Governor Lew Wallace papers, 1878-1926.

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Governor Lew Wallace papers, 1878-1926.

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Summary: Collection consists of official and personal papers of Governor Wallace. Reports include one report from Wallace to the Secretary of the Interior discussing New Mexico's economy, agriculture, education, minerals, and problems (1879) and a second report from Wallace to the Legislative Assembly (1880). Penal papers consist of pardons, commutations, reprieves, remissions of fines, requisitions for extraditions to and from New Mexico, and death warrants. Wallace's personal papers include letters written by Lew and Susan Wallace (1878- 1907), an article about Lew Wallace (1895-1926), sketches by Lew Wallace, a mining deed (1882), and five historical documents. Historical documents include two royal Spanish decrees and Wallace's translations of two reports concerning Bernardo de Castro's mining expedition.

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New Mexico State Library

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Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905

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Lewis "Lew" Wallace was born on April 10, 1827, in Brookville, Indiana. He was the second of four sons born to Esther French Wallace (née Test) and David Wallace. Lew's father, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, left the military in 1822 and moved to Brookville, where he established a law practice and entered Indiana politics. David served in the Indiana General Assembly and later as the state's lieutenant governor, and governor, and as a member of Congress. Lew Wal...

Wallace, Susan E. (Susan Elston), 1830-1907

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Castro, Bernardo de.

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New Mexico. Governor (1878-1881 : Wallace)

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Lew Wallace was appointed Governor of the Territory of New Mexico by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878. He served until 1881. From the description of Governor Lew Wallace papers, 1878-1926. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37842192 ...