Letters to Manuel Alvarez; 1837 Dec. 10-1846 June 11.

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Letters to Manuel Alvarez; 1837 Dec. 10-1846 June 11.

Photocopies of manuscript letters from Bent in Taos, N.M. to Alvarez in Santa Fe, N.M. concerning business affairs and protection of U.S. citizens in New Mexico.

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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...

Beaubien, Charles

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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) ...