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Inventory of the Ward Alan Minge Collection of Historical Documents, 1697-1954
New Mexico State Records Center and Archives Email: archives@state.nm.us
URL: http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/
©2000 New Mexico State Records Center and Archives
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Title |
Ward Alan Minge Collection of Historical Documents,
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Dates (Inclusive) |
1697-1954 |
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Creator |
Minge, Ward Alan
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Collection Number |
1960-029 |
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Size |
1.5 linear feet
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Repository |
New Mexico State Records Center and Archives |
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Languages |
English, , and Spanish. |
Collection is organized into five series:
I. Martinez family papers (1827-1859)
II. Gonzales family papers (1853-1895)
III. Miscellaneous papers (1856-1888)
IV. William J. Eaton papers (1911-1954)
V. Real Audiencia de Guadalajara photocopies (1697-1799)
Collection consists of a broad range of historical documents concerning New Mexico history.
Series I consists of three documents involving Father Antonio Jose Martinez of Taos, New
Mexico: the 1827 will of his father Antonio Severino Martinez; a brief autobiography of Antonio
Jose Martinez published in 1838; and an 1859 proclamation by Antonio Jose Martinez
documenting conflicts between himself and Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy. Series II consists of
papers of the Gonzales family of Taos, New Mexico. Most of these documents involve Capt.
Francisco Gonzalez and his activities in the New Mexico volunteer militia. Also within this series
is an 1853 estate inventory of Jose Ygnacio Gonzales and land conveyances in Taos County.
Series III consists of a variety of materials involving issues in Taos County, especially taxation.
Series IV consists of the professional papers of William J. Eaton. Includes many legal and tax
documents, some of which concern the estate of Emilio Papa. Series V consists of photocopies of
documents concerning New Mexico history from the Real Audiencia de Guadalajara.
Most materials are in Spanish.
Access Restrictions
None
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for all copyright
compliance.
Preferred Citation
Ward Alan Minge Collection of Historical Documents, New Mexico State Records Center
and Archives, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Autobiographies Catholic Church -- New Mexico Conveyances Estate inventories Family papers Gonzales family Gonzales, Francisco Inventories Lamy, John Baptist, 1814-1888 Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- New Mexico -- Taos County Legal works Martinez family Martinez, Antonio Jose, 1793-1867 Martinez, Antonio Severino Microfilms Military orders Military registers New Mexico -- History -- 1848- New Mexico -- History -- To 1848 New Mexico -- History, Military New Mexico -- Militia New Mexico -- Politics and government -- to 1848 Papa, Emilio Proclamations Taos (N.M.) -- History Taos County (N.M.) -- History Tax records Taxation -- New Mexico Taxation -- New Mexico -- Taos County Wills
Contents List
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Last will and testament of Antonio Severino Martines, father of Antonio Jose Martinez.
1827 June 8
Eight supporting documents sewn to original; papers of administration of the will signed by
Antonio Jose and Manuel Martinez. |
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Autobiography of Antonio Jose Martinez. 1838
Relacion de meritos del presbiterio Antonio Jose Martinez, domiciliario del obispado de
Durango. Cura encargado de Taos en el departamento de Nuevo Mexico. Impresa en su Oficina a
cargo de Jesus Maria Baca, 1838. Martinez autobiography was printed on New Mexicos first
press. |
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Proclamation, "Obispo y su Oficio," 1859 July 18
Issued by Antonio Jose Martinez, Taos, imprenta de J.M. Medina a cargo de V.F.R.
Proclamation relates to the schism between Archbishop Lamy and Martinez. |
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Inventory of the estate of Jose Ygnacio Gonzales, resident of Taos. List of possessions,
especially tools. ca. 1853
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Agreement of exchange of lands between Francisco Gonzales and Pedro Mares, heirs
of the deceased Ignacio Gonzales. 1853 Mar 17
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Morning Report. 1855 Mar 31
Showing numbers of officers and men, ranks and occupations, Company B, Mounted
Regiment of New Mexico Volunteers, headed by Captain Francisco Gonzales, camp near Fort
Massachusetts. |
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Order to Captain Gonzales from Headquarters, New Mexico Mounted Volunteers.
Sangre de Cristo. 1855 Apr 1
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Account of Captain Gonzales. Fort Massachusetts, New Mexico. 1855 Apr
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Morning report. 1855 Apr 30
Camp near Fort Union. Report of Captain Francisco Gonzales, Company B, 1st New Mexico
Mounted Volunteers, lists names and ranks of men who participated in months activity. |
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Order to Captain Gonzales from Headquarters, New Mexico Mounted Volunteers, Red
River. 1855 May 29
Directs Gonzales to proceed immediately to Fort Massachusetts for 20 days and to prepare to
march on the 2nd of June. |
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Order No. 2.1855 June 24
Major George A.H. Blake, 1st Dragoons, Commanding Detachment of Troops in the Field,
camp near Culebra, Captain F. Gonzales to precede without delay and report by letter to Colonel
T.T. Fauntleroy, 1st Dragoons, commanding Northern District of New Mexico. |
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Letter from Quartermaster-General, Washington, to Captain F. Gonzales, New Mexico
Volunteers, Taos, New Mexico. Announcement of property audit. 1855 Nov 8
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Letter from David V. Whiting, Office of the Surveyor General, to Francisco Gonzales,
Ranchos de Taos, to clarify right to land in Conejos, whether he has a grant or other papers. 1857 Jan 26
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Sale of bounty land by Marcos Tafoya to Francisco Gonzales. 1858 May 14
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Appointment of Francisco Gonzales as Justice of the Peace, County of Taos, signed by
A. Rencher. 1858 Nov 13
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List of articles purchased by Francisco Gonzales from Juan Bautista Garcia. Includes
groceries, clothing and "juisque" with prices. 1859 June
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Letter from O.P. Hovey, Santa Fe, to Governor A. Rencher. 1860 Aug 9
Informs him of organization of Captain Gonzales Volunteers, asking that company be
accepted and commission sent. |
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Letter from O.P. Hovey, Santa Fe, to Captain Francisco Gonzales. 1860
Aug 10
Concerning New Mexico Volunteers raised by Gonzales and the arrival of the Utah troops. |
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Statement by Salvador Garcia concerning payment of debts to Francisco Gonzales to
be paid in land. 1860 Dec 14
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Statement by Francisco Gonzales, Mora County, owners must claim three steers found
on ranch. 1861 Jan 27
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Monthly rations for officers, in accordance with Part 2, General Orders, No. 44,
Headquarters, Department of New Mexico. List of food with prices. 1861 Nov 9
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Fuel requisition for Captain Gonzales, Co. A, 1st New Mexico Volunteers, received at
Albuquerque, NM, includes some names of volunteers. 1862 Jan 10
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Accounts due Ignacio Medina, Rafael Medinca, Juan Medina, and Serafino Montoya,
engaged in battle of Valverde, dated May 31, 1862. 1862 Feb 21
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Captain A.W. Evans, 6th Cavalry, Office of Acting Assistant Inspector General, Santa
Fe to Francisco Gonzales, late Captain, 1st New Mexico Volunteers, Mora, NM. 1862
Dec. 1
Requesting information concerning the company. |
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List of soldiers who owe Bautista Gonzales for horses and equipment. (See Evans to
Gonzales, 12/01/1862.) 1862
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Capt. A.W. Evans, letter to Asst. Adj. General, Hg. of New Mexico, citing
irregularities in the muster-rolls and discharges of New Mexico militia. 1863 Jan 31
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Francisco Salas Martinez, transfer of all his personal property to his wife, Maria
Dolores Gonzales "en recompensa de los muchos trabajos y privaciones que ella ha sufrido..." 1874 Jan 28
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Marriage proposal. 1876 Jan 4
Pascual Martinez on behalf of his son Agapito, for the hand of Maria Virginia Gonzales,
daughter of Juan de Dios Gonzales and Maria Andrea Montoya. |
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Letter from Ben M. Thomas, U.S. Indian Agent, Pueblo Agency, to Juan de Dios
Gonzales, alguacil mayor, Taos, complaint that Gonzales has illegally impounded Taos Pueblo
livestock. 1880 Sept 28
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2 postcards, pension claim, Mrs. Maria A. Montoya de Gonzalez, Ranchos de Taos. 1895-1896 Sept. 30-May 12
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Otero y Gonzalez, undated invoice of goods. n.d.
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Forms for quarterly returns of clothing, camp and garrison equipage, Eben Everett,
Adjutant. n.d.
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Bill of Lading. Freight shipped by wagon from Kansas City to Las Vegas, by Yager and
Bryant for J. Noland, dated in Kansas City. 1856 Aug 27
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Cartilla o Silibario para Ensenar a Leer. Las Vegas, NM; I, prenta del Rio Grande.
Childrens notes and scribbles. 1877
30 pp. bound in cloth. |
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Tax receipt. Received from Andres Medina, etc. in the oficina del Alguacil Mayor,
Condado de Taos, New Mexico. 1878
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Official bond of Edward Richter and R.R. Sloan, Territory of New Mexico, County of
Taos, appointment of Edward Richter to office of Deputy Sheriff. 1880 May 1
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(Duplicate). Tax receipt. Received from Andres Medina, etc in the oficina del Alguacil
Mayor, Condado de Taos, New Mexico. 1878
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(Duplicate). Official bond of Edward Richter and R.R. Sloan, Territory of New
Mexico, County of Taos, appointment of Edward Richter to office of Deputy Sheriff. 1880 May 1
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Arviso Publico. Sales of property by Pedro N. Medina, serving as administrator of the
property for the late Pablo Romero, in order to pay a debt of $736.40. 1880 Sept 20
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List of taxes paid in Precinct No. 3, Taos County. Includes names of citizens. 1888 July 19
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Miscellaneous personal papers. Includes unidentified photo. n.d.
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Pablo Abeita family papers. 1911-1918
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Tax assessments re: Laguna and Sebolleta. 1920
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State Tax Commission cases. 1921
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Miscellaneous court cases (involves Socorro Board of Education). 1945
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Emilio Papa estate (correspondence and court documents). 1948
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Socorro documents. (City ordinance on liquor, Socorro County Fair). 1954
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Ramo Civil. Legajo #C-59-14. Copies of documents relating to Juan de Onate. 1712-1714
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Ramo Civil. Treaty of peace with the Mescalero Apaches. 1787
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Ramo Civil. Legajo #C-223-28. Bishop of Durango, order re: the secularization of the
missions in New Mexico. 1803
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Ramo Criminal. Proceedings against Juan Domingo Romero for the murder of Josefa
Martin, Taos. 1805-1807
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Ramo Criminal. Proceedings against the Laguna Indian Nicolas Perea for the murder of
a Navajo woman. 1810-1811
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Ramo Civil. Legajo #C-267-18. Commission of Felipe Sandoval as Protector de los
Indios. 1813
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Ramo Civil. Legajo #C-267-19. Proceedings in the measurements and boundaries of
the lands of the Indians of Cochiti and Santo Domingo Pueblos. 1816-1820
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Ramo Civil. #261-15. Proceedings by the Indians of Cochiti against Luis Maria Cabeza
de Baca for illegal sale of a rancho. 1818
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Ramo Criminal. Proceedings against Jose Eleuterio Martinez for bestiality, San Miguel
del Vado. 1818-1819
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Ramo Civil. Libro de correo del ano de 1819, incomplete. 1819
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Ramo Civil. Legajo #1-1818-1821. Ygnacio Maria Sanchez Vergara to the Real
Audiencia re: the treatment of the Indians of the Pueblo of Jemez. 1821
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Map showing lands and boundaries along the falda of a sierra, case involving settlement
of lands in the Rancho de San Antonio de lal Pena (Siera de la Pena). Records of the Real
Audiencia, Ramo civil, hojas que no estan en indice, 1815. 1815
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Autos formados en virtud de Real Cedula de su Magestad sobre y en razon de que se le
informe del buen tratamiento de los Indios, 1740. Records of the Real Audiencia, Ramo civil 1740
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Arancel formado por el Ilustrissimo Senor Obispo de este Obispado de la Nueva
Galicia para los Pueblos de Indios, 1727. Records of the Real Audiencia, Ramo civil. 1727
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Cedula of 1697 directing that Indians be given equal honorable treatment "como los de
mas vasallos de mi corona." Records of the Real Audiencia, Ramo civil. 1697
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Order of the Real Audiencia appointing Protector de Indios in Sonora with lists of
Indians to be protected, 1805. Records of the Real Audiencia, Ramo Civil. 1805
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Governor Fernando Chacon petition to Real Audiencia, involving Fray Isidro Cadelo
and Jemez Pueblo, October, 1803. Records of the Real Audiencia, Ramo civil. 1803
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Correspondence with Real Audiencia re: Governor Juan Bautista de Anza and
Governor Teodoro de Croix, 1779. Records of the Real Audiencia, Ramo Civil. 1779
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Case of Juan Domingo Romero, Taos Pueblo, 1805-1807. Records of the Real
Audiencia, Ramo civil. 1805-1807
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Case involving appointment of Jose Manrrique as Governor of New Mexico with Lt.
Col. Albert Maynes to serve if Manrrique is detained, 1809. Records of the Real Audiencia, Ramo
civil. 1809
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Request by Indians of New Mexico for a Protector de Indios and appointment of Felip
Sandoval, 1810. Records of the Real Audiencia, Ramo civil. 1810
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Fray Cadelo case at Jemez Pueblo, 1800. Real Audiencia, Ramo civil. 1800
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Investigation of the murder of a Navajo woman in Pueblo of Laguna, 1810. Records of
the Real Audiencia, Ramo criminal. 1810
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Treatise of measurements of lands and ordinances for New Spain, 1699. Fondo
Franciscano, Tomo III, 30, Manuscritos Diversos. 1699
Issued by the Oidores of the Real Audiencia and authorized by his Excellency Antonio de
Mendoza and by Gaston de Peralta, Marques de Valdez, Viceroy of New Spain. |
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"Ventas, camposiciones y confirmaciones de Tierras y Aguas," in Historia General de
Real Audiencia, Mexico: Inpuesta de Vicente Garcia Torres, 1851, Tomo IV 398-428. 1851
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Manual of Definitions, no date, from Fondo Franciscano, manuscritos, 18 century. n.d.
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Opinion and discursion by Real Hacienda members on property belonging to Indians,
from Fondo de Derecho con que los trabajo el Real Audiencia, compiled in 1800, Volume I. 1800
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Instructions involving the authority of the Real Audiencia over the Comandantes
Generales of the Provincias Internas, including the Governor of New Mexico, 1794. From Fondo
de Derecho con que los trabajo el Real Audiencia, compiled in 1800, volume II.1800
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Protectores de Indios, who and how they are named, 1791. From Fondo de Derecho
con que los trabajo el Real Audencia, compiled in 1800, Vol. III. 1791
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More on the Fray Cadelo case, 1799. From Fondo de Derecho con que los trabajo el
Real Audiencia, compiled in 1800, Vol. III. 1799
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Papel sellado, 1799. From Fondo de Derecho con que los trabajo el Real Audiencia,
compiled in 1800, vol. III. 1799
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