Bent, Charles, 1799-1847
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Bent, Charles, 1799-1847
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Bent, Charles, 1799-1847
Bent, Charles
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Pioneer merchant of New Mexico and first American civil governor of the Territory, 1846-1847. Virginia native and West Point graduate. In 1832, with brother William, established Bent's Fort in Colorado; then formed trading partnership with Cerán St. Vrain, operating in Santa Fe and Taos, N.M. Jan. 19, 1847 Gov. Bent murdered at his home in Taos by a mob resisting U.S. sovereignty. Manuel Alvarez, prominent Santa Fe trader and acting American Consul at Santa Fe, 1839-1846.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/48466734
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q375010
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n94124330
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n94124330
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New Mexico--Taos
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