The personal papers of Grace Bowman...
Dates: 1836-1950

New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AC 170
Scope and Content These records were originally deposited by the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department from safety deposit boxes of New Mexico banks.

Significant items in these collections are deeds, powers of attorney, and court records that reveal the activities of land speculators in assembling enormous tracts in the post-Civil War years.

Some materials in Spanish.
Dates: 1840-1952

W.W. Griffin Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: 1960-020
Scope and Content Collection consists of documents relating to land transactions in Santa Fe. Includes land conveyances, bills of sale, and receipts. Five of the 20 documents in this collection involve W.W. Griffin, including the settlement of his estate in 1901 and a conveyance of land and a house to Griffin from Lucien Maxwell in 1874. Some of the documents also involve Judge Joab Houghton. Some materials are in Spanish.
Dates: 1836-1901