New Mexico Attorney General records, 1892-[ongoing].

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New Mexico Attorney General records, 1892-[ongoing].

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Summary: As of 1997 collection consists of records of the New Mexico Attorney General and the New Mexico Solicitor General (1892-1995). Includes case files, administrative correspondence, annual reports, legal opinions, letterpress copybooks, financial documents, extraditions, and various legal documents. Materials in the collection concern both general issues such as civil rights and consumer protection, and specific matters such as the 1980 riot at the state penitentiary, and the activities of Alianza Federal de las Mercedes, a land rights organization based in northern New Mexico during the late 1960s.

<1,025> linear feet.

New Mexico State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7396696

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New Mexico. Solicitor General

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Alianza Federal de las Mercedes

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New Mexico. Attorney General's Office

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The Attorney General was established in 1846 by the Kearny Code, the body of laws created by Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny for the governance of New Mexico after its annexation by the United States in 1846. In 1889 a legislative act abolished the Attorney General and established the office of Solicitor General (1889 Laws of N.M., Chp. 56, Sec. 1-2). In 1905 a legislative act changed the name of the Solicitor General to Attorney General (1905 Laws of N.M., Chp. 118, Sec. 1). Upon New Mexico's attainm...