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Mexican War, 1846-1848 --New Mexico

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Governor Stephen Watts Kearny Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: 1959-069
Scope and Content Collection consists of official papers of Governor Kearny: two proclamations from September, 1846 announcing Kearny's appointments of government officials (one in English and one in English and Spanish), and one photocopy of Kearny's proclamation in Spanish announcing the annexation of New Mexico by the United States.

Some materials in Spanish.
Dates: 1846

Manuel Alvarez Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: 1960-001
Scope and Content Collection consists primarily of Alvarez's business, consular, and personal correspondence. Correspondents include numerous officials, customers, merchants, and suppliers in New Mexico, St. Louis, New Orleans, New York, and London. Subjects discussed include the Santa Fe Trail, trade relations between the United States and New Mexico, and New Mexico politics and statehood. Items of note are five Alvarez ledgers (1834-1855), a journal of campsites along the Santa Fe Trail, a partial English copy...
Dates: 1825-1856