Manuel Alvarez Papers, 1825-1856

Bent, Charles, 1799-1847

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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. From the d...

Lacome, Auguste

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Beaubien, J. B.

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Houck, S.

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Waldo, David. Alvarez, Manuel, 1794-1856

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Picotte, Henri

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Munroe, John, -1861

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Armijo, Manuel

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Gregg, Josiah, 1806-1850

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American trader and author, best known for his work "Commerce of the Prairies." From the description of Letter, 1845. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122598380 Trader and author. From the description of Letters, 1844-1848. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 36929125 ...

Pérez, Albino, -1837

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McCoy, John

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Vigil, Donaciano, 1802-1877

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Donaciano Vigil served as an officer in the Company of San Miguel del Bado (1834), secretary of the Commandancia General (1835), and civil governor of New Mexico (1847-1848) during the U.S. occupation of New Mexico. From the description of Donaciano Vigil collection, 1727-1877 (bulk, 1841-1877). (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37800720 Donaciano Vigil served under the Mexican government of New Mexico as an officer in the Company of San Miguel del Bado (1834), ...

Alvarez, Manuel

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Manuel Alvarez was a prominent merchant in Santa Fe, New Mexico in the 19th century. He also served as U.S. Consul in Santa Fe, 1836-1841. From the guide to the Manuel Alvarez Papers, 1825-1856, (New Mexico State Records Center and Archives) ...

Aubry, François-Xavier, 1824-1854

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McKnight, William S.

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McCoy, William, 1947-

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William McCoy (1823-1905) was Probate Judge of Carroll County, Ohio, and also a prominent educator. He founded the college at Harlem Springs, Ohio. During the 1850s and 1860s, he was at times a part owner of a Carroll County newspaper known first as the Free Press and then during the United States Civil War as the Carroll Union Press. After the war, the paper assumed its original name. McCoy was born in Pennsylvania and was in Carrol County by the time he married Margaret Ann Druckmiller in 1848...

Tournier, J. B.

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Robidoux, Louis, 1796-1868

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Louis Robidoux was born in Missouri in 1796. In 1833 he moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he ran a tannery and iron works and was also active in fur trading and freighting. In the 1840s, Robidoux went to California, purchasing the Jurupa Rancho and San Timoteo Rancho in Redlands, California, in 1843. He was captured at the Battle of Chino in 1846 and in 1848 joined the gold rush and departed for Northern California. After his return to Redlands, Robidoux became the first chairman of the San B...